Manager, Quality Engineering & IPA
Job Summary
ABOUT THE POSITION
- Intelligent Process Automation: Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate Power Apps) Pega Systems and Automation Anywhere ensuring the team delivers efficient secure and compliant automation solutions.
- Quality Engineering: Tricentis Tosca (Playwright or TestCafe) or Java (Selenium Webdriver) frameworks.
HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
- Leadership & Strategy
- Lead mentor and develop a team of automation engineers and solution developers.
- Define and execute the intelligent automation roadmap aligned with business and IT strategy.
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify evaluate and prioritize automation opportunities.
- Technical Delivery
- Oversee design development testing and deployment of automation solutions using Power Platform Pega and Automation Anywhere.
- Oversee delivery on test automation frameworks and test suites.
- Good to have Test automation development experience with Tricentis Tosca development experience with (Playwright or TestCafe) or Java (Selenium Webdriver) frameworks.
- Solid knowledge and experience of software engineering in the areas of Automation Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) scripting and development languages command line interface (CLI) OS interfaces and SysOps including account creation and permissions structures.
- Ensure best practices in solution architecture security and integration with enterprise systems.
- Establish governance standards and reusable frameworks to scale automation initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement in automation quality performance and maintainability.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate cross-functionally with IT business units and data teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Communicate progress risks and metrics to executive leadership.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for automation technologies and evangelize adoption across the organization.
YOU ARE
- Strategic and Visionary Thinker
- Sees the big picture not just automating tasks but transforming business models through intelligent automation.
- Understands how technology can deliver measurable business outcomes (efficiency quality cost savings customer experience).
- Balances innovation with practicality prioritizing scalable sustainable solutions over one-off automations.
- Technically Fluent but Business-Minded
- Has deep hands-on knowledge of platforms like Microsoft Power Platform Pega and Automation Anywhere but knows when to delegate technical work.
- Can translate complex technical possibilities into simple outcome-focused language that resonates with business leaders.
- Enjoys bridging the gap between IT and the business units ensuring technology delivers real value.
- Empowering Collaborative Leader
- Leads by influence rather than authority fosters trust autonomy and accountability within the team.
- Mentors engineers and developers helping them grow technically and professionally.
- Creates an environment where innovation experimentation and continuous improvement are encouraged.
- Change Agent and Innovator
- Thrives on transforming traditional processes into intelligent automated workflows.
- Comfortable driving organizational change and influencing senior stakeholders to embrace automation.
- Stays on top of emerging technologies (AI copilots process mining machine learning) and proactively experiments with new tools.
- Delivery-Oriented and Disciplined
- Has a strong sense of ownership ensures automation projects are delivered on time within scope and with measurable results.
- Skilled in Agile or hybrid delivery balancing flexibility with structure.
- Uses data and KPIs to measure automation success and identify areas for improvement.
- Thrives in a dynamic environment with multiple competing priorities.
- Exceptional Communicator and Influencer
- Articulate and persuasive when presenting to executives or non-technical stakeholders.
- Can negotiate resources manage expectations and gain buy-in for automation roadmaps.
- Listens actively and builds credibility across technical and business domains.
- Curious Adaptable and Resilient
- Naturally curious constantly learning about new automation AI and digital tools.
- Adaptable to changing technologies and business conditions.
- Resilient when faced with ambiguity setbacks or competing organizational priorities.
- Maintains composure and focus under pressure modeling a growth mindset for the team.
YOU HAVE
- Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering Information Systems or related field.
- 12 years of experience in software engineering digital process automation or intelligent automation.
- 3 years in a leadership or managerial role overseeing technical teams.
- Hands-on expertise with:
- Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate Power Apps Power BI)
- Pega Platform (workflow automation case management)
- Automation Anywhere (bot development orchestration and deployment)
- Tricentis Tosca Playwright or TestCafe.
- Strong understanding of process design RPA AI/ML integration and API-based automation.
- Experience with cloud environments (Azure AWS or similar) and DevOps pipelines.
- Excellent communication organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred:
- Certification(s) in Power Platform Pega or Automation Anywhere.
- Experience implementing AI-driven process automation or document understanding solutions.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and CI/CD practices.
This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.
Required Experience:
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