Quality Engineering Leader: IT QA & Automation

The Judge Group; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking an experienced IT Quality Assurance & Engineering Manager to lead enterprise quality strategy, testing practices, automation frameworks and governance across the SDLC. This role will build and mentor a high-performing QA and Quality Engineering team while driving quality across projects in Madison.

You will define KPIs, establish testing standards, oversee functional and non-functional testing, and align with DevOps to integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in QA, software testing, or quality engineering.
• 3+ years leading QA or engineering teams.
• Strong expertise in Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, test automation.
• Experience establishing enterprise testing standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise Quality Engineering strategy and KPIs.
• Lead and develop QA Analysts, Test Engineers, and Automation Engineers.
• Establish testing governance and best practices across technology teams.
• Oversee functional, integration, regression, UAT, performance, security, accessibility, and release testing.
• Drive enterprise test automation initiatives and CI/CD integration.

Skills

QA Leadership

Test Automation

CI/CD

Agile

DevOps

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Tools

Jira

Git

Jenkins

Selenium

Job description

The Judge Group is seeking an experienced IT Quality Assurance & Engineering Manager to lead enterprise quality strategy, testing practices, automation frameworks and governance across the SDLC. This role will build and mentor a high-performing QA and Quality Engineering team while driving quality across projects in Madison.

You will define KPIs, establish testing standards, oversee functional and non-functional testing, and align with DevOps to integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines.