Automation Engineering Lead / Manager

Preferred candidates willing to attend an in-person (F2F) interview

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Automation Engineering Lead / Manager to drive enterprise-wide automation strategy, framework design, and delivery excellence. This role combines deep hands-on automation expertise with strong team leadership and executive-level reporting capabilities.

The ideal candidate will lead end-to-end automation initiatives across UI, API, and platform layers while consolidating automation metrics into actionable management dashboards and business insights.

Key Responsibilities

1) Automation Engineering & Solution Delivery

• Lead design and implementation of scalable end-to-end automation solutions (UI, API, RPA, data automation, workflow orchestration).

• Define automation architecture, reusable frameworks, and engineering standards.

• Enforce code quality, governance, and best practices.

• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines (scheduled runs, reporting, alerts, automated evidence capture).

• Perform technical reviews and conduct root cause analysis to improve suite stability and resilience.

• Collaborate with architects, QA, DevOps, and product teams to align automation strategy with business objectives.

2) Team Leadership & People Management (Core Responsibility)

• Manage and mentor a team of 2-10+ automation engineers.

• Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.

• Plan sprint capacity, prioritize workstreams, and ensure release commitments are met.

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Drive documentation standards and knowledge sharing across teams.

3) Data Consolidation, Metrics & Executive Reporting (Core Responsibility)

• Consolidate automation and quality data from multiple sources (test runs, defect systems, release tools, monitoring platforms).

• Design and maintain executive dashboards covering:

  • Test coverage

  • Pass/fail trends

  • Flaky test tracking

  • Defect leakage

  • Cycle time

  • Productivity metrics

• Produce weekly/monthly leadership reports with actionable insights, risks, and mitigation strategies.

• Ensure KPI integrity through standardized definitions, validation controls, and audit trails.

• Present automation maturity metrics and translate technical performance into business impact.

4) Stakeholder & Program Management

• Partner with business leaders, QA, DevOps, and platform teams to define automation roadmaps and adoption strategies.

• Communicate progress, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans to senior stakeholders.

• Support compliance, governance, and audit readiness (especially in regulated environments).

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in Automation Engineering (QA Automation, Selenium, Platform Automation, or related domains).

• 2+ years leading teams (formal people management or strong delivery leadership experience).

• Strong experience building automation frameworks using:

  • Java / Python / JavaScript

• UI Automation: Selenium, Playwright

• API Automation: RestAssured, Postman

• Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines.

• Hands-on experience with Git and defect tracking tools (Jira / Azure DevOps).

• Proven experience building executive dashboards and defining measurable KPIs.

• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical outcomes into business value.