| Job Title | Associate Director – Automation Testing |
| Company | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP |
| Job Requisition ID | 110388 |
| Location | Pune, Maharashtra |
| Job Type | Full Time |
| Department/Domain | Engineering / Quality Engineering |
| Experience | 10–15+ Years in Software Testing & Quality Engineering |
| Qualification | Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Related Field |
| Role Focus | Quality Engineering Leadership, Test Automation & Quality Transformation |
| QE Strategy | Define and drive Quality Engineering strategy across multiple projects and portfolios |
| Testing Governance | Establish testing standards, frameworks, governance and best practices |
| Quality Transformation | Drive automation, shift-left testing and AI-assisted testing adoption |
| Program Management | Manage end-to-end testing delivery across Agile and Waterfall programs |
| Delivery Management | Handle test planning, estimation, resources, risks, reporting, timelines and budgets |
| Stakeholder Management | Work with Business, Product, Development, Architecture and Operations teams |
| Executive Communication | Present quality metrics, risks, delivery status and recommendations to leadership |
| Test Automation | Drive automation for UI, API, ETL and mobile applications |
| DevOps & CI/CD | Promote CI/CD integration, DevOps practices and continuous testing |
| Cloud Testing | Support cloud-native testing, service virtualization and test data management |
| AI Testing | Evaluate and implement AI-driven testing and GenAI validation solutions |
| People Leadership | Build, mentor and manage high-performing QA teams |
| Talent Development | Hiring, performance reviews, career development and succession planning |
| Business Development | Support pre-sales, RFP/RFI responses, solutioning and client presentations |
| Practice Building | Develop accelerators, reusable assets, thought leadership and capabilities |
| Core Testing Skills | SDLC, STLC, Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, Test Automation, API, Data & Performance Testing |
| Automation Tools | Selenium, Playwright, Cypress |
| Programming | Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python |
| API Testing | Rest Assured, Postman |
| Test Management | Jira, Xray, Zephyr, Azure DevOps |
| CI/CD Tools | Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines |
| Cloud Platforms | AWS, Azure, GCP |
| Data Testing | SQL, ETL Testing, Snowflake, Databricks |
| Performance Testing | JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, K6 |
| AI Testing | Prompt Evaluation, LLM Testing, GenAI Validation Frameworks |
| Industry Experience | Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, Retail or Similar Enterprise Domains |
| Leadership Skills | Strategic Thinking, Client Management, Executive Communication, People Leadership, Decision-Making |
| Success Measures | Delivery Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Automation Adoption, Defect Reduction, Team Growth and Business Development |
| Key Skills | Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Program Management, Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, AI Testing, Team Leadership |
