5833520 Quality Engineering Testing Lead

Accenture Flex offers you the flexibility of local fixed-duration project-based work powered by Accenture, a leading global professional services company. Accenture is consistently recognized on FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For and Diversity Inc’s Top 50 Companies For Diversity lists.

As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture’s clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today’s biggest business challenges.

You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world-class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel.

** This role will based in Minneapolis and is a hybrid role: 2 days onsite at the office and 3 days remote from home. Local candidates preferred, but will consider non-local candidates who are open to immediate relocation. Relocation assistance will not be provided.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated Quality Assurance/Engineering Team Lead experience driving QA/QE delivery.

• Skilled in using SQL to test databases and ETL processes.

• Experience working in the Insurance industry, ideally in the actuarial space.

• Skilled in direct collaboration with business stakeholders such as BAs, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners.

• Ability to provide high-level estimates for QA project requests and plan team capacity accordingly.

• Ensure timely communication of daily/weekly status reports, including test progress, milestones, issue tracking, and risk escalation to the PM and project team.

• Hands-on experience with SQL and a fair understanding of job cycles is expected to effectively support test preparation and validation efforts.

• Oversee test readiness activities including test data setup, cross-system dependencies, and overall test execution. Ensure risks/issues are escalated appropriately.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key business and IT stakeholders. Effectively communicate findings, plans, and recommendations.

• Mentor and coach QA team members while managing workloads. Proactively identify and implement QA capability uplift opportunities.

• Strong experience leading a team of 8+ resources across onshore and offshore locations.

• Contribute to post-project reviews and drive improvements in QA practices through innovation and automation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of Insurance industry experience

• Minimum of 5 years of Quality Assurance/Quality Engineering experience

• Minimum of 5 years of QA/QE Lead experience

• Minimum of 5 years of SQL experience

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Associates degree

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York or Washington as set forth below.

We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here.

Role Location                      Hourly Salary Range

California                          $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

Colorado                           $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

District of Columbia        $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

Illinois                                $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

Maryland                          $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

Minnesota                        $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

New Jersey/New York    $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

Washington                      $73.08 - $83.08 per hour

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