Sr. Manager, Quality Assurance & Automation
hace 4 días
West Des Moines
Job Description The Senior Manager, Quality Assurance & Automation is a hybrid hands-on leadership role responsible for defining, building, and scaling a modern QA and test automation capability. This role balances deep individual contribution, strategic practice leadership, and people management. The ideal candidate is a technically strong QA leader who can set standards, design automation frameworks, and directly contribute to complex testing initiatives, while also establishing a long-term QA strategy and leading a high-performing QA team. This role partners closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture, DevOps, and business stakeholders to ensure quality is embedded throughout the SDLC and aligned to business outcomes. Accountabilities: Individual Contributor – QA Engineering & Automation • Act as a hands-on senior QA engineer, directly contributing to test design, automation, and execution for complex systems and integrations, • Design, implement, and evolve automated testing frameworks across UI, API, integration, performance, and data layers, • Establish and enforce quality gates within CI/CD pipelines, including test execution, reporting, and defect management, • Lead testing for high-risk initiatives, major platform migrations, and releases by defining test approaches, environments, and data strategies, • Evaluate and select QA tools and technologies, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with engineering standards, • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to QA engineers and developers on test automation best practices, • Drive root cause analysis for defects and quality issues, ensuring systemic fixes rather than one-off remediation QA Practice Strategy & Standards • Define the overall QA vision, operating model, and roadmap, shifting the organization toward a modern, automation-first, quality-engineering mindset, • Establish QA standards, methodologies, and best practices across functional, non-functional, and automated testing, • Define test coverage models, quality metrics, and KPIs that clearly measure product quality and release readiness, • Partner with Engineering and DevOps to embed quality early in the SDLC (shift-left testing), • Create scalable approaches for test data management, environment strategy, and regression optimization, • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of QA engineers and automation specialists, • Set clear expectations, goals, and career paths for team members, fostering accountability and continuous learning, • Conduct performance reviews, provide coaching, and identify skill gaps with targeted development plans, • Support hiring, onboarding, and team scaling to meet evolving delivery needs, • Promote a culture of ownership, collaboration, and quality accountability across engineering and product teams Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree or related experience in Computer Science, Information Systems or Business Administration., • 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Test Engineering, or Software Engineering with a strong QA focus, • 5+ years in a senior or lead QA role with hands-on automation responsibilities, • Deep experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks (UI, API, integration), • Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing into modern delivery workflows, • Experience leading QA for complex, enterprise-scale platforms and integrations, • Proven ability to balance hands-on execution with strategic leadership and people management, • Experience in regulated or highly complex domains (insurance, financial services, healthcare, etc.), • Experience supporting cloud-native platforms and SaaS applications, • Familiarity with modern test frameworks and tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, REST-assured, JUnit/TestNG, Postman, etc.), • Experience driving a transition from manual testing to automation-first quality engineering, • A scalable, automation-driven QA practice embedded across engineering teams, • Improved release quality, faster feedback cycles, and reduced production defects, • Clear QA standards, metrics, and accountability across the organization, • A high performing, engaged QA team with clear career progression Compensation: • $125,000 - 145,000 commensurate with experience, plus bonus eligibility Benefits: We are proud to offer a robust benefits suite that includes: • Competitive base salary plus incentive plans for eligible team members, • 401(K) retirement plan that includes a company match of up to 6% of your eligible salary, • Free basic life and AD&D, long-term disability and short-term disability insurance, • Medical, dental and vision plans to meet your unique healthcare needs, • Wellness incentives, • Generous time off program that includes personal, holiday and volunteer paid time off, • Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options for eligible positions, • Educational assistance #TMG