VP, Enterprise Quality Engineering & Transformation

New York Life Insurance Co.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Life Insurance Co. in New York, NY, seeks a Corporate Vice President of Enterprise Quality Engineering to define the enterprise QE strategy and governance, partnering across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Release Management and Security to raise quality, resilience, and delivery predictability.

The role emphasizes automation-first quality practices, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and cloud-native architectures, with a mandate to build a high-performing team and deliver executive visibility into

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering, technology delivery, quality engineering, or enterprise tech leadership.
• Proven success leading enterprise-scale Quality Engineering in regulated environments.
• Expertise in modern Quality Engineering, test automation, CI/CD, DevSecOps, cloud-native architectures.
• Strong business, operational, and risk management acumen with ability to balance speed, resilience, and compliance.
• Experience defining enterprise quality metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise Quality Engineering strategy with governance and standards.
• Lead automation-first quality initiatives across apps, cloud platforms, APIs, performance engineering, and release pipelines.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Release Management and Production Support to improve release confidence and stability.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing enterprise QE organization.
• Establish executive-level quality metrics, dashboards, and governance processes.

Skills

Quality Engineering leadership

Automation-first testing

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Cloud-native architectures

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms

Job description

New York Life Insurance Co. in New York, NY, seeks a Corporate Vice President of Enterprise Quality Engineering to define the enterprise QE strategy and governance, partnering across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Release Management and Security to raise quality, resilience, and delivery predictability.

The role emphasizes automation-first quality practices, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and cloud-native architectures, with a mandate to build a high-performing team and deliver executive visibility into