Remote QA Automation & Transformation Manager

Insight Global (United States); San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Manager, IT Quality Assurance to lead a team of QA professionals and transform testing practices from manual to automation-driven quality engineering. This role will oversee approximately 10 onshore QA professionals while coordinating with offshore resources, focusing on talent development, technical upskilling, process improvement, and organizational accountability.

The right candidate will bring a strong QA automation background, people leadership skills, and the

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Quality Assurance experience with 2+ years in a QA Manager role.
• Experience managing QA professionals including performance management and accountability.
• Experience leading teams of QA Analysts/Engineers/SDETs, ideally 10+ resources.
• Strong technical QA background with hands-on test automation or SDET experience.
• Experience leading QA transformation initiatives toward automation and modern QA practices.
• Ability to drive results through others, establish accountability, and manage team performance.
• Understanding of test automation strategies, frameworks, coverage, and SDLC integration.
• Experience evaluating skill gaps, upskilling, and driving organizational change.
• Experience establishing QA standards, governance, testing processes, and quality metrics.
• Ability to partner with Development Managers, Product Leaders, and stakeholders.
• Experience managing testing across multiple projects/delivery teams.
• Strong leadership presence with empathy and accountability.
• Experience managing both onshore and offshore QA resources.
• Experience implementing automation frameworks or modernizing legacy QA environments.
• Experience measuring automation ROI, test coverage, defect trends, and release readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of QA professionals, overseeing onshore and offshore resources.
• Drive transformation from manual testing to automation-driven QA across the organization.
• Develop talent, upskill teams, and implement QA governance and metrics.
• Collaborate with Development Managers, Product Leaders and stakeholders to ensure quality
• Manage multiple projects and ensure release readiness through measurable quality metrics.

Skills

QA leadership

Test automation

SDET background

Staff management

QA frameworks

SDLC governance

Offshore coordination

Stakeholder management

Performance management

Automation ROI

Tools

Selenium

Jenkins

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Manager, IT Quality Assurance to lead a team of QA professionals and transform testing practices from manual to automation-driven quality engineering. This role will oversee approximately 10 onshore QA professionals while coordinating with offshore resources, focusing on talent development, technical upskilling, process improvement, and organizational accountability.

The right candidate will bring a strong QA automation background, people leadership skills, and the