QA Lead - IMS West - VP at State Street in Irvine, California

Job Description:

Who we are looking for

The IMS West development team is searching for a senior Software Quality Assurance (SQA) manager (Vice President) that is passionate about quality assurance, engineering transformation and eager to drive strategic initiatives that enhance QA processes, practices, tools, and technology. Candidate must have a strong background in Quality Engineering, automation, test data management, and SDLC/Dev-Ops.

What you will be responsible for

The QA/QE Transformation Lead will:

• Serve as the domain expert on automation, QA tools and Test Management techniques. Drive improvements technology adoption & augmentation.


• Provide consultation on complex testing strategies for the organization with a specific bias to applying technology as a lever.


• Support any QA operating model change management efforts by communicating the benefits of initiatives and guiding teams through implementation.


• Work with various leadership to define and deliver success metrics for the transformation strategy and individual initiatives, regularly reporting on outputs and optimizing performance.

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Serve as specialist in the testing of middle office and others product applications or solutions.


• Be responsible for designing test strategy, setting the direction for testing, and carryout due diligence for automation.


• Provide leadership for test design and guidance during test specification development.


• Mentor and coach, participate in team meetings, and create Intellectual Capital assets for reuse.


• Lead test best practices implementation and testing digital transformation


• Review and approve test plans and test designs (prepared by test team and technical leaders)


• Interface with development, business teams and SDLC office to align QA practices and releases to enterprise standards and policies


• Represent QA in architecture, design and requirements inspections


• Provides technical advice and assistance to project management team


• Act as liaison to Development and Support teams


• Ensure that all the QA teams follow a common test methodology using common best practices, tools and test approach


• Cooperates in product quality assessment and analysis


• Deliver on QA KPIs and metrics and drive production release readiness

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of Software Quality Assurance (SQA) / Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET) and 5+ years of SQA management.

• Proficiency in automation, test data management, performance testing, and other testing techniques and best practices.


• Experience in designing and implementing solution architectures for QA, including cloud-based, microservices, and API testing solutions.


• A minimum of 10 years of experience leading SQA, SDET engineers including onshore and offshore QA teams. Providing management SQA reporting.


• Familiarity with agile and DevOps methodologies and tools, such as Jira, Confluence, Git, etc.


• Expertise in QA platforms, tools, and frameworks, such as Selenium, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, Jenkins, Maven, etc. Proficient in JiRA and X-Ray


• Knowledge of programming languages, such as Java, Python, JavaScript, etc., and scripting languages, such as Shell, Groovy, etc.


• Understanding of software development life cycle, quality assurance standards, and testing methodologies


• Should have excellent presentation & communication skills.

• Ability to work in a high-pressure client facing setting

We truly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we don't necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit.

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We're driving the company's digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We're looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Discover more at StateStreet.com/careers

Salary Range:
$120,000 - $195,000 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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