Manager, Enterprise Quality Engineering

DigiKey Electronics; Thief River Falls (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

DigiKey Electronics is seeking a Manager, Enterprise Quality Engineering to lead the testing strategy across IT Transformation initiatives. You will define standards, governance, and execution to ensure solutions are validated against business, technical, security, and performance requirements before production deployment.

You will mentor testing professionals, establish automation strategies, coordinate test environments, manage vendors when needed, and promote early testing and CI practices to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/CS/Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years IT testing/quality assurance experience.
• 3+ years leading testing teams or enterprise testing initiatives.
• Experience developing testing strategies for complex IT initiatives.
• Experience with large-scale implementations and integrations.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of comprehensive test plans and strategies.
• Oversee functional, integration, system, regression, data, performance, security, usability, and UAT testing.
• Establish traceability between requirements, test cases, and results.
• Coordinate test environments, data, schedules, and dependencies.
• Promote automation strategies for repeatable testing at scale.
• Manage defects through established processes and monitor progress.
• Lead, mentor, and develop IT testing professionals.
• Coordinate testing resources across multiple projects.

Skills

Test strategy development

Leadership of testing teams

Test planning

UAT leadership

Agile/Waterfall/hybrid

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/CS/Engineering/Related field

Tools

Test management tools

Automation tooling

Job description

DigiKey is one of the fastest growing distributors of electronic components in the world. In addition to offering the broadest selection of in-stock electronic components and providing the best service possible to customers, employees have access to a highly competitive benefits package. To learn more, visit our benefits and perks page.

Position Overview:

The Manager, Enterprise Quality Engineering is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously improving the testing strategy, standards, governance, and execution supporting the projects and programs within the IT Transformation Office. This role provides enterprise-level leadership for testing across major transformation initiatives, ensuring solutions are thoroughly validated and meet defined business, functional, technical, security, integration, performance, and operational requirements before production deployment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensive test plans and test strategies.
• Oversee functional, integration, system, regression, data, performance, security, usability, and user acceptance testing as appropriate.
• Establish traceability between business requirements, technical requirements, test cases, and test results.
• Ensure adequate test coverage for critical business capabilities and processes.
• Coordinate test environments, test data, test schedules, and test dependencies.
• Establish appropriate automation strategies for repeatable and high-volume testing.
• Ensure defects are documented, prioritized, assigned, tracked, and resolved through established processes.
• Monitor testing progress and provide timely intervention when testing falls behind plan or quality objectives are not being met.
• Develop the testing resource model required to support the IT Transformation portfolio.
• Determine when testing should be performed by dedicated internal resources, project teams, business users, vendors, or specialized testing partners.
• Lead, mentor, and develop IT testing professionals.
• Establish testing roles, responsibilities, competencies, and career-development expectations.
• Coordinate testing resources across multiple concurrent projects.
• Manage external testing vendors and consulting partners when applicable.
• Establish expectations for vendor testing deliverables and quality.
• Evaluate and recommend testing tools, frameworks, and automation technologies.
• Promote automation where it provides measurable improvements in testing efficiency, coverage, repeatability, and quality.
• Establish a culture where quality is considered throughout the delivery lifecycle rather than only at the end of a project.
• Balance delivery speed with appropriate risk management and quality standards.
• Challenge project teams when testing scope, resources, or timelines create unacceptable risk.
• Communicate complex testing risks clearly to both technical and business audiences.
• Build strong relationships across IT and the business.
• Promote accountability for quality across project teams rather than positioning testing as solely the responsibility of the testing organization.
• Establish consistent enterprise standards while allowing appropriate flexibility for individual projects.
• Advocate for early testing, automation, continuous integration, and defect prevention

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in IT testing, quality assurance, software delivery, or related technology disciplines.
• 3+ years of experience leading testing teams, programs, or enterprise testing initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing testing strategies for complex IT initiatives.
• Experience with large-scale application implementations, system integrations, SaaS implementations, ERP/CRM implementations, or other major transformation programs.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Strong understanding of software development and IT delivery lifecycles.
• Experience with test management, defect management, and testing automation tools.
• Experience working with business stakeholders and leading UAT.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities across a complex project portfolio.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and organizational skills.

Physical Requirements

• Work is primarily performed at a desk and/or in an office environment for 3/4 of the day and up
• The office noise level in the work environment is typically moderate
• Generally, spend the workday sitting at a workstation and operating computer devices, such as, but not limited to keyboard, mouse, and screen
• Generally, spend the workday performing repetitive motions that involve or affect the hands, head, and other parts of your body

Compensation:

The base pay range for this position is:

$120,000

to

$165,000

Many factors influence the determination of base pay within a range, including the candidate's work experience in related roles; the candidate's knowledge, skills, capabilities, and performance; the relative pay of other DigiKey employees in similar roles; and the budget available for the position.

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future. The employer does not offer immigration sponsorship for this opportunity.

DigiKey Electronics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage all qualified candidates, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and to apply and be considered for open positions.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources at 1-800-338-4105 or [e-mail].

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