Sr. Manager Software Quality Assurance

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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on “Senior Manager Software Quality Assurance” candidate specializing in Performance Engineering to lead performance testing initiatives across our suite of oncology applications. The ideal candidate should have strong skills in performance testing tools, APM solutions, automation, functional testing, QA methodology, and will lead and contribute to testing center of excellence, set standard practices, and work with cross-functional teams. This role requires deep technical expertise in identifying performance bottlenecks, and working closely with development, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure optimal application performance in production and pre-production environments.

The majority of your day will be spent working on the following core duties:

• Define QA strategy and vision aligned with business goals.

• Develop and manage QA budgets, resource planning, and forecasting.

• Establish quality metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness and efficiency.

• Risk management related to product quality and release readiness.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to align QA goals with product and engineering

• roadmaps.

• Recruit, train, and retain talent to build a high-performing QA organization.

• Foster a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and accountability.

• Conduct performance reviews and career development planning.

• Provide support and technical guidance towards setting up of performance testing center of excellence across suite of oncology applications.

• Implement and optimize QA processes (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, etc.).

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

• Drive automation strategy across functional, regression, and performance testing.

• Oversee test planning, execution, and reporting for all releases.

• Work closely with Product Management, Development, and Operations to ensure quality is built into the product from the start.

• Participate in release planning, go/no-go decisions, and post-release reviews.

• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate QA status, risks, and mitigation plans.

• Evaluate and implement QA tools for test management, automation, performance, and defect tracking.

• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in software testing and quality assurance.

• Define technical, product, operational, and organizational strategy for the Cloud Performance initiative and associated services.

• Establish and drive the performance engineering culture across multiple scrum teams.

• Drive architecture and methodology for load testing, performance benchmarking, and optimization at cloud scale.

• Standardize tools, techniques, and reporting across teams. Ensure best practices are documented and followed across the board.

• Hands-on execution of performance tests using tools like JMeter and Neoload.

• Utilize APM tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic to monitor and analyze application performance.

• Conduct server tuning and capacity planning to ensure scalability and reliability.

• Setup and Maintaing performance testing distributed infrastructure.

• Collaborate with Development leads and Scrum masters on resourcing, scheduling, and executing performance tests to meet deadlines.

• Support senior test management in identifying, recording, and resolving risks and issues.