Senior Quality Engineering Leader: SDLC & Automation

PNC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PNC, based in Pittsburgh, PA or Dallas, TX, seeks a Senior Quality Engineering Manager to define and lead the quality strategy across the SDLC, partnering with product and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable software releases. The role emphasizes manual and automated testing, hands-on automation, and the ability to mentor QE teams to improve quality, risk management, and release readiness.

This leadership position requires strong testing expertise and experience in Agile

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies and QA principles.
• Experience embedding quality early in SDLC with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum sprint and release cycles.
• SQL experience for test validation and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Promote and enforce testing best practices across manual and automated testing.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, and architects to integrate quality early in SDLC.
• Define and maintain test strategy aligned with business and technical needs.
• Lead testing activities during sprints and releases.
• Ensure test coverage and quality gates throughout development and deployment.
• Develop and maintain test artifacts for releases.

Skills

Quality engineering

Software testing

Agile/Scrum

SQL

Automation testing

Leadership

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Test automation tools

Job description

PNC, based in Pittsburgh, PA or Dallas, TX, seeks a Senior Quality Engineering Manager to define and lead the quality strategy across the SDLC, partnering with product and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable software releases. The role emphasizes manual and automated testing, hands-on automation, and the ability to mentor QE teams to improve quality, risk management, and release readiness.

This leadership position requires strong testing expertise and experience in Agile