Senior QA & Automation Manager — Retail Lab

Brobston Group; Nutley (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brobston Group is seeking a Manager, Quality Assurance and Automation to lead end-to-end QA for clienteling and omnichannel features in Nutley, NJ. This hands-on leadership role owns test strategy, automation, governance, and release readiness for store technology.

Based in the Nutley retail lab four days per week, you will mentor QA engineers, coordinate global testing efforts, and drive quality metrics while advancing automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of experience across development technologies and test automation.
• Experience testing retail, clienteling, POS, or commerce apps in a store or lab.
• Strong knowledge of functional, regression, integration, performance, and exploratory testing.
• Hands-on with Selenium, Playwright, or Appium; scripting in Python/Java/JavaScript; API testing; CI/CD.
• Experience managing QA teams, defects, and test cases; strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Define QA strategy, plans, estimates, and risk reporting.
• Lead lab-based and in-store testing across devices, web and mobile apps, and workflows.
• Mentor QA engineers, coordinate test execution across global teams, manage defects, release sign-offs.
• Implement and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integration.
• Own quality metrics, release readiness, and testing environment coordination.

Skills

QA leadership

Test automation

Selenium

Playwright

Appium

Python

Java

JavaScript

API testing

CI/CD pipelines

Stakeholder reporting

Mentoring/people management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Appium

CI/CD tooling

Job description

The Brobston Group is seeking a Manager, Quality Assurance and Automation to lead end-to-end QA for clienteling and omnichannel features in Nutley, NJ. This hands-on leadership role owns test strategy, automation, governance, and release readiness for store technology.

Based in the Nutley retail lab four days per week, you will mentor QA engineers, coordinate global testing efforts, and drive quality metrics while advancing automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.