VP M&A E2E VP Quality Engineering
Core
Lead end-to-end quality governance and standards for a large-scale Equitable migration program, defining acceptance criteria and Go/No-Go gates without performing manual testing.
Role type
VP/Lead Quality Engineering (Governance & Strategy)
Builds
Quality governance frameworks, acceptance criteria, and phase gates for a financial services migration.
Domain
Financial Services / Enterprise Software Migration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Quality Engineering Leadership, End-to-End Quality Governance, Test Management & Defect Tooling, Vendor & UAT Oversight, Standard-Setting, Measurement Orientation, Influence Without Direct Execution
Preferred skills
AI/ML artifact quality governance, Regulated financial-services migrations, Automated remediation pipelines, CI/UAT boundary definition
Technologies
Jira, qTest
Responsibilities
Define and audit SME-review workbook criteria for completeness and traceability; Own acceptance criteria for AI-generated pull requests; Hold the line on functional Go/No-Go quality checklists for migration phases; Run weekly quality triage with Remediation Operations; Define, track, and report core quality metrics (false-positive rate, PR merge rate, CI failure taxonomy); Oversee application-level and end-to-end test execution standards; Coordinate quality expectations across engine, DB, App, batch, and SME tracks; Establish defect-escape thresholds for cutover decisions
Seniority
VP/Principal, Strategy & Mentorship