Senior Quality Analyst

Beghou brings over three decades of experience helping life sciences companies optimize their commercialization through strategic insight, advanced analytics, and technology. From developing go-to-market strategies and building foundational data analytics infrastructures to leveraging artificial intelligence to improve customer insights and engagement, Beghou helps life sciences companies maximize performance across their portfolios. Beghou also deploys proprietary and third-party technology solutions to help companies forecast performance, design territories, manage customer data, organize, and report on medical and commercial data, and more. Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, we have 10 global offices. Our mission is to bring together analytical minds and innovative technology to help life sciences companies navigate the complexity of health care and improve patient outcomes. The Senior Quality Analyst – Product Development plays a critical role in ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, secure, and reliable products. In this role, you will work closely with product managers, developers, and cross-functional teams to define quality standards, build robust test strategies, and validate product functionality across complex, integrated modules. You will be responsible for designing and executing comprehensive functional, integration, and security tests, while also driving automation initiatives that strengthen our CI/CD pipeline. This role requires a strong blend of hands-on testing expertise, solid understanding of modern testing frameworks, and the ability to identify potential risks early in the development lifecycle. You will bring a security-first mindset, applying OWASP principles and API security best practices to ensure trustworthy product experiences. As a senior member of the team, you will also contribute to process improvements, mentor team members, and influence product quality through proactive collaboration and data-driven insights. We'll trust you to:

Partner with product managers to define acceptance criteria, quality metrics, and release criteria for product milestones

Develop and maintain product-level test strategies and comprehensive test suites aligned with product features and user journeys

Design and execute test scenarios that validate end-to-end workflows, edge cases, and usability across integrated product modules

Conduct security assessments, including OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, authentication/authorization mechanisms, and role-based access control

Perform input validation and API security testing covering token handling, rate limiting, and error message sanitization

Build, maintain, and enhance automated regression suites integrated with CI/CD pipelines, including SAST/DAST security scanning tools

Identify, document, track, and prioritise defects and security vulnerabilities with clear reproduction steps and risk assessment

Collaborate with developers on root cause analysis, defect trends, and process improvements to prevent recurrence

Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide quality and security insights during product reviews and retrospectives

You'll need to have:

4+ years of proven work experience in software quality assurance, preferably in a product development environment

Experience creating comprehensive test plans with well-defined, reusable test cases from business requirements and functional specifications

Proven experience in test automation using Selenium or Playwright with frameworks such as Page Object Model (POM), data-driven, or keyword-driven approaches

Experience with API testing tools (Postman, REST Assured) and CI/CD integration (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

SQL proficiency for data validation and test data setup

Understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and hands-on experience with security testing tools such as OWASP ZAP or Burp Suite

Knowledge of authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML), role-based access control, and multi-tenant data isolation testing

Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills with meticulous attention to detail and a security-conscious mindset

Ability to manage multiple products with competing priorities while maintaining the highest quality and security standards

Comfortable with ambiguity and proactive in raising concerns, making quality decisions, and suggesting solutions

Effective communicator who collaborates well with cross-functional teams across multiple locations

Self-motivated with ability to work independently and take ownership of quality outcomes