Senior Manager Quality Engineering

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

Senior Manager Quality Engineering to lead our Automation quality engineering strategy across digital platforms that empower customers in financial and retirement planning. This role will lead, design and implement scalable automation frameworks, build a high-performing QA team, and ensure our systems meet the highest standards of accuracy, reliability, and compliance.

Essential Functions

• Develop and implement automation strategies, frameworks, and tools for enterprise applications.
• Lead the automation strategy and mentor a team of automation engineers.
• Oversee delivery and / or run initiatives, ensuring high-quality outcomes and alignment with organizational goals.
• Mentor and coach a team of automation engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Architect and maintain frameworks for web, mobile, and API testing.
• Integrate AI-driven solutions to enhance test coverage, efficiency, and defect detection.
• Integrate automated testing within CI / CD pipelines to ensure efficient, high-quality releases.
• Establish best practices for automation code, documentation, and version control.
• Define KPIs for automation effectiveness and quality metrics, reporting progress and ROI to leadership.
• Communicate test automation outcomes, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, measure, and improve testing processes, safeguard data integrity and financial accuracy.
• Drive continuous improvement and promote shift-left testing across development teams.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, reporting on progress, risks, and achievements.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and assess automation tools, technologies and leverage AI for automation
• Support automation efforts across enterprise and measure progress.

Qualifications

Normal Office Working Conditions

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and / or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

Skills Required

Karate, Java, Devops, Gherkin, Appium, Agile, Selenium