Principal - Architecture

LTM; Cumming (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical Plan Covering M,

Short Term and Long-Term Disability

401(k) Plan with Company match

Life Insurance

Vacation Time, Sick Leave, Paid Holid

Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave

Job summary

LTIMindtree in the United States seeks a Testing Transformation Lead to define and drive the enterprise Quality Engineering and Testing Transformation strategy. You will modernize testing practices with automation, AI adoption, DevOps integration, TDM, TEM, and governance to boost speed, quality, productivity and business outcomes.

This role partners with business, engineering, product and delivery leaders to build a future-ready Quality Engineering organization and lead large-scale programs

Qualifications

• Lead enterprise Quality Engineering transformation initiatives.
• Define and execute a testing transformation roadmap.
• Partner with CIOs, engineering leaders, product owners and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Transformation Strategy Leadership; define and execute the Testing Transformation roadmap.
• Establish target state Quality Engineering operating models and maturity frameworks.
• Lead large-scale transformation programs across Agile, DevOps and Product Engineering.
• Drive adoption of industry-leading testing methodologies, tools and best practices.
• Create executive dashboards, KPIs and transformation success measures.
• Develop enterprise automation strategy for UI, API, Data and Performance testing.

Skills

Quality Engineering Transformation

Test Automation Strategy

Agile SAFe Methodologies

DevOps CI/CD

Test Management

Enterprise QA Governance

Metrics Analytics

Digital Transformation

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Large Programme Leadership

Change Management

Financial Business Case Development

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

Postman

Rest Assured

JMeter

LoadRunner

NeoLoad

JIRA

QMetry

Zephyr

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Power BI

GenAI Testing Solutions

Job description

• The Testing Transformation Lead is responsible for defining and executing the enterprise-wide Quality Engineering and Testing Transformation strategy
• The role drives modernization of testing practices through automation AI adoption DevOps integration, Test Data Management TDM, Test Environment Management TEM, quality metrics transformation, and operating model improvements to improve speed quality productivity and business outcomes
• This role partners with business engineering product and delivery leaders to establish a future ready Quality Engineering organisation

Role Description

• The Testing Transformation Lead is responsible for defining and executing the enterprise-wide Quality Engineering and Testing Transformation strategy
• The role drives modernization of testing practices through automation AI adoption DevOps integration, Test Data Management TDM, Test Environment Management TEM, quality metrics transformation, and operating model improvements to improve speed quality productivity and business outcomes
• This role partners with business engineering product and delivery leaders to establish a future ready Quality Engineering organisation

Key Responsibilities

• Transformation Strategy Leadership
• Define and execute the Testing Transformation roadmap aligned with organisational quality and engineering goals
• Establish target state Quality Engineering operating models and maturity frameworks
• Lead largescale transformation programmes across Agile DevOps and Product Engineering teams
• Drive adoption of industry leading testing methodologies tools and best practices
• Create executive dashboards KPIs and transformation success measures
• Quality Engineering Modernisation
• Develop enterprise automation strategy covering UI API Data and Performance testing
• Drive shift left and shift right testing practices
• Promote risk based and intelligent testing approaches
• Define test automation and AI enabled testing adoption plans
• Improve test coverage execution efficiency and release confidence
• AI Innovation
• Identify and prioritize GenAI use cases in Quality Engineering
• Drive AI assisted test design test script generation defect prediction and test optimization initiatives
• Evaluate emerging technologies and establish innovation roadmaps
• Measure transformation value realization and productivity gains
• Test Data Environment Transformation
• Establish enterprise Test Data Management strategy
• Improve test data quality masking provisioning and self-service capabilities
• Drive Test Environment Management improvements to increase availability and reliability
• Implement automation and governance for environment provisioning and monitoring
• Governance Metrics
• Define enterprise-wide quality metrics and transformation KPIs
• Establish measurement frameworks for
• Automation Coverage
• Defect Leakage
• Release Quality
• Cycle Time Reduction
• Productivity Improvement
• AI Adoption
• Customer Satisfaction
• Lead executive governance and steering committee reviews
• Change Management Adoption
• Drive organisational change required for transformation initiatives
• Establish Communities of Practice CoPs
• Develop training and capability building programmes
• Ensure stakeholder alignment and adoption across business and technology teams
• Stakeholder Management
• Partner with CIOs Engineering Leaders Product Owners Architecture teams and Vendors
• Present transformation progress and outcomes to executive leadership
• Manage strategic relationships with testing tool and technology partners

Required Skills Experience

• Functional Skills
• Quality Engineering Transformation
• Test Automation Strategy
• Agile SAFe Methodologies
• DevOps CICD
• Test Management
• Enterprise QA Governance
• Metrics Analytics
• Digital Transformation Programmes
• Technical Skills
• Playwright Selenium Cypress Appium
• API Testing Postman Rest Assured
• Performance Testing JMeter LoadRunner NeoLoad
• Test Management Tools JIRA QMetry Zephyr Azure DevOps
• Test Data Management Solutions
• CICD Platforms Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins
• Power BI Advanced Reporting
• AIGenAI Testing Solutions
• Leadership Skills
• Executive Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Planning
• Large Programme Leadership
• Change Management
• Financial Business Case Development
• Coaching and Team Development

Preferred Experience

• 15 years in Quality Engineering and Testing
• 5 years leading enterprise testing transformation programmes
• Experience managing global delivery models
• Experience transforming traditional testing organisations into Quality Engineering practices
• Experience implementing AI enabled testing solutions and automation at scale
• Key Success Metrics
• Automation Coverage Increase
• Reduction in Defect Leakage
• Release Cycle Time Improvement
• Cost Optimisation through Automation
• AI Adoption and Productivity Gains
• Environment Stability Improvements
• Test Data SelfService Adoption
• Stakeholder Satisfaction Scores
• Transformation Milestone Achievement

Other Details

Variable Compensation: This position includes a bonus or variable payout component based on individual and organizational performance. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, performance and internal equity.

Benefits And Perks

• Comprehensive Medical Plan Covering Medical, Dental, Vision
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) Plan with Company match
• Life Insurance
• Vacation Time, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salary target for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and job level and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Depending on the position offered, other forms of compensation may be provided as part of overall compensation like an annual performance-based bonus, sales incentive pay and other forms of bonus or variable compensation.

Disclaimer

The compensation and benefits information provided herein is accurate as of the date of this posting.

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