QE Governance, Compliance & Enablement Lead

Humana; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to advance onboarding, methodologies, governance, and enablement across our technology landscape in Chicago.

You will shape enterprise QoE standards, drive maturity, and collaborate with risk, compliance, and platform teams to improve adoption and audit readiness. The ideal candidate delivers governance, transformation, and enablement at scale, translating strategy into operational practice while driving measurable improvements in quality,

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 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

Audit support

Agile/DevOps

Communication

Matrix leadership

Quality analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to advance onboarding, methodologies, governance, and enablement across our technology landscape in Chicago.

You will shape enterprise QoE standards, drive maturity, and collaborate with risk, compliance, and platform teams to improve adoption and audit readiness. The ideal candidate delivers governance, transformation, and enablement at scale, translating strategy into operational practice while driving measurable improvements in quality,