Practice Lead II, Quality Engineering (US)

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The Practice Lead II, Quality Engineering is responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving the culture and community of QE Practitioners. This role leads a team of Quality Engineers, providing coaching on knowledge, skills, and performance; advancing the practice’s capabilities; and advising practitioners to ensure solutions are effective and sound. As a senior professional, the Practice Lead II is accountable for ensuring the delivery of high-quality technology solutions through comprehensive testing practices, quality assurance, and collaboration across Agile delivery teams. Depth & Scope: Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork, and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required Recognized as an expert in their field whose focus is on the coaching and training of practitioners People leader with expert knowledge of disciplines and practices in field of expertise Deep expertise and knowledge of specific domain or broad range of TD frameworks, technology, tools, best practices, processes, and procedures, as well as broader organization issues Proven ability in soft skills people management of large teams Provides guidance on the work of practitioners as related to the quality of product(s)/wok being produced, delivered & speed of delivery / to market Ability to develop colleagues to be masters of their craft in the market around us Quickly adapts to customer, stakeholder, and regulatory needs in collaboration with Platform and Journey teams Experienced in the continuous assessment of QE Practitioners and their craft to ensure enterprise practice standards are upheld Facilitates and Fosters Practice Community of Interest and use of this practice across the Technology organization Contributes to the development of coaching strategies for individuals within their area of expertise Provides leadership and guidance to several teams and solves cross department issues Participates in the development of business and practice strategies Expert collaborator and is known for bringing diverse teams together to achieve a common goal Education & Experience: University or Graduate / post graduate degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience 10+ years of relevant experience in field of specialization Preferred Qualifications: Encompass and Blend Mortgage Product Experience. Residential Mortgage and/or Home Equity Lending Experience. Sr Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or Software Testing experience. Strong expertise in manual functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing. Experience analyzing business requirements and translating them into test scenarios and test cases. Experience working in Agile delivery environments. Proficiency with quality management and defect tracking tools such as JIRA and JTMF. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and mentorship skills. Ability to independently lead testing efforts while influencing