Engineering Operations Lead: Quality & Release

Toyota North America; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Health insurance

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Toyota Financial Services is seeking an Engineering Operations Manager to enable scale, quality, and predictable delivery across multiple scrum teams. This hybrid Quality Leader, Release Coordinator, and Agile Enablement Lead role drives improvements without bottlenecks and requires influence across the organization.

You’ll lead test automation strategy, coordinate releases with DevOps, and track metrics like DORA to foster a high-performance engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in engineering operations, quality engineering, delivery management, or DevOps-adjacent roles.
• Strong experience with test automation frameworks (frontend and backend).
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, release workflows, and cloud deployments.
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum practices and modern delivery models.
• Experience defining and tracking engineering metrics, including DORA.
• Ability to work across multiple teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence engineers and leaders alike.
• Proven ability to bring structure, transparency, and continuous improvement to engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Own test automation strategy and framework across all scrum teams.
• Coordinate release planning and execution with DevOps and Platform engineers.
• Improve release predictability, stability, and governance; track engineering metrics.

Skills

Test automation leadership

Agile/Scrum facilitation

Cross-team collaboration

Strong communication

Delivery metrics

Influence without authority

Education

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

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

JUnit

Postman

Job description

Toyota Financial Services is seeking an Engineering Operations Manager to enable scale, quality, and predictable delivery across multiple scrum teams. This hybrid Quality Leader, Release Coordinator, and Agile Enablement Lead role drives improvements without bottlenecks and requires influence across the organization.

You’ll lead test automation strategy, coordinate releases with DevOps, and track metrics like DORA to foster a high-performance engineering culture.