Head of Quality Engineering Governance & Enablement

Humana; United States; Remote; USD 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to advance enterprise quality engineering standards, governance, onboarding, and enablement across our technology landscape. The role partners with Quality Engineering, Engineering, Product, and Risk to define measurable practices and drive maturity and compliance alignment.

You will lead onboarding programs, develop educational materials, and coordinate analytics to improve adoption, delivery quality, and audit readiness while supporting transformation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering, software engineering, test engineering, quality governance, SDLC practices, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of experience leading or influencing enterprise standards, methodology, governance, compliance, or enablement initiatives.
• Experience defining or implementing quality engineering standards, testing methodologies, SDLC controls, or engineering best practices.
• Experience working with governance, maturity assessments, risk and compliance alignment, or audit support processes.
• Experience developing enablement materials, onboarding approaches, training content, or organizational adoption programs.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices, including Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and test automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create executive-ready and team-facing materials.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple teams and drive alignment in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, refinement, and socialization of enterprise quality engineering standards, methodologies, and operating procedures.
• Support the definition and evolution of enterprise quality engineering strategy in alignment with Humana’s technology and transformation priorities.
• Establish and maintain SDLC quality standards, policies, and required controls to promote consistency across teams and portfolios.
• Define and communicate engineering best practices and “what good looks like” guidance for quality engineering across the organization.
• Partner with Agile and engineering leadership to align quality engineering ways of working with enterprise delivery frameworks and Agile office practices.
• Drive standardization of quality engineering practices across the software development lifecycle, including test strategy, automation, release quality, and evidence-based quality measures.

Skills

Quality engineering

Governance

Enablement

Agile/DevOps

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

ISTQB

SAFe

PMP

Job description

Humana is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to advance enterprise quality engineering standards, governance, onboarding, and enablement across our technology landscape. The role partners with Quality Engineering, Engineering, Product, and Risk to define measurable practices and drive maturity and compliance alignment.

You will lead onboarding programs, develop educational materials, and coordinate analytics to improve adoption, delivery quality, and audit readiness while supporting transformation