Director of Quality & AI-Driven Test Automation

Baxter Planning; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Baxter Planning is seeking a Director of Quality to own quality across all products and integrate automated testing into the SDLC. You will lead the definition of quality gates, build automated regression coverage, and drive the strategic adoption of AI-assisted testing tools to derisk modernization.

You will influence architecture and product teams to shift quality left, monitor defect escape rates and coverage, and champion a culture where quality is everyone’s responsibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in quality engineering / test automation with leadership experience.
• Direct experience building automated regression in legacy codebases.
• Hands-on familiarity with AI-assisted testing and tooling; evaluation over hype.
• Proficient in automation stack including Playwright, Selenium, and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own quality strategy and automated test architecture across multiple product areas.
• Build and scale automated regression coverage where none exists today.
• Evaluate and adopt AI-assisted quality tooling to multiply team capacity.
• Define and own quality gates in CI/CD and embed checks into deployment pipelines.
• Shift quality left by making testability a design requirement.
• Own quality metrics, reporting, and defect backlog management.
• Champion a quality culture across engineering teams.

Skills

QA leadership

Automation strategy

AI-assisted testing

Test architecture

Legacy modernization

CI/CD integration

Playwright

Selenium

Quality metrics

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Baxter Planning is seeking a Director of Quality to own quality across all products and integrate automated testing into the SDLC. You will lead the definition of quality gates, build automated regression coverage, and drive the strategic adoption of AI-assisted testing tools to derisk modernization.

You will influence architecture and product teams to shift quality left, monitor defect escape rates and coverage, and champion a culture where quality is everyone’s responsibility.