Delivery Director - Testing & Quality Engineering

We at Coforge are hiring a Delivery Director - Testing & Quality Engineering with the following skill-set.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale Testing and Quality Engineering engagements across strategic client accounts.

- Own delivery governance, quality, SLAs, KPIs, risks, escalations, customer satisfaction, and overall program outcomes.

- Lead large, geographically distributed QE teams comprising Delivery Managers, Test Managers, Architects, Leads, and Engineers.

- Drive transformation from traditional testing to modern Quality Engineering and Continuous Testing practices.

- Define and implement enterprise-level test automation and QE transformation strategies.

- Drive automation across Web, API, Mobile, Microservices, and enterprise applications.

- Drive adoption of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud, and continuous testing practices.

- Lead innovation and adoption of AI/GenAI-based testing and intelligent automation solutions.

- Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and participate in executive governance and delivery reviews.

- Own resource planning, utilization, delivery financials, revenue, margins, and profitability.

- Partner with Sales and Presales teams for RFP/RFI responses, solutioning, estimations, proposals, and client presentations.

- Identify opportunities for account growth, QE transformation, automation, and managed testing services.

- Drive competency development, succession planning, upskilling, and continuous improvement across QE teams.

Mandatory Skills:

- Strong experience in Testing / Quality Engineering delivery leadership.

- Proven experience managing large-scale, multi-location QE engagements and teams.

- Strong expertise in Test Automation, Automation Strategy, and QE Transformation.

- Strong experience in functional, automation, API, Web, Mobile, performance, and non-functional testing.

- Experience with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and Continuous Testing.

- Strong Delivery and Program Management experience.

- Strong client-facing and executive stakeholder management experience.

- Experience in delivery governance, SLA/KPI management, risk management, and escalation management.

- Strong experience in resource management, utilization, budgeting, revenue, margin, and delivery financials.

- Experience in Presales, RFP/RFI, solutioning, estimation, and proposal development.

- Strong leadership, communication, and people management capabilities.

Good to Have Skills:

- Exposure to AI/GenAI-driven Testing and Quality Engineering.

- Experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, API automation, or similar automation technologies.

- Experience establishing or managing a Testing CoE / Quality Engineering CoE.

- Exposure to Cloud, Digital, Microservices, Data, and API testing environments.

- Experience driving QE transformation and automation-led productivity initiatives.

Educational Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

- Candidates who can join within 30 days are preferable.