VP Software Development, Quality Engineering

Are you a team player? Are you curious to learn? Are you interested in working in meaningful projects? Do you want to work with cutting-edge technology? Are you interested in being part of a team that is working to transform and do things differently? If so, LPL Financial is the place for you!

Excited to learn more? If so, then this could be the role for you!  

Job Overview:

LPL's Quality Engineering team is seeking an exceptional quality engineering leader who is a strategic thinker, results oriented, execution focused with a strong track record in technology delivery space. As the VP, Quality engineering leader at LPL, you will be leading people leaders, work side by side with our Development, Product, Operations, Business units, and Enterprise Architecture teams to create strategy, deliver our roadmap with quality, efficiency with focus on functional and non-functional requirements. The right person for this role will excel in growing and leading a team of quality engineering leaders and SDETs in an agile environment that drives strategic thought and tactical execution for high visibility, high value stream initiatives with focus on quality and automation.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure products continuously comply with LPL’s quality, performance, reliability, security, compliance and regulatory requirements
• Responsible for testing and delivering state-of-the-art solutions for LPL that are in accordance with customer expectations, business aspirations, and architecture principles
• Experience with driving CI / CD practice, test automation and shift left Quality
• Drive the implementation and accuracy of quality metric, trend detection and implement preventive measures in upstream product development activities
• Provide full visibility on delivery, quality, automation and efficiency related metrics to internal stake holders
• The role will entail building, leading and growing a talented engineering team, nurturing best engineering practices, collaborating closely across various cross-functional teams
• Drive a results-oriented culture, with a strong focus on engineering excellence, execution, and craftsmanship as a Customer Champion
• Develop trusted partnerships with developers, product, business partners, and architecture leaders to drive optimized platform product delivery
• Drive effective, mature Agile practices and continuous execution improvements within your teams
• Manage stakeholder planning, communications ensuring key outcomes and deliver executive level status updates to all stake holders
• Build execution momentum by identifying patterns that work well and transforming the anti-patterns that inhibit the team’s progress
• Led by example. Build, coach, and manage a strong team of engineers and engineering managers who set the standard and can up-level the overall talent of the extended organization
• Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down or prevent products and programs from delivering on product and program objectives
• Focus on innovation as a key cultural element and optimize for efficiencies by bringing unique solutions to the table and questioning the status quo and supporting the modernization efforts
• Embrace a data and metrics (KPIs, OKRs) driven culture to help make informed decisions, to help prioritize work, to demonstrate progress and inspire followership of the purpose driven outcomes
• Align closely with business goals by understanding them carefully and drive engineering efficiencies for effective execution
• Function effectively in a dynamically changing competitive and regulatory environment and manage continuously changing business needs
• Set goals for the team members, and help them track, measure, and in most cases exceed the set goals
• Lead with empathy, transparency, clarity, and pragmatism to build trust and camaraderie with and within the team
• Encourage and entertain a culture that nurtures and promotes inclusion and diversity and engages and empowers every team member to bring their best self to work every day

What are we looking for?

We want strong collaborators who can deliver world-class client experiences. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented and have the skills, ability and experience to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• BS/MS computer science degree or related field from an accredited college or university
• 5+ years of experience in leading leaders, team of teams and supporting 15+ scrum teams
• 15+ years of experience in software development or quality engineering, in the software technology field

Core Competencies: