Director, Quality Engineering

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Starrcompanies · Philadelphia, PA

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The Director, Quality Engineering plays a critical leadership role responsible for operationalizing and scaling Starr's Quality Engineering (QE) strategy. This leadership position is tasked with leading the execution of QE methodologies, managing QE teams, and driving the maturity of automated and manual testing practices to ensure quality across all technology initiatives. The Director will forge collaborative relationships with engineering, product, architecture, and delivery partners to embed quality, automation, and continuous improvement into the software development life cycle. As a champion for robust execution and quality excellence, this leader will manage the performance of distributed testing teams, monitor key metrics, and lead process optimization and automation adoption efforts. Strong people leadership, execution discipline, and deep experience with modern quality engineering in the insurance or related financial services industries are essential.

Responsibilities

Quality Engineering Leadership

Lead, mentor, and grow a diverse team of QE test engineers, and automation specialists; provide direct oversight, set clear goals, and support professional development.

Execute on the global QE strategy, standards, tooling and frameworks customizing implementation to meet business and technology program needs.

Foster a culture of accountability, quality-first mindset, collaboration, and ownership of outcomes, ensuring team engagement and alignment to organizational goals.

Operational Excellence & Execution

Oversee day-to-day QE delivery across multiple streams/programs, ensuring timely, high-quality results throughout all phases of the SDLC.

Implement and manage automated, functional, integration, performance, security, and data quality testing practices.

Drive the effective adoption and standardization of QE tools, frameworks, and platforms across teams, ensuring process adherence and repeatability.

Collaborate with Delivery Leads, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Engineers and stakeholders to define and implement domain-driven test strategies and foundational test suites-ensuring robust, reusable regression coverage and maximizing opportunities for automated testing.

Provide hands-on leadership in the design and evolution of test frameworks and suite structures, leveraging deep business domain expertise to ensure all tests accurately reflect critical system behaviors and meet coverage goals.

Quality Management & Metrics

Track and analyze QE KPIs - including defect metrics, coverage ratios, automation rates, cycle time, etc. - providing regular reporting.

Identify and escalate quality trends, risks, and blockers; recommend and implement remediation plans in collaboration with engineering and delivery leaders.

Proactively surface process and tool enhancement opportunities through KPI analysis and industry best practices.

Collaboration & SDLC Integration

Partner with software engineering, product, and business teams to embed QE early in the development lifecycle, ensuring early defect detection and reliable releases.

Advocate for the use of standardized procedures and documentation for test planning, design, execution, and defect management.

Facilitate knowledge sharing, training, and onboarding on QE standards and best practices.

Continuous Improvement & Compliance

Champion automation adoption to reduce manual effort, accelerate release cycles, and achieve higher test coverage.

Lead and participate in process optimization, root cause analysis, and quality improvement initiatives.

Support quality governance and compliance activities, ensuring regulatory, security, data privacy, and risk management standards are met.

Manage relationships with internal and external QE partners.

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