Practice Lead I, Quality Engineering (US)

Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$86,840 - $130,000 USD

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Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Job Description:

The Practice Lead I, Quality Engineering accountable for building, maintaining, and evolving the culture and community of QE Practitioners. The role oversees a team of Quality Engineers, and is responsible for coaching on knowledge, skills, and performance, building and evolving the practice's capabilities, and advising practitioners on their work to ensure solutions are sound.

Depth & Scope:

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork, and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
• Recognized as an expert in their field whose focus is on the coaching and training of practitioners
• People leader with knowledge of disciplines and practices in field of expertise
• Expertise and knowledge of specific domain or broad range of TD frameworks, technology, tools, best practices, processes, and procedures, as well as broader organization issues
• Proven ability in soft skills people management of large teams
• Provides guidance on the work of practitioners as related to the quality of product(s)/work being produced, delivered & speed of delivery / to market
• Ability to develop colleagues to be masters of their craft in the market around us
• Quickly adapts to customer, stakeholder, and regulatory needs in collaboration with Platform and Journey teams
• Experienced in the continuous assessment of QE Practitioners and their craft to ensure enterprise practice standards are upheld
• Facilitates and Fosters Practice Community of Interest and use of this practice across the Technology organization
• Contributes to the development of coaching strategies for individuals within their area of expertise
• Provides leadership and guidance to several teams and solves cross department issues
• Participates in the development of business and practice strategies
• Expert collaborator and is known for bringing diverse teams together to achieve a common goal

Education & Experience:

• University or Graduate / post graduate degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience
• Graduate degree preferred
• 7+ years of relevant experience in field of specialization
• Strong academic background (e.g., software engineering, computer science)

Customer Accountabilities:

• Focuses is on the development of the Practice's talent, coaching and training their direct reporting Practitioners and contributes to the development strategies for the Practice's people
• Accountable to directly lead team of highly skilled Practitioners in an area of expertise without getting involved in day-to-day activities, providing quality assurance on the application of methods and practices owned within the Journeys and/ or Platforms
• Executes on Practice strategy as it relates to introducing tools, methodologies, and processes across the enterprise
• Provides overall team leadership, training, coaching, development, succession, recruitment, and resource management, and ensures on-going performance feedback and assessments occur and development plans exist for each team member
• Engages team with Platform and Journey leads to ensure 2-way feedback of Practitioners occurs
• Accountability to understand the current skills and capabilities within their practice, actively working to close gaps that may exist th