Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is a technology and engineering company seeking a Senior Manager to lead quality assurance and test automation for critical Property & Casualty insurance applications. The role is responsible for defining testing strategies, leading end-to-end automation, managing defect and quality reporting activities, and improving release predictability across legacy and modern platforms.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute comprehensive testing strategies, test plans, and automation roadmaps for large-scale application initiatives
- Lead end-to-end automation testing efforts across releases utilizing tools such as UFT, Selenium, and modern automation frameworks
- Drive quality assurance activities for legacy Progress-based applications, including functional, integration, and regression testing
- Manage test execution, defect lifecycle activities, automation development, and quality reporting in collaboration with global teams
- Monitor testing metrics, quality KPIs, and release readiness while providing executive-level reporting and recommendations for continuous improvement
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Software Testing
- 5+ years of experience leading test automation initiatives
- Hands-on expertise with UFT, Selenium, Playwright, API testing, and test automation framework development
- Strong experience developing test strategies, test plans, risk assessments, and defect management processes
- Deep domain knowledge within the Property & Casualty Insurance industry
- Strong understanding of Property Claims processing and related business workflows
- Experience testing legacy applications, including Progress-based and desktop applications
- Strong knowledge of Oracle database testing, PL/SQL, and SQL query validation
- Experience implementing and integrating automated testing within CI/CD pipelines
- Proven ability to lead distributed QA teams across onshore and offshore locations
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive reporting skills
- This position is remote and open to qualified applicants within the United States
- Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
- This role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
- Experience modernizing legacy application testing through automation transformation initiatives
- Experience driving quality engineering best practices across enterprise programs
- Knowledge of quality metrics, release governance, and continuous improvement frameworks
- Experience leading teams of 15-20 quality engineering professionals
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive innovation within testing organizations
- A preference for candidates located near Memphis, TN
Benefits
- Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Remote position open to qualified applicants within the United States
- Wellbeing programs supporting a healthy work-life balance
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