The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to self-sufficiency as quickly as possible. Information Technology Services (ITS) is DSS's technology services organization. ITS mission is to support the daily, emergent, and long-term needs of both agencies. ITS creates and enhances the technology infrastructure and computer applications that support HRA and DHS and develops applications, including a variety of client eligibility and recertification systems, case management systems, housing systems, employment/work engagement services, revenue producing computer matches, claiming systems, and personnel systems. Information Technology Services (ITS) is recruiting for one (1) Computer Systems Manager M-III, to function as Executive Director, Quality Assurance who under the executive direction of the Assistant Deputy Commissioner/Project Management Quality Assurance (PMQA) Office, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, will be responsible for the planning, organization, and management of all strategic and tactical direction for DSS/HRA/DHS and External Projects/Data Integration projects related to the quality assurance of all developed applications by overseeing the testing methodology and enforcement of the Software Development Lifecycle Quality Standards.