Test Director

Job Description: Quality Engineering Transformation Leader The Quality Engineering (QE) Technical & Transformational Leader is a pivotal senior responsible for driving QE modernization, technical excellence, and large scale transformation across Client’s multi platform, multi portfolio environment.

This leader is expected to operate at CXO facing levels, influence senior stakeholders, and navigate Client’s complex environment with confidence, data backed recommendations, and strong communication .

This role combines deep technical authority, strategic consulting, transformation ownership, and organizational leadership, ensuring QE becomes a value generating , data driven engineering discipline for Clients.

This leader will be crucial in:

• Turning QE into a value producing function, not just execution.
• Bringing engineering discipline, data first thinking, and performance culture.
• Steering conversations with Client leadership with technical depth and strategic authority.
• Enabling Wipro to strengthen and stabilize the long term partnership with Client through excellence and innovation.

• Architect and drive end to end QE & Testing transformation aligned to Client’s engineering, digital, and modernization roadmap.
• Define and own QE operational model evolution, embedding continuous testing, shift left , shift right , DevOps alignment, automation first culture, and AI/GenAI adoption.
• Identify and drive transformation levers such as automation scaling, test data modernization, environment optimization, and productivity uplift.
• Partner with domain leaders to introduce modern testing practices ( in sprint automation, service virtualization, early performance testing, observability, etc.).

Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence Bring exceptionally deep technical expertise across:

• Automation frameworks (UI, API, Mobile, Performance, CI/CD) o Architecture level understanding of QE tooling and engineering ecosystems o Test Data Management, Cloud testing, Environment strategy o GenAI powered test design, data creation, failure analysis
• Build and govern standard frameworks, reusable assets, accelerators, and next gen engineering solutions.
• Evaluate, propose, and institutionalize new tooling, frameworks, and engineering approaches through innovation, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.

• Present complex technical concepts clearly to Client’s senior leadership, including CIO, CTO, QE Heads and Portfolio Directors.
• Navigate challenging conversations with clarity, data, confidence, and strategic storytelling, especially in performance, productivity, and transformation reviews.
• Ability to “throw weight” effectively in Client’s stakeholder landscape—challenge decisions, influence strategy, and drive alignment. Data Driven Delivery, Productivity & Value Tracking
• Establish KPIs, productivity metrics, and value dashboards for QE across programs.
• Lead analytics driven decision making on Productivity improvement, Defect trends, Cost of quality, Test efficiency & cycle time
• Automation ROI
• Ensure transparency in reporting to Client’s leadership with clear action plans.

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• Managed team-size of 300+ in large programs in multi-years engagement.
• Lead distributed teams across functional, automation, performance, environmental, TDM, release engineering, and AI QE capabilities.
• Mentor QE leaders, architects, and managers to uplift skills, competency, and engineering maturity.
• Align teams to outcome driven delivery, not just “ lights on ” operations.

• Evaluate and integrate Client’s tool chain, aligning QE innovation with Client’s AI architecture direction.

• 20–25+ years in QE engineering, transformation, and automation leadership.
• Mastery of: o Playwright, Appium, Selenium, Cypress, Java o API Automation (REST Assured, Karate, Postman) o Performance (JMeter, LoadRunner) o Cloud native testing (Azure, AWS, GCP) o Test orchestration, CI/CD pipelines o TDM, environment strategy, observability tools

• Outstanding communication, influence, and executive presence.
• Proven ability to operate in demanding, politically dynamic client environments (such as Client).
• Strong analytical and