Associate Director

Grade Level (for internal use):

12

The Role: Associate Director, Quality Engineering

The Team: part of Secure Access Management (SAM) team within S&P Global Market Intelligence, the SAM QA team leads the IT organization in the delivery of trusted quality to our users. From a foundation of disciplined processes, QA seeks out innovative testing solutions, reliable & transparent test execution, and aspires towards continuous improvement in achieving top quality. In close partnership with Product Management and Development Team, QA team members help drive quality accountability, and work to ensure our end users receive reliable, stable, defect free products, which help confidently execute our business and elevate our products.

The Impact: As SAM QA ART Lead, you will partner with equivalent level Product Management and Development peers to lead the successful delivery of a defined product portfolio for our internal and external customers. The role focusses on building end to end product test strategy encompassing automation (API/DB/UI level), data and environment, defining managing supporting people & processes, and guiding associated projects to successful delivery

Whats in it for you: You will lead a group of quality engineers for Authentication and Entitlement teams within SAM, who play a QA leadership role amongst our product Scrum teams, providing them with career and skills growth opportunities and interface with senior leadership by facilitating clear communication and leadership surrounding the quality and strategic direction of our products.

Responsibilities:

• Define and build end to end SAM platform product test strategy encompassing automation, data and environment approach based on product roadmaps built by the different scrum teams
• Lead team of QA members and guide, coach and mentor them to help in their skills and career growth
• Through the adoption of new methodologies, test automation, RPA and other advanced testing methods, provide leadership in certifying applications for our DevOps/CI/CD/CT strategy leading to true cloud native operations for the product portfolio.
• Contribute to the evolution and delivery of world class quality assurance operations that are a showcase of process documentation, communication and defect reduction. Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools for cutting-edge development.
• Help lead the organization towards efficiency using AI tools and techniques.

What Were Looking For:

• Bachelors degree, BS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or software engineering preferred.
• 12+ years of Technology experience within the financial services industry or a regulated industry; 7+ years of leadership experience with a quality engineering team, preferably in a product delivery-oriented environment.
• Demonstrated experience of delivering successful end-to-end quality with complex platforms and data sets.
• Ability to lead development of strategic plans and operating plans, to grow, enhance quality assurance procedures, processes and transform a business.
• Experience with test driven development, testing frameworks (including data testing, service testing, performance testing, load testing etc), test automation
• Strong analytical thinking, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with strong ability to influence both technology and business partners.