Job Title:  Associate Director | Functional Testing | Mumbai | Engineering | Quality Engineering

The Team

Deloitte’s Technology & Transformation: EAD: Engineering practice can help you uncover and unlock the value buried deep inside vast amounts of data. Our global network provides strategic guidance and implementation services to help companies manage data from disparate sources and convert it into accurate, actionable information that can support fact-driven decision-making and generate an insight-driven advantage. Our practice addresses the continuum of opportunities in business intelligence & visualization, data management, performance management and next-generation analytics and technologies, including big data, cloud, cognitive and machine learning.

Your work profile:

• We are seeking a highly accomplished Sr. Test Manager to lead end-to-end Quality Engineering initiatives across complex enterprise programs.
• The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership, strategic vision, and hands-on expertise in Functional, Non-Functional, Automation, and Performance Testing.
• This role demands the ability to drive quality transformation, scale QE delivery models, and align testing strategy with business objectives.

1. Quality Strategy & Governance

• Define and implement enterprise-level Test Strategy & Quality Roadmap
• Establish governance models covering SIT, UAT, Regression, NFT
• Drive Shift-Left and Shift-Right Quality Engineering practices
• Own entry/exit criteria, quality gates, and release signoffs
• Present quality metrics to CXO stakeholders

2. Program and Delivery Leadership

• Lead large cross-functional QA teams (20–100+ members)
• Manage multi-vendor and distributed delivery models
• Plan estimations, budgeting, capacity planning, and forecasting
• Drive risk-based testing and critical defect triage
• Ensure on-time release readiness across multiple tracks

3. Functional & Automation Excellence

• Oversee automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Tosca, API automation)
• Improve regression efficiency through CI/CD integration
• Establish traceability (RTM), test coverage, and quality dashboards
• Promote reusability, script optimization, and framework scalability

4. Non-Functional & Performance Engineering

• Own performance strategy (Load, Stress, Soak, Scalability testing)
• Define NFRs – TPS, concurrency, response time SLAs
• Drive observability and production monitoring alignment
• Ensure resilience, failover, and capacity validation

5. Stakeholder & Client Management

• Act as single point of accountability for Quality
• Engage Business, Architecture, DevOps, and Infra teams
• Lead UAT governance with business stakeholders
• Provide executive-level dashboards & reporting

6. Process & Transformation

• Implement QE maturity models (TMMi / Custom Maturity Framework)
• Drive AI-enabled testing (LLM validation, synthetic monitoring, bot testing)
• Standardized tools and eliminate redundancy
• Build Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) frameworks

Key skills required:

• 16-20 years in Quality Engineering
• Mumbai (Sevri/Wadala) This is a mandatory requirement.
• Mumbai Based. To be working out of Mumbai Sevri Location. Work Location is non-negotiable.
• Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise programs
• Experience in BFSI / Telecom / Oil & Gas preferred
• ISTQB / Agile certifications preferred
• Experience in SAP / Core Banking / CRM / Digital Channels is a plus
• Drives quality as a business enabler, not just a validation function
• Blends architecture mindset with delivery governance
• Balances automation, performance, and business quality objectives
• Scales teams from tactical QA to strategic QE transformation

Competency

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinker with execution rigor
• Strong negotiation and escalation management skills
• Decision-making under pressure
• Influencing senior stakeholders

Technical Expertise

• Automation Tools: Selenium, Playwright, Tosca
• Performance Tools: LoadRunner, JMeter, Neo Load, K6
• API Testing: Postman, Rest Assured
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git
• Test Management: JIRA, ALM, Azure Test Plans
• Cloud & DevOps familiarity (Azure/AWS)

Quality Engineering Capabilities

• Risk-based test modeling
• Test coverage analysis
• Workload modeling
• Production defect leakage reduction
• Defect prevention strategy

KPIs / Success Metrics

• Reduction in defect leakage to production
• Regression automation coverage > 75%
• Performance SLA adherence > 95%
• Release cycle time improvement
• Improved test case productivity
• Reduction in environment-related delays

Qualifications:

• The candidate should have an educational background of BE / BTech in IT / Computer Science / Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering / EEE / Electronics ONLY.