Automation Engineering Lead Manager

Preferred candidates willing to attend an in-person (F2F) interview

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Automation Engineering Lead / Manager to drive enterprise-wide automation strategy framework design and delivery excellence. This role combines deep hands-on automation expertise with strong team leadership and executive-level reporting capabilities.

The ideal candidate will lead end-to-end automation initiatives across UI API and platform layers while consolidating automation metrics into actionable management dashboards and business insights.

Key Responsibilities

1) Automation Engineering & Solution Delivery

• Lead design and implementation of scalable end-to-end automation solutions (UI API RPA data automation workflow orchestration).

• Define automation architecture reusable frameworks and engineering standards.

• Enforce code quality governance and best practices.

• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines (scheduled runs reporting alerts automated evidence capture).

• Perform technical reviews and conduct root cause analysis to improve suite stability and resilience.

• Collaborate with architects QA DevOps and product teams to align automation strategy with business objectives.

2) Team Leadership & People Management (Core Responsibility)

• Manage and mentor a team of 2-10 automation engineers.

• Support hiring onboarding performance management and career development.

• Plan sprint capacity prioritize workstreams and ensure release commitments are met.

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Drive documentation standards and knowledge sharing across teams.

3) Data Consolidation Metrics & Executive Reporting (Core Responsibility)

• Consolidate automation and quality data from multiple sources (test runs defect systems release tools monitoring platforms).

• Design and maintain executive dashboards covering:

  • Test coverage

  • Pass/fail trends

  • Flaky test tracking

  • Defect leakage

  • Cycle time

  • Productivity metrics

• Produce weekly/monthly leadership reports with actionable insights risks and mitigation strategies.

• Ensure KPI integrity through standardized definitions validation controls and audit trails.

• Present automation maturity metrics and translate technical performance into business impact.

4) Stakeholder & Program Management

• Partner with business leaders QA DevOps and platform teams to define automation roadmaps and adoption strategies.

• Communicate progress dependencies risks and mitigation plans to senior stakeholders.

• Support compliance governance and audit readiness (especially in regulated environments).

Required Qualifications

• 10 years in Automation Engineering (QA Automation Selenium Platform Automation or related domains).

• 2 years leading teams (formal people management or strong delivery leadership experience).

• Strong experience building automation frameworks using:

  • Java / Python / JavaScript

• UI Automation: Selenium Playwright

• API Automation: RestAssured Postman

• Strong knowledge of SDLC Agile methodologies CI/CD pipelines.

• Hands-on experience with Git and defect tracking tools (Jira / Azure DevOps).

• Proven experience building executive dashboards and defining measurable KPIs.

• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical outcomes into business value.