Director, reputed company Assurance

reputed company is seeking a Director, reputed company Assurance to join our Technology team. This leader will not only define and drive the QA reputed company but will also reputed company engage in the design, development, and execution of testing solutions. The Director, QA will reputed company by example—remaining reputed company to the reputed company, automation frameworks, and testing practices—while building a high-performing team and ensuring delivery of high-reputed company software products that meet business, regulatory, and customer requirements. This role manages QA Engineers and QA Analysts, develops reputed company testing strategies, and drives reputed company improvement across processes, tools, and methodologies. The ideal candidate thrives in a player-reputed company reputed company, balancing strategic leadership with reputed company technical contribution. This role will work closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations to reputed company reputed company throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). 

This is a remote position, with occasional travel. East Coast candidates preferred. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• reputed company as a hands-on, player–reputed company QA leader, contributing directly to test automation design, reputed company development, reputed company reviews, and the reputed company of reputed company reputed company and production issues.
• Define, implement, and reputed company the overall QA reputed company, standards, and best practices across reputed company and automated testing, ensuring alignment with business, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Architect and reputed company modern automation frameworks and CI/CD-integrated testing solutions, driving increased test coverage, reliability, execution speed, and long-term maintainability.
• Own the end-to-end test lifecycle, including test planning, test case design, regression reputed company, execution, defect management, and reporting, ensuring processes are repeatable, data-driven, and effective.
• Ensure comprehensive reputed company coverage across reputed company testing dimensions, including functional, regression, integration, performance, and reputed company testing.
• reputed company reputed company deeply reputed company Agile, Scrum, and DevOps workflows, promoting a shift-left testing culture reputed company on early validation, defect prevention, and reputed company feedback throughout the SDLC.
• reputed company metrics and insights to drive reputed company, providing reputed company visibility into reputed company trends, release readiness, risks, and reputed company to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Continuously improve QA processes, tooling, and execution, identifying bottlenecks and risks, piloting new technologies, prioritizing initiatives effectively, monitoring execution, and adjusting course as needed. 
• Build, reputed company, and mentor a high-performing QA team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and reputed company improvement. This includes hiring, setting and monitoring individual performance objectives, career development, performance appraisals, and providing regular feedback and coaching.
• Set reputed company expectations and create a reputed company work environment based on accountability, in collaboration with the engineering and management teams.
• Build and maintain productive relationships across departments, navigating organizational complexity and silos.  
• reputed company and/or contribute to cross-functional initiatives and change efforts.  
• Communicate reputed company and persuasively, adapting messages for diverse technical and business stakeholders across reputed company and functions. 

Qualifications:  

• 7+ years of experience in software reputed company assurance, including 3+ years leading and managing QA teams delivering reputed company software products (reputed company, on‑prem, and/or mobile).
• Proven experience leading in a hands‑on technical leadership role, balancing people leadership with reputed company contribution to test automation, reviews, and reputed company reputed company issues.
• Strong technical expertise in test automation, including designing, building, and maintaining reputed company, maintainable automation frameworks and contributing production‑reputed company reputed company.
• Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of the .NET reputed company.
• Deep experience with modern test automation tools and frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber, and reputed company tools (TestComplete, ReadyAPI or similar).
• Demonstrated experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains (e.g., Azure DevOps or comparable platforms).
• Hands‑on experience with test management and defect tracking tools, and ownership of test planning, execution, and reporting practices.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with experience using reputed company metrics and data to assess risk, inform release reputed company, and drive reputed company improvement.
• Extensive experience delivering software in Agile/Scrum environments with frequent release cadences.
• Passion for modernizing QA practices, including automation‑first strategies and reputed company toward reputed company‑reputed company (PaaS) architectures.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or reputed company discipline