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Job Summary:
ClifyX is seeking a Program Director to lead large-scale Quality, Compliance & Controls (QCC) and End-to-End (E2E) testing programs. The role involves defining the testing vision, governance, strategy, and execution across complex transformation initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance and defect-free delivery across releases.
Responsibilities:
• Own end-to-end delivery of the QCC & E2E Testing Program across multiple workstreams, applications, and releases.
• Define and govern the overall QCC and E2E test strategy, operating model, and roadmap aligned to business and regulatory objectives.
• Drive release readiness, go-live sign-offs, and production risk assessments for major enterprise releases.
• Provide executive-level reporting on quality metrics, risks, dependencies, and remediation plans.
• Ensure testing adherence to regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Establish strong quality governance, controls, traceability, and audit readiness across the test lifecycle.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit teams to address findings, observations, and continuous improvement actions.
• Lead complex E2E testing cycles spanning upstream/downstream systems, third-party integrations, and data flows.
• Drive environment, data, and dependency readiness for E2E testing across programs.
• Ensure robust orchestration across Functional, System, Integration, UAT, ORT, Performance, and Regression testing.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, program sponsors, and delivery leadership.
• Lead governance forums, steering committees, and executive reviews for QCC & E2E testing.
• Manage multi-vendor and multi-partner testing landscapes, ensuring alignment and accountability.
• Enable testing within Agile and SAFe delivery models including PI planning, ART coordination, and release trains.
• Partner closely with Release Train Managers, Product Managers, and Engineering leads to embed quality early.
• Drive shift-left, automation first, and continuous testing practices.
• Lead large global teams across onsite, nearshore, and offshore models.
• Own program-level staffing, ramp-up, demand vs capacity planning, and vendor consolidation.
• Manage budgets, productivity, utilization, and financial governance for the testing program.
• The Program Director – QCC & E2E Testing will lead large-scale Quality, Compliance & Controls (QCC) and End-to-End (E2E) testing programs across multiple business domains and applications.
• This role is responsible for defining the testing vision, governance, strategy, and execution across complex transformation initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance, business readiness, and defect-free delivery across releases.
• The Program Director will serve as the single point of accountability for QCC & E2E testing outcomes, working closely with Client Stakeholders, Product, Engineering, Architecture, Release, and Vendor teams to deliver high-quality outcomes at scale.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Deep understanding of Quality Engineering, E2E Testing, Test Governance, and Controls.
• Experience with Agile / SAFe delivery, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation strategies.
• Own end-to-end delivery of the QCC & E2E Testing Program across multiple workstreams, applications, and releases.
• Define and govern the overall QCC and E2E test strategy, operating model, and roadmap aligned to business and regulatory objectives.
• Drive release readiness, go-live sign-offs, and production risk assessments for major enterprise releases.
• Provide executive-level reporting on quality metrics, risks, dependencies, and remediation plans.
• Ensure testing adherence to regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Establish strong quality governance, controls, traceability, and audit readiness across the test lifecycle.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit teams to address findings, observations, and continuous improvement actions.
• Lead complex E2E testing cycles spanning upstream/downstream systems, third-party integrations, and data flows.
• Drive environment, data, and dependency readiness for E2E testing across programs.
• Ensure robust orchestration across Functional, System, Integration, UAT, ORT, Performance, and Regression testing.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, program sponsors, and delivery leadership.
• Lead governance forums, steering committees, and executive reviews for QCC & E2E testing.
• Manage multi-vendor and multi-partner testing landscapes, ensuring alignment and accountability.
• Enable testing within Agile and SAFe delivery models including PI planning, ART coordination, and release trains.
• Partner closely with Release Train Managers, Product Managers, and Engineering leads to embed quality early.
• Drive shift-left, automation first, and continuous testing practices.
• Lead large global teams across onsite, nearshore, and offshore models.
• Own program-level staffing, ramp-up, demand vs capacity planning, and vendor consolidation.
• Manage budgets, productivity, utilization, and financial governance for the testing program.
• The Program Director – QCC & E2E Testing will lead large-scale Quality, Compliance & Controls (QCC) and End-to-End (E2E) testing programs across multiple business domains and applications.
• This role is responsible for defining the testing vision, governance, strategy, and execution across complex transformation initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance, business readiness, and defect-free delivery across releases.
• The Program Director will serve as the single point of accountability for QCC & E2E testing outcomes, working closely with Client Stakeholders, Product, Engineering, Architecture, Release, and Vendor teams to deliver high-quality outcomes at scale.
Company:
ClifyX provides innovative business solutions which satisfy requirements for mission-critical reliability, scalability, interoperations. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in South Plainfield, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.