Quality and Test Automation Platform Engineering Manager, VP

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineering & Test Automation Platform Engineering Manager to lead the strategy, engineering, rollout and adoption of enterprise testing platforms supporting global application development teams.

This is a hands-on engineering leadership role responsible for a multi-tool Quality Engineering ecosystem spanning functional and API automation, performance and load testing, test data management and AI-assisted testing. The role requires strong technical leadership, enterprise platform experience, and the ability to work across engineering teams, technology vendors and cloud environments.

What you will be responsible for

As the Quality Engineering & Test Automation Platform Lead, you will

• Own the strategy, architecture and roadmap for enterprise Quality Engineering and Test Automation platforms and tools.
• Lead the engineering team responsible for rollout and adoption of automation capabilities across global application development teams.
• Establish scalable automation frameworks, reusable components and engineering standards across UI, API, microservices, batch and ETL/data workloads.
• Define platform operating models covering RBAC, onboarding, administration, support, governance and lifecycle management.
• Integrate test automation and automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across technologies such as Tricentis Tosca, NeoLoad, LoadRunner, GenRocket, Playwright and Selenium.
• Lead technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts for testing platforms, recommending adoption, modernization, consolidation or retirement based on engineering value, cost and enterprise fit.
• Manage strategic relationships with testing platform vendors, including tool evaluation, licensing, procurement, onboarding, renewals and license optimization.
• Design scalable, secure and highly available testing platforms within AWS and Azure.
• Identify and drive AI-assisted and agentic testing opportunities, including test generation, automation development and maintenance, execution analysis and defect identification.
• Define and track measurable Quality Engineering outcomes at enterprise level.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Experience leading and operating enterprise-grade Quality Engineering and test automation platforms supporting global development teams.
• Strong hands-on experience designing scalable automation frameworks, reusable components and enterprise testing patterns.
• Deep experience with Tricentis Tosca or comparable enterprise automation platforms, along with modern frameworks such as Playwright and Selenium.
• Experience with performance/load testing and test data management, using technologies such as NeoLoad, LoadRunner and GenRocket.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD integration, automated quality gates and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience deploying and operating engineering platforms in AWS and/or Azure.
• Experience conducting technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts and selecting technologies based on application and engineering requirements.
• Experience managing enterprise software vendors, licensing and technology lifecycle decisions.
• Ability to use Quality Engineering metrics to measure automation adoption, reliability, testing effectiveness and platform utilization.
• Experience applying AI-assisted testing and automation capabilities within the Quality Engineering lifecycle.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams and influencing development, Quality Engineering and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate Quality Engineering strategy into practical engineering standards and adoption plans.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, Quality Engineering, Test automation or related engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on technical engineering with platform strategy, vendor management and enterprise adoption.
• Certifications in Test Automation Engineering

Salary Range

$120,000 - $202,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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