Director of Quality Assurance - Atlanta, GA - Full-time / Part-time

UnitedHealth Group is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

• Leading teams accountable for testing methodologies, strategies, approaches, and concepts
  
• Implement quality standards for Optum products and oversee the development and execution of software test plans and analysis of test results
  
• Allocate resources and assess trade-offs to remain within budget across the entire spectrum of tests, including: Test Co-ordination, Test Strategy Production, Test Planning, Test Phase Management and Execution, Oversight of System Integration Testing, Test Reporting, Quality Continuous Improvement
  
• Implement policies and the necessary test software functionality and data integrity to safeguard the operational stability and integrity of the Optum production environment
  
• Implement Quality Engineering strategic vision for the QA teams, implementing operational policies and directives, and communicate progress toward goals and objectives
  
• Work with development and supply clear feedback in areas like architectural and functional specification reviews
  
• Participate in Quality Engineering strategic development through advocacy for programs and projects central to maintaining quality
  
• Anticipate future business needs, make decisions and implement policies that affect areas of the Optum outside of QA
  
• Accountable for cross-functional initiatives and collaboration, which may have significant impact on business results
  
• Serve as technical consultant and technical leader, where the sphere of influence may include people outside of Optum

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  
• Prior experience at the Director of Quality Assurance level or equivalent
  
• 10+ years of professional IT experience
  
• 7+ years of professional IT management experience in a large, matrixed organization
  
• 7+ years diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization and people motivation skills
  
• 2+ years of experience with test automation and transition from manual to automation
  
• 2+ years of experience with Agile methodology
  
• 5+ years in a commercial software development environment
  
• 3+ years of experience of matrix leadership of geographically distributed teams, including offshore teams
  
• A strong understanding of quality assurance and automation concepts related to software architecture and qualifying complex large-scale systems
  
• Experience architecting and building automated testing frameworks
  
• Strong experience in defining testing methodologies, strategies, approaches, and concepts, and defining test plans and test cases
  
• Demonstrable track record of driving multi-site teams to successful completion
  
• Ability to conceptualize and implement solutions to complex problems, recognizing the business impact of these solutions
  
• Ability to take ownership of an initiative and converge on a definition after evaluating multiple options
  
• Results-driven, with the ability to execute accurate and timely decisions
  
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication working with Executive audiences
  
• Ability to lead, motivate, and direct a team, with excellent mentoring and coaching skills
  
• Proficiency in hardware, software, and operating systems environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile development methodologies such as SCRUM
  
• Experience using Rally software development
  
• Experience with Cloud technologies
  
• Understanding of software-as-a-service industry
  
• Experience with automated test frameworks
  
• Experience with reporting to Executive management, key to influence
  
• Continuous Integration experience
  
• Healthcare industry experience (ideally revenue cycle management)

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Job Keywords: IT, technology, quality assurance, QA, agile methodology, testing, frameworks, automation, Atlanta, GA, Georgia