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GEP is a diverse, creative team of people passionate about procurement. We invest ourselves entirely in our client’s success, creating strong collaborative relationships that deliver extraordinary value year after year. Our clients include market global leaders with far-flung international operations, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises, leading government and public institutions.
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We are seeking a dynamic, hands-on Director of SDET to lead and elevate our Quality Engineering team. This senior leadership role is pivotal in defining and driving the quality strategy for our global SaaS platform, spanning Source-to-Contract (S2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Platform Services,and Analytics modules.

You will be responsible for establishing a world-class automation-first culture, architecting scalable testing frameworks, implementing AI-driven automation practices, and ensuring the highest levels of software quality across our enterprise solutions serving thousands of global customers.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership

• Define and own the global testing and automation strategy across all product modules.

• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Professional Services to embed quality engineering throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Champion shift-left testing practices, automation-first approaches, and continuous testing methodologies in Agile environments.

2. Technical Leadership

• Architect and evolve automation frameworks using tools like Selenium, Cypress, and next-generation AI-driven platforms.

• Drive the adoption of AI/ML-powered testing strategies, including self-healing test scripts and predictive quality analytics to enhance speed and reliability.

• Lead initiatives across functional, performance, security, and resilience testing disciplines.

3. Operational Excellence

• Lead, mentor, and grow a global team of QA Automation Engineers and SDETs.

• Establish, monitor, and continuously improve key quality metrics such as test coverage, defect density, cycle time, and release quality.

• Manage budgeting, resource planning, and continuous learning programs for the Quality Engineering organization.

4. Stakeholder & Customer Management

• Serve as a senior quality advocate, collaborating closely with product leaders, engineering teams, and strategic customers.

• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) efforts during escalations and oversee preventive action planning.

• Benchmark internal practices against top-tier SaaS organizations to ensure we remain at the forefront of quality engineering innovation.

Required Qualifications

• 12–18 years of experience in quality engineering, with at least 4–5 years in leadership roles managing distributed SDET teams.

• Deep expertise in test automation, quality frameworks, and modern SDLC tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, TestNG, JIRA, Zephyr, etc.).

• Hands-on knowledge of building test strategies for cloud-native SaaS applications (preferably on AWS/Azure).

• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and test integration strategies.

• Track record of scaling test teams and processes in high-growth software organizations.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with low-code/no-code testing platforms and AI-powered automation bots.

• Exposure to security testing tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite) and performance testing tools (e.g., Gatling, BlazeMeter).

• Background in enterprise SaaS, procurement/supply chain platforms, or regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, BFSI).

• Professional certifications: ISTQB Advanced Level, Certified Test Manager (CTM), or equivalent.