This is a leadership role within Deloitte's Technology & Transformation practice, focusing on driving end-to-end Quality Engineering for complex enterprise programs. The position offers an opportunity to shape strategic initiatives in business intelligence, data management, and next-generation analytics. You will be instrumental in transforming quality delivery models and aligning testing strategies with core business objectives.

We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Test Manager with extensive experience in Functional, Non-Functional, Automation, and Performance Testing. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership qualities, a strategic outlook, and hands-on expertise to guide large, cross-functional QA teams. This role is crucial for enhancing quality transformations and scaling QE delivery.

Key responsibilities include defining and implementing enterprise-level test strategies and quality roadmaps, establishing governance models for SIT, UAT, and regression testing, and driving Shift-Left/Shift-Right quality practices. You will lead large QA teams (20-100+ members), manage multi-vendor and distributed delivery, and oversee estimations, budgeting, and capacity planning. Ensuring on-time release readiness, driving risk-based testing, and managing critical defect triage are also core functions.

Additionally, you will oversee automation frameworks, enhance regression efficiency via CI/CD integration, and establish traceability and quality dashboards. The role also involves owning performance testing strategies, defining NFRs, and ensuring alignment with observability and production monitoring. Engaging with business, architecture, and DevOps teams, leading UAT governance, and providing executive-level reporting are critical.

This role also encompasses implementing QE maturity models, driving AI-enabled testing initiatives, standardizing tools, and building Testing Center of Excellence frameworks. Success will be measured by a reduction in production defect leakage, high regression automation coverage, and improved release cycle times.

Candidates should possess 12-20+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, with a proven track record of leading large-scale enterprise programs. Experience in BFSI, Telecom, or Oil & Gas sectors is highly preferred. While not mandatory, ISTQB or Agile certifications are a plus. Familiarity with SAP, Core Banking, CRM, or Digital Channels is advantageous.

Essential technical skills include expertise in automation tools like Selenium, Playwright, and Tosca, as well as performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, NeoLoad, and K6. Proficiency in API testing with Postman and Rest Assured, CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and Git, and test management tools like JIRA, ALM, and Azure Test Plans is required. Familiarity with Cloud and DevOps environments (Azure/AWS) is also necessary.

Leadership competencies such as strategic thinking, negotiation, and decision-making under pressure are vital. The role demands a candidate who views quality as a business enabler, blending an architectural mindset with delivery governance, and balancing automation, performance, and business quality objectives to scale teams from tactical QA to strategic QE transformation. A BE/B.Tech degree in IT, Computer Science, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, EEE, or Electronics is a mandatory educational qualification.