Senior QA Manager

Clicklease•West Valley City, UT

35d

About The Position

We are looking for a QA / SDET Manager to lead our Quality Engineering function. This role requires a balance of technical depth, people leadership, and strategic thinking. You will be responsible for elevating quality standards, accelerating delivery velocity, mentoring the team, and introducing modern practices including the use of AI to improve requirements clarity, test coverage, and automation efficiency. This is a hands-on leadership role with high visibility and strong cross-functional impact.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in QA, SDET, or software engineering roles.
3+ years in a leadership or management capacity overseeing QA/SDET teams.
Expert-level proficiency in Selenium, BrowserStack, and other automation tools.
Strong experience with Java, Angular, PostgreSQL, and testing complex distributed systems.
Deep understanding of front-end, back-end, API, and database testing methodologies.
Proven expertise in:
Test automation frameworks
CI/CD pipelines
Test strategy development
Metrics/KPI-driven quality reporting
White-box, black-box, and gray-box testing
Demonstrated success building QA teams and developing scalable processes.
Hands-on experience using AI to enhance testing workflows, including test generation and maintenance.
Strong communication, leadership presence, and ability to drive cross-functional alignment.
Approachable leadership style with a strong ability to mentor, coach, and develop teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience in environments with high compliance, security, or transactional complexity.
Background in financial services, leasing, or enterprise platforms.
Contributions to testing frameworks or open-source QA tools.
Experience using AI to support requirements analysis, test creation, or automation.
Experience with performance, security, or accessibility testing.

Responsibilities

Quality Strategy & Ownership
Define and own the end-to-end quality strategy for Clicklease products.
Ensure quality is built in early through clear requirements, acceptance criteria, and testable designs.
Establish quality metrics and dashboards (automation coverage, defect leakage, release readiness).
AI-Enabled Quality Practices
Apply AI tools to:
Create and refine quality requirement documents
Generate, validate, and optimize test cases
Improve test automation productivity and maintainability
Coach the team on effective, responsible, and repeatable use of AI in QA workflows.
Test Automation & Engineering Excellence
Lead the design and evolution of automation frameworks using tools such as:
Selenium
BrowserStack
API and backend testing tools
Ensure tests are reliable, scalable, and well-integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Promote clean code, reusable test patterns, and maintainable automation architecture.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
Manage, mentor, and develop a team of QA Engineers and SDETs.
Raise the team to best-in-class testing practices while increasing delivery velocity.
Perform coaching, code reviews, career development planning, and performance management.
Lead hiring and onboarding of QA talent as needed.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations.
Help translate business and compliance requirements into clear, testable acceptance criteria.
Act as a quality advocate during planning, execution, and release decisions.
Technical Execution
Remain hands-on with test automation, frameworks, and tooling.
Architect and maintain automated test suites across UI, API, integration, and regression layers.
Lead white-box, black-box, and gray-box testing strategies.
Oversee testing at every layer of our stack:
Frontend: Angular
Backend: Java
Database: PostgreSQL
API: RESTful services, integration workflows
Ensure test environments, data setups, and pipelines function reliably with CI/CD.
Leverage AI tools to accelerate test development, data generation, analysis, and maintenance.
Ensure full coverage across functional, non-functional, performance, security, and smoke testing.
Process & Quality Governance
Define and enforce QA best practices, coding standards, and documentation requirements.
Develop and maintain a scalable automation testing framework.
Ensure test cases, defects, and outcomes are properly documented and communicated.
Utilize modern QA platforms including Selenium, BrowserStack, and other industry-standard tools.
Support release readiness activities including go/no-go decisions, quality gates, and post-deployment verification.