Director of AI Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Define and drive the enterprise Test Automation and Quality Engineering strategy across various products, platforms, and delivery teams.

• Establish testing standards, governance frameworks, quality metrics, and best practices to ensure consistent software quality throughout the organization.

• Create key quality indicators (KQIs), KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting to assess software quality, test effectiveness, release readiness, and operational risk.

• Align quality engineering roadmaps with product, technology, and business goals.

• Act as the executive escalation point for critical quality issues, facilitating root-cause analysis, risk mitigation, and corrective actions across programs.

• Lead and mentor QA managers, test leads, automation engineers, and quality engineering teams, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

• Collaborate with executive leadership, product management, engineering, and business stakeholders to align quality objectives with organizational aims.

• Work alongside enterprise architects and engineering leaders to enhance testability, observability, and quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Oversee the design, implementation, and evolution of scalable test automation frameworks supporting web, API, middleware, data, cloud, and AI-enabled applications.

• Propel the integration of automated testing, quality gates, and AI evaluation capabilities within CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines.

• Provide strategic oversight for functional, integration, performance, accessibility, security, and regression testing initiatives.

• Guide the adoption of cloud-native testing practices for AWS-based solutions and enterprise integrations.

• Develop quality strategies for AI-powered solutions, including automated evaluation frameworks, model validation, human-in-the-loop review processes, and AI risk mitigation.

• Champion continuous improvement initiatives through quality engineering innovation, process optimization, AI-assisted testing, and emerging automation technologies.

• Direct quality planning and resource allocation across multiple programs/projects, ensuring successful delivery in line with project timelines and organizational priorities.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory, accessibility, healthcare, and government quality requirements, including Section 508 standards and VA-specific expectations as applicable.

• Oversee audit readiness, quality controls, and remediation activities across programs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration (MBA), or a related area is preferred.

• Professional certifications such as ISTQB Advanced/Test Manager, Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE), AWS certifications, SAFe Agilist, or PMP are preferred.

• Over 15 years of progressive experience in software quality assurance, quality engineering, test automation, and software delivery.

• More than 7 years of experience leading enterprise QA organizations, test automation programs, or quality engineering teams.

• Experience collaborating with executive leadership, product management, engineering, and business stakeholders to drive quality outcomes.

• Experience in establishing executive dashboards, KPIs, release readiness metrics, and risk-based quality reporting.

• Proven experience in defining and implementing enterprise-wide quality strategies, governance models, testing standards, and quality metrics.

• Demonstrated success in leading multiple QA managers, test leads, automation architects, and distributed quality engineering teams.

• Experience overseeing quality engineering practices across cloud-native, web, API, middleware, data, and AI-enabled platforms.

• Experience implementing automated testing and quality gates within CI/CD and DevSecOps environments.

• Experience managing quality initiatives in regulated industries such as healthcare, government, financial services, or other compliance-driven environments.

• Experience with large-scale digital transformation, cloud migration, and enterprise modernization programs.

• Expertise in enterprise test automation architecture and framework design for web, API, mobile, data, middleware, and cloud applications.

• Strong knowledge of Selenium, Playwright, TestNG, Postman, REST Assured, ReadyAPI/SoapUI, Groovy, and other modern automation technologies.

• Strong proficiency in Java and Python-based automation solutions.

• Deep understanding of GitHub / Jenkins CI/CD pipeline and modern DevSecOps test orchestration and quality engineering practices.

• Experience with AWS cloud services, including Lambda, CloudWatch, Step Functions, and cloud-native testing strategies.

• Knowledge of AI testing methodologies, model validation, automated evaluation frameworks, and AI quality metrics.

• Expertise in accessibility testing, Section 508 compliance, and tools such as JAWS and ANDI.

• Strong executive presence with the capability to communicate quality strategy and risk to senior leadership.

• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.

• Experience in resource planning and organizational priorities.

• Strong strategic planning, risk management, and organizational change leadership capabilities.

• Ability to establish data-driven decision-making through quality KPIs, scorecards, and executive reporting.

• Ability to drive innovation through AI-assisted testing, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Proven ability to build, mentor, and scale high-performing quality engineering organizations.

• Experience working with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other health-related organizations is desired.

• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory.

• All selected candidates must successfully complete a background check.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government/Public Trust clearance, including required fingerprinting when needed for the position.

• Sponsorship is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.

• 401(k) with Employer Match.

• PTO and Federal Holidays.

• Corporate-provided Laptop.

• Training and Professional Development Opportunities.

• Fully Remote Role.