Director of Enterprise QA & Release Quality

Burlington Coat Factory Whse. Corp.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Associate discount

Flexible hours

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k) plan

Job summary

Burlington Stores, Inc. seeks a Director of IT Quality Assurance to lead a centralized QA/QE function across a multi-domain retail technology landscape.

The role governs enterprise QA standards, testing strategies, and tooling while aligning with delivery governance and business priorities. You will oversee enterprise automation, release quality, and vendor partnerships, guiding demand intake from PMO, Product, and Engineering to ensure quality outcomes and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• PMP, SAFe, ISTQB, Agile, DevOps, or related quality/technology certifications preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive QA, Quality Engineering, or technology delivery leadership experience, including 5+ years leading enterprise-scale QA organizations within retail or consumer-focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise QA/QE strategy; evolve toward modern quality engineering and automation-first practices.
• Establish enterprise QA standards, policies, methodologies, quality gates, testing strategies, tooling governance, metrics, and reporting.
• Own QA demand intake and prioritization; forecast capacity and oversee delivery with PMO, Product, Engineering, and Business stakeholders.
• Ensure consistent quality execution, automation adoption, CI/CD integration, integrated testing, and release readiness.
• Manage external QA/QE partner relationships, performance metrics, financial oversight, and executive reporting.

Skills

QA leadership

Agile SAFe

Executive communication

stakeholder management

quality engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business

Tools

Jira

Xray

Azure DevOps

Selenium

Playwright

API testing tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Burlington Stores, Inc. seeks a Director of IT Quality Assurance to lead a centralized QA/QE function across a multi-domain retail technology landscape.

The role governs enterprise QA standards, testing strategies, and tooling while aligning with delivery governance and business priorities. You will oversee enterprise automation, release quality, and vendor partnerships, guiding demand intake from PMO, Product, and Engineering to ensure quality outcomes and timely delivery.