Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager

Req number:

R8285

Employment type:

Full time

Worksite flexibility:

Hybrid

Who we are

CAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what is right—whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated Quality Assurance Manager ready to take us to the next level! If you have strong leadership, QA expertise, and experience in manual and automated testing, and are looking for your next career move, apply now.

Job Description

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to plan, coordinate, and oversee manual and automated testing activities for the client engagement, including review of testing performed by solution providers. This position will be full-time and onsite in Newark, DE.

Only work authorizations not requiring sponsorship now or in the future will be considered.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on business and functional requirements

• Coordinate and execute manual test cycles, including functional, regression, integration, and system testing

• Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of automated test scripts and frameworks

• Determine which test cases are candidates for automation based on frequency, risk, and regression value

• Coordinate execution of automated regression suites as part of the release and deployment cycle

• Work with the QA and development teams to integrate automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline

• Monitor automated test results and triage failures to distinguish defects from script or environment issues

• Evaluate and recommend testing tools consistent with the client's technical environment

• Log, track, and manage defects through resolution, working with development teams to confirm fixes

• Coordinate retesting of resolved defects and track retest outcomes through closure

• Review and evaluate testing performed by solution providers or third-party vendors for completeness and quality

• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by coordinating with business users, scheduling sessions, and tracking sign-off

• Review requirements and design documentation to identify testable acceptance criteria

• Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects

• Build and maintain burndown rate reporting for test execution, defect resolution, and UAT progress

• Build and maintain velocity reports covering solution provider testing, UAT, defects, and retests

• Design, build, and maintain UAT dashboards showing test case status, pass/fail rates, defect counts, and sign-off progress

• Maintain test data sets used across manual and automated test cycles, including data refresh and masking requirements

• Track and report quality metrics such as defect density, defect leakage, test coverage, and cycle time

• Provide regular status reporting to project leadership and client stakeholders on testing progress against schedule

• Ensure test and defect data is accurate and consistently maintained in the test management and defect tracking tools

What You'll Need

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent professional experience

• Prior experience managing or leading a QA team across manual and automated testing efforts

• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, qTest, or similar)

• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, or similar)

• Experience building status reporting and dashboards for testing metrics (e.g., burndown charts, UAT dashboards)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to report status to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Demonstrated attention to detail and quality assurance discipline when working with data and analysis

Preferred:

• Experience supporting UAT cycles with business or client end users

• Proficiency with SQL for test data validation, extraction, and reporting

• Experience building dashboards or inter