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Director, Quality Engineering
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About this role
Role overview
Lead quality engineering across a portfolio of business domains, helping teams deliver reliable software and improve the way quality is planned, measured, and owned. This senior leadership role combines direction-setting with hands-on support for delivery teams, and requires close partnership with business, engineering, and external providers.
Responsibilities
- Guide and motivate quality engineering teams, building shared responsibility, collaboration, and continuous improvement. - Oversee test planning and execution, and work with engineering teams to identify and resolve quality risks early. - Improve automated testing, requirements traceability, and visibility into test progress and outcomes. - Monitor capacity and delivery risks across geographically distributed, outsourced teams, addressing constraints and key-person dependencies. - Communicate quality metrics, issues, and progress to senior leaders and other stakeholders. - Evaluate industry practices and emerging tools, including AI-enabled approaches, for their potential to improve quality and business results.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent education and experience. - At least 14 years of progressive technology experience, including substantial work in quality engineering, software testing, or related disciplines. - Three to five years of technical leadership experience with globally distributed teams. - Life and annuity insurance industry experience. - Strong quality engineering knowledge, analytical skills, and experience leading complex initiatives. - Experience with test automation tools and agentic AI, plus strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice to have
Hands-on experience with Zephyr Enterprise, Tosca, or NeoLoad, and broad IT technical experience.
Benefits and work setup
The current schedule requires working onsite four days per week, Monday through Thursday, with core days subject to change. Benefits are described as starting on day one and may include health and financial coverage, retirement savings, paid leave, and eligibility for an annual incentive. The listed base pay range is $131,250–$192,500.