Quality Engineering Lead - Test Strategy & Release

AXIS Capital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Health and wellness programs

Retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Job summary

AXIS Capital is seeking an Enterprise Test & Quality Lead in New York to own end-to-end testing across development, QA, UAT, and release activities. You will define test strategy, govern automation, and coordinate across multiple delivery teams to ensure quality and on-time releases.

The role emphasizes disciplined planning, stakeholder management, and environment/test data governance, with a focus on shift-left/shift-right practices and integration into DevOps pipelines.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Test Management, QA leadership, or quality engineering leadership within complex technology delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end software testing across unit, integration, system, regression, and UAT.
• Experience in agile delivery with multiple teams and shared environments.
• Practical knowledge of test automation and tooling, including Tosca and AI driven techniques.
• Knowledge of environment and test data management, including sensitive data handling.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end test management lifecycle across testing stages and release readiness.
• Define and drive a Quality Engineering strategy with automated testing across the SDLC.
• Maintain test strategy, plans, entry/exit criteria, and defect management.
• Coordinate testing across multiple scrum teams and align release milestones.
• Enforce automated quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with QA leads to design test scenarios and automation coverage.
• Provide decision-grade insights on progress, risks, and release confidence.
• Drive continuous improvement in test practices toward agile, scalable operating model.

Skills

Test management

QA leadership

Quality engineering

End-to-end testing

Test automation

Tosca

Environment management

Data governance

Stakeholder management

SAFe

Release readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

ISTQB Advanced Test Manager (desirable)

Tools

Tosca

Job description

AXIS Capital is seeking an Enterprise Test & Quality Lead in New York to own end-to-end testing across development, QA, UAT, and release activities. You will define test strategy, govern automation, and coordinate across multiple delivery teams to ensure quality and on-time releases.

The role emphasizes disciplined planning, stakeholder management, and environment/test data governance, with a focus on shift-left/shift-right practices and integration into DevOps pipelines.