Senior QA Engineering Manager

Cotiviti; India; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cotiviti is seeking a Senior QA Engineering Manager in India to lead quality engineering strategy, automation architecture, and the people side of a QA organization. You will partner with engineering, product, and delivery teams to embed quality across the lifecycle and scale high-performing offshore talent.

In this role you will drive CI/CD, AI-based testing, and data-driven quality decisions while mentoring a growing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years IT/software experience with 10+ years in automation/QA leadership and 5+ years of people management.
• Hands-on Java with Python exposure; architect and scale API and UI automation.
• Proficiency with RestAssured, TestNG, Playwright, and Cucumber (BDD) in CI/CD.
• Experience with AI-based test automation and AWS cloud technologies.
• Healthcare domain knowledge (HIPAA, X12) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and own test automation strategy across multiple products and portfolios.
• Architect scalable API-first and UI automation with shared libraries.
• Guide teams to adopt AI-based automation and RPA technologies.
• Drive CI/CD practices and cloud tooling across QA.
• Oversee CAB and ZDP; track defects and perform RCA.
• Participate in sprint planning; provide effort estimates for automation work.
• Define and report quality metrics to drive data-driven decisions.
• Lead QA and automation engineers, including offshore and distributed staff.
• Own hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and career development.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, delivery, and operations to align plans.
• Communicate strategy and risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Java

Python

RestAssured

TestNG

Playwright

BDD-Cucumber

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Nexus

Maven

AWS

AI-based testing

X12 HIPAA

Agile

CI/CD

Job description

Overview

The Senior QA Engineering Manager leads quality engineering strategy and execution across one or more product portfolios, owning both the technical direction of test automation and the people leadership of a QA engineering organization. This leader partners closely with engineering, product, and delivery teams to embed quality throughout the software lifecycle, builds and scales high-performing automation and QA team including offshore and distributed talent - and drives a zero-defect culture through rigorous metrics, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. The role blends hands-on technical leadership in test automation architecture, CI/CD, and AI-based testing with senior people-management responsibilities such as hiring, coaching, and career development.

Responsibilities

Quality strategy and automation leadership

• Define and own the test automation strategy across multiple products and portfolios, architecting scalable API-first and UI automation suites built on shared, reusable test libraries
• Guide teams to evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies - including AI-based test automation frameworks, and RPA - to provide faster feedback to development teams
• Establish the test strategy covering data management, pre-production/staging environments, system integration, and end-to-end testing
• Drive CI/CD practices and cloud-based tooling (Azure/AWS) across the QA function
• Oversee Quality Corrective Action Board (CAB) and Zero-Defect Planning (ZDP) processes; track defect leakage and lead root cause analysis (RCA) to continuously improve test coverage
• Actively participate in sprint planning and estimation, providing effort and timeline estimates for automation and QA deliverables to support predictable, on-time releases
• Define and report key quality metrics — including functional and automation test coverage, defect density, and test execution velocity — to drive data-driven quality decisions

Team leadership and people management

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of QA and automation engineers and QA leads — including offshore and distributed staff — fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture
• Own hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and retention for the QA engineering organization
• Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and manage team knowledge-building and cross-training across key applications
• Act as a change agent, championing quality ownership and continuous improvement across the QA program

Cross-functional partnership and reporting

• Partner with product management, engineering, delivery, and operations to translate roadmap priorities into achievable, quality-driven engineering plans
• Develop effective relationships with key stakeholders — product owners, agile managers, business analysts, delivery teams, and technical working groups
• Produce sprint-level activity reports and quality metrics for senior management; support release-readiness reporting and relevant New Product Development (NPD) phases
• Communicate technical strategy, quality status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Relevant experience and educational requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 12 or more years of overall IT/software experience, including 10 or more years leading automation or QA engineering teams and 5 or more years of direct people management
• Strong hands-on experience in Java and exposure to Python, with proven ability to architect and scale automation suites spanning API test automation (primary) and UI test automation, built on shared, reusable test libraries
• Proficiency with RestAssured, TestNG, Playwright, and BDD-Cucumber, along with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Gitlab, Nexus, and Maven
• Experience with AI-based test automation and applying AI-driven development lifecycle (AIDLC) practices to accelerate test design, execution, and maintenance
• Exposure to AWS cloud technologies and modern DevOps practices
• Experience in healthcare, payer, or other regulated, data-intensive domains, including deidentified, HIPAA-compliant test data practices; US healthcare and EDI (e.g., X12/HIPAA transactions) knowledge is a plus
• Familiarity with data analytics platforms or machine learning systems is a plus
• Strong understanding of Agile methodology and quality management best practices

Skills and competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence a wide range of audiences and win support without formal reporting authority
• Strong organizational skills and adaptive to rapidly changing priorities and workloads
• Comfortable partnering with remote and distributed team members across the US, India, and other geographies, within a matrixed organization
• Results-oriented, empowering leader with strong emotional intelligence and a demonstrated ability to coach and develop talent
• Innovative and self-motivated, with a strong sense of urgency and quality ownership
• Exhibits behaviours consistent with Cotiviti values: Customer Driven, Accountability, Open, Collaborative

Disclaimer

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change as the needs of Cotiviti and requirements of the job change.