Responsibilities:

Servant leadership to the quality automation chapters

• Mentor and coach team members to improve their skills and expertise in automation

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration within the chapter

• Define the overall quality automation strategy and roadmap

• Establish best practices, standards, and guidelines for test automation

• Identify opportunities to improve automation coverage, test cases and efficiency

• Provide technical guidance and oversight for automation initiatives

• Review and approve test automation architectures and designs

• Troubleshoot complex automation issues

• Drive continuous improvement of automation processes and practices

• Implement metrics to measure automation effectiveness and efficiency

• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in the automation pipeline

• Promote adoption of DevOps and CI/CD practices for test automation

• Partner with development, product, and QE chapters to integrate automation into the SDLC

• Coordinate automation efforts across multiple squads

• Organize regular chapter meetings and knowledge sharing sessions

• Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation within the chapters

• Encourage participation in automation guilds and communities of practice

• Promote the value of test automation across the organization

Candidate Profile:

• Proven experience in a quality engineering role, ideally with a leadership aspect.

• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams.

• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and quality assurance processes

• Experience with manual and automated testing approaches and tools

• Understanding of programming languages such as Java, Python, C#

• Familiarity with testing methodologies like Agile, Waterfall, DevOps

• Experience with CI/CD processes and tools

• Knowledge of test automation frameworks and the testing pyramid

• Understanding of various testing types (unit, integration, acceptance, regression)