Senior Test Automation Leader

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the test automation strategy aligned with business line goals and product roadmaps.
• Own the automation product backlog and roadmap, prioritizing high-impact features and capabilities.
• Align automation initiatives with broader technical product lines and enterprise architecture.
• Leverage OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) to drive roadmap priorities and performance outcomes.
• Guide and inspire strong coding practices and sound software design decisions across automation teams.
• Lead the development and maintenance of scalable automation frameworks and tools.
• Ensure automation solutions meet performance, reliability, and security standards.
• Oversee the creation and execution of comprehensive test plans, performance tests, and test data strategies.
• Grow and mentor engineers in both technical skills and career development.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
• Provide coaching and feedback to support continuous learning and professional growth.
• Partner with agile teams, product managers, and QA engineers to integrate automation into business line user experience testing.
• Assist with cross-team strategic efforts, influencing decisions to achieve efficient delivery of business value.
• Understand and advocate for cross-team technical roadmaps, identifying opportunities for new automation capabilities based on technical strategy and constraints.
• Monitor and analyze automation performance metrics to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Report on automation ROI, defect leakage, and test coverage to inform strategic decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, innovation, and stakeholder feedback.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in test automation, with at least 3 years in a leadership or strategic role.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies, SDLC, and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills.
• Proven experience with UI, Mobile and API automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, Test NG, JMeter.
• Exposure to mainframe test automation tools.
• Scripting languages including BDD/TDD.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Deep understanding of product technical architecture and technical investments economics.
• Experience creating personas, story maps, product chartering/mapping.
• Knowledge of enterprise technical alignment and performance measurement.
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools that ensure performance, reliability, and security standards.

Benefits & Perks

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year