We are seeking a VP of Global IT Quality Assurance to join our Information Technology team in our Purchase, NY, Florham Park, NJ, Charlotte, NC, Conshohocken, PA, Alpharetta, GA, or Mt. Juliet, TN office.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Sets, drives and executes the overall QA Strategy that aligns to the wider IT strategy across all QA teams. Including new technologies, processes and / or procedures in pursuit of continuous improvement.
Drives to centralize, modernize and update practices/policy to ensure scalability of resources is setup for success and continued growth.
Coordinate with the CIO, CTO and other technology leaders to identify and prioritize key systems initiatives and ensure cohesive end-to-end quality assurance of all enterprise solutions.
Leads the IT Quality Assurance group through a clearly defined process-driven methodology to ensure project goals, QA standards, and internal best practices are routinely and meticulously followed.
Partners with Business and Development teams to review business / technical requirements and guides and assists QA leads in generating comprehensive test strategy, plans, impact analysis and test cases for effective assurance and testing functions.
Perform QA recruiting and vendor management activities. Responsible for hiring and managing employees and onshore and offshore contractors and managing vendor contracts and SLAs four sourced arrangements.
Contribute to and define and establish new set of best-practices, processes, scorecards and tooling for Quality Assurance organization. This is to ensure that overall productivity and quality is measured at all times and improved in line with targeted milestones.
Serves as the Test Automation expert. Responsible for establishing a standards-based automation / performance testing competency with a robust testing framework, testing & test management tools, test data and test cases for key applications across the portfolio.
Publishes a standardized QA productivity as well as Project and Release Testing status reporting across all projects / applications on a weekly / recurring basis.
Assumes ownership and governance of QA environment. This involves coordinating the refresh of databases, environments and review / approval of application build releases to QA environments and shakedown testing of these environments.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
10 + years as a QA leader (lead, manager or director or above)
15+ years QA experience required
Experience is required in managing software / application quality assurance at scale
Proven track record in leading development of test automation strategy, tools and frameworks
Strong hands-on experience with test planning and execution for UI as well as back-office systems that require Web services or batch-based integrations and implementations.
In-depth software engineering and development lifecycle knowledge
Strong understanding of network and security design and the implication of these on performance; and ability recommend alternative solutions for addressing application bottlenecks.
QA leadership experience with DuckCreek or Guidewire Insurance solutions are highly preferred.
Strong management and leadership experience
Comfortable with fast-paced and schedule driven development.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
Experience leading leaders.
Experience working with and leading offsite teams is required.
Experience managing team and tooling costs along with understanding on capex vs opex cost strategies.
Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Possess knowledge of integration with enterprise systems and overall architectural standards.
Candidate has personal time-management skills with an ability to meet individual, and team deadlines.
Excellent communication, presentation, and organization skills.
Possess the ability to communicate effectively with business users alongside multiple IT team disciplines.
Insurance industry experience is considered a plus.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics or related field is strongly preferred.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Other
Industries
Insurance
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