Sr Manager - Quality Engineering
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Be responsible for improving quality and on-time delivery of Advanced Distribution Management Software (ADMS).
- You will manage your own agile team and work with other teams to ensure timely testing and release of software.
- Work directly with internal and external customers to understand business and technical needs
- Support process improvements which guide the development, sustaining & support activities associated with quality of ADMS software.
- Develop and strengthen shift left strategy to improve quality of software being delivered
- Work with product owners across the businesses to understand market needs & vision; quickly translate that vision into demonstrable software
- Work with CI/CD, SRE and CRE teams to drive quality improvement via automation and use of GENAI
- Provide coaching, feedback, developmental opportunities, etc. to directs. Place emphasis on not only attracting talent but also retaining it
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate the technical knowledge through project management/contributions to product strategy
- Communicate effectively both within immediate team and GE leadership. Ensure team receives consistent messages and has clear understanding of business direction, strategy and results
- Develop comprehensive test strategies aligned with business goals and define and document automation strategies and plans
- Choose and implement suitable automation tools and frameworks for the windows/web-based applications
- Establish and enforce quality standards, testing methodologies, and best practices to improve efficiency and product quality which are aligned with Grid Quality Management System
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as test coverage, defect density, test effectiveness, and effort to measure QA performance.
- Actively track defects reported by external/Internal customers through various channels such as ADO and GrIP and drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) effectively.
- Drive and deliver monthly releases and hot patch releases on-time.
- Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) + with minimum 15 years of experience.
- 7 years of experience as quality leader and 5 years experience as people leader is required.
- Experience in driving agile development and quality practices of large teams. Proven track record of having delivered large scale agile projects/software with focus on quality.
- Must be willing to travel to key sites.
- Experience in working in industrial environments and power grid is a strong plus
- Working on data system across multiple operating systems/cloud environments is considered strong plus
- Advanced degrees such as MS specially in distributed computing or data systems is strong plus
- Build Grid of the Future lab capabilities and grow innovation and engagement in organization.