What can you expect in this role?
- As a QE Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing test strategies and test plans for releases with a focus on optimized coverage across work streams
- Lead the QE delivery for Commercial Insurance portfolio
- Work with Commercial Insurance business aligned teams to develop and execute test strategies for multi-year technology transformation initiative
- Maximize test automation coverage by bringing in “automation first” mindset and look for opportunities to shift-left testing in the delivery process
- Work collaboratively with cross functional team across various work stream
- Lead and manage a team of QE professionals (internal and external) and drive testing priorities to achieve the necessary business outcomes
- Provide accurate and detailed QE test status to stakeholders, along with issues, trends and potential impact and drive timely resolution of impediments
- Identify and select industry best practices, to support continuous process improvements and efficiencies in the overall QE processes at Economical
- Participate in the coordination of the change/release management and production implementation processes and activities
- Provide project and technical orientation and support for team members
- Support development of insurance domain knowledge and understanding of business processes within the team
What do you bring to the role?
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 10+ years of Quality engineering experience with minimum 5 years leadership experience leading QE initiatives / QE transformation programs and increasing Test Effectiveness and Quality
- Experience in Insurance industry is a must; experience on Guidewire platform is preferred
- Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals including data structures, algorithm design and complexity analysis
- Proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++ or C# with experience in development and maintenance of Test Automation Frameworks / Test Harness
- Experienced in interacting and coordinating test activities amongst multiple teams
- Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Adapting quickly to changing conditions and providing approaches for pragmatic improvement and delivering results on time
- Experience and understanding of Agile software development methodologies
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery concepts and approaches and experience working in a DevOps environment
- Experience with testing RESTful APIs
- Experience with testing big data platforms is nice to have
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