Executive Director, Software Engineering: Software Development Test

NOTE: This position is based in Chicago, Illinois and is hybrid 3 days per week on site minimum.
Only local candidates already based in the Chicagoland area will be considered for the role.
**Define and drive enterprise-wide quality engineering strategy, standards and governance.
Lead adoption of modern engineering practices, metrics and compliance across all testing teams.
Provide leadership in test automation, data driven quality reporting and risk-based validation while enabling alignment between product, dev, DevOps and testing teams.
Establish governance forums, enforce quality policies and promote continuous improvement to enhance software delivery and reliability.
**Define and own the enterprise QE governance framework, standards and policies
* Establish and enforce quality metrics, reporting and compliance across all testing teams.
* Align QE practices with regulatory, security and audit requirements.
* Drive adoption of automation, DevOps quality practices including quality gates and shift-left testing to improve quality and cycle time reduction.
* Provide leadership, input, and oversight to project delivery, risk management and release readiness.
* Lead governance forums, steering committees and executive reviews.
* Oversee automation frameworks, systems for defect tracking, custom software and repositories.
* Develop and implement test data management and test environment management practices including appropriate tooling.
* Manage the integration of DevOps function, ensuring test environments are made available and are stable as needed
* Interact with Product Owners, Technology Leads, Project Managers, and Leadership Team members to embed quality in delivery, recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business
* Contribute to performance engineering practices by providing inputs on capacity planning, performance tuning, diagnostics, problem detection and resolution
* Manage project planning, including allocation of resources, assignment, and coordination
* Manages a team of people managers, individual contributors, and consultants/contractors
**Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
* Strong experience of QE methodologies, automation frameworks, DevOps and CI/CD.
* Experience with BDD methodologies & automated acceptance testing
* Experience with Agile development processes for enterprise software solutions
* Experience with governance, compliance and regulatory standards in technology delivery.
* Proven ability to define and implement enterprise-wide quality standards and lead organization change.
* Strong background in metrics-driven quality reporting and risk-based decision making.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate and interact with a variety of internal/external customers, coworkers, and Executive Management
* Strong work ethic, hands-on, detail oriented with a customer service mentality
* Proficiency with modern quality engineering tools including Jira, Jenkins, automation frameworks, test management tools.
*** Software QA methodologies (requirements analysis, test planning, functional testing, usability testing, performance testing, etc.)
* Familiarity with microservices and event driven architecture and emerging technologies (AI/ML in QE).
* Utilizing best practices in software engineering, software test automation, test management tools, and defect tracking software
* Past/Current experience of 3+ years working on a large-scale cloud native project Experience with cloud technologies and migrations using public cloud vendor preferably using cloud foundational services like AWS’s VPCs, Security groups, EC2
**BS degree in Computer Science or Information Systems Management or a similar technical field
* **15+ years of experience in Quality Assurance space preferably on complex systems and large programs.
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A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
* Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
* Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
* Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and visionVisit for more information.
**The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses.
In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
* All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.
Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.###
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