About the position
The AI Software & Platform Team delivers AI products so businesses around the world defend against threats and safeguard the most important aspects of business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplifying security with zero compromise. As Senior QA Manager, you will be responsible for testing products in the AI team. We work with our customers, sales teams, designers, architects and engineers to develop products that delight our customers and advance their strategic goals. We listen, we bring people together, we build consensus out of ambiguity and we pay attention to the details to ensure quality. We lead as problem-solvers and build a deeply technological product with some of the world's best technical and creative people to solve our customers' toughest challenges.
Responsibilities
- Lead a large cross-functional team of 10-20 members.
- Partner closely with engineering managers and technical leaders in designing and developing the quality engineering foundation for our product infrastructure.
- Collaborate with multiple engineering groups across San Jose and Bangalore offices to drive Features, Releases, E2E solutions.
- Build a culture of engineering execution excellence coupled with world-class innovation.
- Build, retain and motivate a team of talented top talent and passionate leaders as we grow the organization.
- Achieve a balance between the various demands of the organization and its customers as you prioritize your backlog.
- Develop empathy for our customers and field teams to understand their needs and articulate those needs to lead product initiatives.
- Be a role model for our organizational values.
Requirements
- 10-15+ years of software quality assurance experience, with a strong track record of leadership in technology strategy and product delivery.
- 3+ years proven experience in software quality leadership roles, managing large engineering teams.
- Sound technical depth - ability to go deep into technical architecture and design details.
- Grasp of technical concepts especially around building SaaS and On Prem products.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science.
- Track record of shipping software, ideally enterprise SaaS.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
- Demonstrated ability to influence decisions across all company levels.
- Ability to deliver quality software in time-constrained environments.
- Experience in testing cyber security products at scale.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Numerous wellbeing offerings.
- Paid holidays and vacation time off.
- Sick time off policy.
- Paid time to volunteer.
