For a major Insurance firm we are looking for Sr. Quality Assurance Manager for both our Houston and New Jersey office.

Main responsibilities include:

- Manage and execute QA activities, including software quality assurance and testing in an offshore environment.

- Implement QA project plans and test plans that span a product’s lifecycle and cover usability, design and engineering quality assurance as well as localization testing.

- Provide training, guidance and leadership in implementing testing policies, procedures and standards across specific programs of work.

- Document and present test strategies and process improvements plans.

- Conduct gap analyses of requirements and develop QA metrics for assessing the quality of test deliverables.

- Prioritizing and track test execution, defects and issues and recommend corrective action where required.

- Ensure that project resource demand forecasts are created on ongoing basis and verified regularly.

- Manage on and offshore teams in excess of 40 people.

- Manage up to 4 other QA managers

- Manage multiple project budgets in excess of $5million each

Position Requirements
- 5 years QA management experience

- 3 years project/program management experience.

- Manage budgets greater than $3million

- Ability to lead multiple work streams with offshore testing resources.

- Large client/server project management experience.

- Knowledge of the QA process for full project life cycle.

- Knowledge of structured testing methodologies, software process improvement and SQA processes and standards.

- Expertise in MS Project.

- Excellent communication skills, people management, resources allocation/ demand forecasting skills, and general management skills.

- Insurance background is preferred.