Hybrid VP, Quality Engineering

at Brookaire Company

• Job title: VP, Quality Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $175,000 - $250,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Charlottesville, United States

About the role

• VP, Quality Engineering responsible for transforming and institutionalizing Quality Engineering across CFA Institute’s technology organization. Leading multi-year efforts to reduce reliance on outsourced testing and establish modern practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap to rebuild the internal Quality Engineering capability, reducing reliance on outsourced testing and establishing a modern, scalable QE organization.
• Create and institutionalize an enterprise QE strategy, governance framework, and operating model aligned with organizational policy, business priorities, and technology strategy.
• Lead best-practice adoption in automation engineering, quality management, continuous testing, shift-left/shift-right practices, and quality observability.
• Work closely with Engineering, Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Operations to embed QE practices across all functional areas and delivery models (Agile, SAFe, hybrid).
• Shape policies, principles, and quality standards that impact enterprise-wide technology delivery, ensuring alignment with risk, compliance, and organizational objectives.
• Interpret organizational policies into tailored QE procedures, practices, and measurable performance criteria.
• Build a strong internal QE talent pipeline through workforce planning, role design, coaching, and professional development.
• Ensure effective planning and execution of QE operational plans across portfolios, programs, and large-scale initiatives.
• Oversee departmental budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning, ensuring alignment with portfolio demand and organizational priorities.
• Monitor organizational QE performance, including maturity, automation coverage, efficiency, and quality outcomes; report insights and risks to senior management.
• Establish and maintain enterprise dashboards, metrics, benchmarks, and KPIs (e.g., defect density, cycle time, coverage levels, operational impacts).
• Evaluate and select modern testing and automation technologies, platforms, and toolchains to support continuous integration and delivery ecosystems.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted testing, model-based testing, and emerging technologies.
• Define technical standards and architectures for automation frameworks, test data management, and quality tooling.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships and optimize the mix of internal and external resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Information Technology with at least five years of demonstrated experience in leading testing and QE teams.
• Deep expertise with industry automated testing tools.
• Experience in developing testing strategy, plans and test cases.
• Experience with end to end (E2E) testing, systems and integrated testing.
• Experience working in and across both agile and waterfall Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC) including SCRUM, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Strong knowledge and experience with build management tools, software configuration management systems and/or source code version control systems, technical architectures, and testing software and automation
• Ability to create new and unique ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit a plus
• Experience in project management, with skills necessary to interpret what is needed for the success of a project and to create appropriate schedules for timely delivery
• Very high level of organizational and time management skills, including flexibility in competently juggling competing priorities and changing expectations
• Must demonstrate outstanding judgment and mature business skills with the ability to establish a strong rapport with senior management.
• Willingness to ask questions rather than just follow directions is required.
• Must demonstrate good judgment and mature business skills.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills and ability to assess and evaluate priorities, including information gathered from multiple sources.
• Fluency in English required, global cultural orientation and working experience preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
• Generous leave and time off
• Competitive retirement plans
• Flexible work options
• Wellness, education, and support programs
• Eligibility for an annual incentive bonus
• 12% employer contribution to a 401(k) or pension plan