Practice Lead for Quality Engineering (QE)

Job Overview: The Practice Lead for Quality Engineering (QE) is responsible for defining and scaling the Quality Engineering practice across the organization. This role drives the transition from traditional QA to modern engineering-led quality practices embedding quality across the SDLC through automation DevOps Agile and AI-enabled testing. The Practice Lead ensures consistent delivery excellence capability maturity and commercial success of QE offerings.

Key Responsibilities:

Practice Strategy & Leadership

Define and execute the Quality Engineering practice strategy roadmap and operating model aligned with business and technology goals.

Establish QE as a value-driven engineering discipline moving beyond defect detection to quality enablement and risk mitigation.

Act as the thought leader for QE keeping the organization ahead of industry trends (AI in testing shift-left/right continuous testing).

Capability & Offering Development

Design and standardize QE frameworks methodologies tools and accelerators across automation performance security and reliability testing.

Build and evolve QE service offerings including test automation CI/CD quality gates API testing data and AI testing and observability-driven testing.

Define maturity models reusable assets reference architectures and best practices.

Delivery Excellence & Governance

Ensure consistent high-quality QE delivery across accounts and programs.

Establish governance KPIs and metrics (defect leakage automation coverage cycle time quality risk).

Support complex or at-risk engagements as an escalation and assurance leader.

Talent & Capability Building

Build mentor and scale high-performing QE teams and communities of practice.

Define role definitions skill matrices learning paths and certification strategies.

Coach delivery leads architects and engineers in modern QE practices.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with clients and leaders to position QE as a strategic enabler of speed resilience and customer experience.

Lead client conversations on QE transformation assessments and roadmap development.

Support pre-sales activities including solution design estimations proposals and executive presentations.

Commercial & Growth Support

Contribute to revenue growth through new offerings account expansion and deal shaping.

Improve delivery margins through automation standardization and productivity improvements.

Track practice-level financials utilization and investment priorities.

Requirements

Required

12 years of experience in Quality Engineering Testing or Software Engineering with at least 5 years in a leadership or practice-building role.

Strong expertise in test automation frameworks CI/CD pipelines Agile/DevOps environments and cloud-native architectures.

Experience leading QE transformations across large-scale digital platforms or enterprise systems.

Proven ability to build and scale practices including people offerings and delivery models.

Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Preferred

Experience with AI-driven testing test data management performance engineering and security testing.

Background in consulting or technology services organizations.

Certifications in ISTQB SAFe Agile DevOps or cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).

Success Measures

Adoption and maturity of QE practices across delivery teams

Improvement in quality metrics release velocity and defect leakage

Growth of QE-related revenue and client satisfaction

Strength and sustainability of QE talent pipeline and communities

Work Set-up: Hybrid in BGC (1-2x a week RTO or as needed)

Required Skills:

Required 12 years of experience in Quality Engineering Testing or Software Engineering with at least 5 years in a leadership or practice-building role. Strong expertise in test automation frameworks CI/CD pipelines Agile/DevOps environments and cloud-native architectures. Experience leading QE transformations across large-scale digital platforms or enterprise systems. Proven ability to build and scale practices including people offerings and delivery models. Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills. Preferred Experience with AI-driven testing test data management performance engineering and security testing. Background in consulting or technology services organizations. Certifications in ISTQB SAFe Agile DevOps or cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP). Success Measures Adoption and maturity of QE practices across delivery teams Improvement in quality metrics release velocity and defect leakage Growth of QE-related revenue and client satisfaction Strength and sustainability of QE talent pipeline and communities Work Set-up: Hybrid in BGC (1-2x a week RTO or as needed)

Required Education:

12 years of experience in Quality Engineering Testing or Software Engineering with at least 5 years in a leadership or practice-building role. Strong expertise in test automation frameworks CI/CD pipelines Agile/DevOps environments and cloud-native architectures. Experience leading QE transformations across large-scale digital platforms or enterprise systems. Proven ability to build and scale practices including people offerings and delivery models. Strong stakeholder managem

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 350000 - 350000