QA Manager

QA Manager
Salt Lake City, Utah
Direct Placement
$100K to $125K + bonus annually DOE

Summary
The QA Manager leads Quality Assurance and Quality Engineering across application development, data engineering, business intelligence, enterprise planning tools, and low-code platforms. This role defines testing strategy, builds standards and automation frameworks, guides a dedicated QA/QE team, and ensures reliable systems, accurate data, and smooth releases across the technology landscape.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise QA/QE strategy across applications, data, and analytics.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing quality team.
• Standardize test frameworks for unit, API, UI, and end-to-end testing.
• Establish data-quality validation for pipelines, integrations, warehouses, and BI models.
• Govern BI testing for datasets, semantic models, DAX, security, and report behavior.
• Oversee testing for enterprise planning tools, operational systems, and Power Platform solutions.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and enforce quality gates.
• Drive non-functional testing (performance, accessibility, resilience).
• Manage UAT, release readiness, defect triage, and quality reporting.
• Publish KPIs and insights on quality trends and system reliability.
• Oversee QA tooling, vendor partnerships, and budgets.
• Track emerging testing technologies and introduce improvements.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of QA/QE experience in enterprise software or data platforms.
• 4+ years leading QA/QE teams.
• Strong hands-on background in automation across application and data/BI layers within CI/CD environments.
• Proven experience validating data pipelines, warehouses, BI models/reports, and Power BI.
• Experience testing enterprise planning tools and Power Platform solutions.
• Proficiency with performance testing, accessibility, SQL, and test data management.
• Skilled in vendor management and test management tools.
• Strong communication and cross-functional leadership abilities.

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric or advanced BI governance.
• Knowledge of data-quality frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations, dbt tests).
• Testing experience in financial planning or supply chain systems.
• Relevant certifications in QA, cloud, or Agile.

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