Role: Program Director
Required Skills: DevOps
Qualification: BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Experience: 15 - 20 Years
Function: TECHNOLOGY
Apply By: 2026-10-31
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- 18+ years in Quality Engineering, test automation, test transformation, or technology delivery, including technical leadership of enterprise QA programs preferably in Insurance & financial services
- Deep expertise in Quality engineering strategy, functional and regression testing, test automation, data and ETL testing and QE transformation.
- Working knowledge of tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured, Postman, JMeter, LoadRunner, GitHub, Jenkins, DevOps, Rally, and test-management platforms.
- Experience applying AI/GenAI to test design, test-data generation, script creation and maintenance, defect analysis, risk-based testing, intelligent regression, and quality insights.
- Strong pre-sales background, solution design, estimation, proposal defense, presentations, and pursuit-to-delivery execution.
- Strong knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, shift-left/right, service virtualization, performance, security, accessibility, observability, and production-quality validation.
- Ability to define measurable outcomes using automation coverage, defect leakage, release predictability, cycle time, test effectiveness, productivity, reliability, and business-risk indicators.
- Experience leading globally distributed teams.
- Insurance or Financial Services experience is preferred.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Core QE expertise to drive end-to-end new business growth and delivery of QE programs.
- Partner and build relationships with client technology leaders, lead strategic pursuits by shaping differentiated solutions, developing estimates and proposals, and presenting solution to customer leaders.
- Drive PoCs/MVPs that demonstrate the value of automation, AI-enabled testing, intelligent tools, and engineering accelerators, and convert validated concepts into scalable programs.
- Drive automation-first and risk-based quality strategies across functional and non-functional testing
- Establish quality gates, dashboards, and KPI reviews; use data to identify risks, remove bottlenecks, and improve quality, speed, predictability, and cost efficiency.
- Influence QE customer team for automation frameworks, test platforms, tools, environments, test data, service virtualization, reporting, and CI/CD integration.
- Influence client decisions through technical credibility, executive communication, business-value articulation, reusable assets, reference architectures, and industry solutions.
- Build and mentor QE test leads, automation engineers, and AI-enabled testing specialists.
Generic Managerial Skills, If any
- Ability to influence decisions through QE technology expertise and business outcomes.
- Strong communication, presentation skills and stakeholder management.
- Structured problem-solving and talent development.
TCS Employee Benefits Summary:
Discretionary Annual Incentive.
Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimb ursement.
Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.
Salary Range: $150,000 - $185,000 a year