Quality Engineering Manager (Java, Python, GenAI, Selenium, Playwright)

Taleo; Dadri; On-site; INR 11,628,000 - 15,504,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead testing for large-scale enterprise applications using Java, Python, GenAI, Selenium, and Playwright. You will oversee test strategy, automation adoption, and release readiness, collaborating with Product, Engineering and Business Operations. Must have 7+ years QA experience and 3+ years leadership.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication to ensure high-quality production releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years in Quality Engineering, QA, or UAT
• 3+ years of people leadership experience
• Experience managing testing for large-scale enterprise applications
• Experience with defect management and test management tools
• Solid understanding of SDLC, Agile, and release processes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives

Responsibilities

• Delivery Leadership & Governance: lead testing governance and release readiness
• Lead Scrum planning, execution, defect management, and release validation activities
• Define and implement standards, templates, and best practices
• Establish quality gates and readiness checkpoints for production releases
• Drive risk assessment and mitigation for critical initiatives
• Provide quality status reporting and executive-level communication
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Program teams to ensure testability of requirements
• Facilitate requirement reviews and acceptance criteria assessments
• Lead UAT and release readiness discussions as primary contact
• Align testing strategies with business priorities and goals
• Perform functional, end-to-end, regression, and integration testing
• Ensure full test coverage and traceability
• Oversee defect triage and resolution
• Drive adoption of test automation and AI-assisted testing
• Promote shift-left testing and quality engineering principles
• Evaluate tools to enhance testing effectiveness
• Lead and develop a team of QA analysts and engineers
• Conduct performance management and career development
• Manage resource planning and workload balancing
• Foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Establish and monitor KPIs: defect leakage, UAT progress, test coverage, release readiness
• Lead root cause analysis and process improvements
• Support operational excellence and modernization efforts
• Comply with company policies and work location changes

Skills

Quality engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile

SDLC knowledge

Test management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Defect management tools

Test management tools

Job description

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description - Quality Engineering Manager (Java, Python, GenAI, Selenium, Playwright) (2390484)

Quality Engineering Manager (Java, Python, GenAI, Selenium, Playwright) - 2390484

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities

• Delivery Leadership & Governance


• Lead Scrum planning, execution, defect management, and release validation activities


• Define and implement standards, processes, templates, and best practices


• Establish quality gates and readiness checkpoints to ensure successful production releases


• Drive risk assessment and mitigation strategies for critical business initiatives


• Provide quality status reporting and executive-level communication


• Stakeholder Partnership


• Partner with Product, Engineering, Business Operations, and Program teams to ensure business requirements are testable and validated


• Facilitate requirement reviews and acceptance criteria assessments


• Serve as the primary point of contact for business acceptance and release readiness discussions


• Align testing strategies with business priorities and organizational goals


• Functional testing


• End-to-end validation


• Regression testing


• Integration testing


• Business process validation


• Ensure full test coverage and traceability from requirements to test results


• Oversee defect triage and resolution activities


• Quality Engineering & Automation


• Drive adoption of test automation and AI-assisted testing practices


• Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency, quality, and delivery speed


• Promote shift-left testing practices and quality engineering principles


• Evaluate and implement tools and capabilities that enhance testing effectiveness


• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of UAT analysts and quality engineers


• Conduct performance management, coaching, and career development activities


• Manage resource planning, workload balancing, and capability development


• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation


• Establish and monitor KPIs including:


• Defect leakage


• UAT execution progress


• Test coverage


• Release readiness metrics


• Drive root cause analysis and process improvement initiatives

Support operational excellence and modernization efforts

• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field


• 7+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, QA, or UAT


• 3+ years of people leadership experience


• Experience managing testing activities for large-scale enterprise applications


• Experience with defect management and test management tools


• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile, and release management processes


• Proven solid stakeholder management and communication skills


• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or accommodation for any part of the application process, please call 1-866-566-8715 to be connected to Recruitment Services. Recruitment Services hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.

UnitedHealth Group is a registered service mark of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The UnitedHealth Group name with the dimensional logo, as well as the dimensional logo alone, are both service marks for the UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.