As a Manager Development (Software Testing), you will lead an engineering team to ensure the highest standards of product quality. This role involves developing and implementing quality engineering strategies, managing quality processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement. You will partner closely with Quality Engineers and Software Engineering Managers to help build out test automation solutions, enable continuous testing, enforce quality engineering and agile best practices. You will also be responsible for growing the careers of your team. You will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead a team of quality engineers and software development engineers in test.
- Build the quality and automation practices for the team.
- Implement process changes to scale testing efforts, including the development of robust automation systems.
- Work with different teams (Engineering/PM/Design) to collect necessary information to assure quality coverage, and also provide feedback on quality issues.
- Help your team set priorities and remove roadblocks to make sure releases have sufficient testing coverage.
- Assess the status of releases and help ensure that releases go out on time with a high quality level.
- Lead the process of building metrics to measure and monitor product performance.
- Support customer engagement activities, defining the process by which the engineering and quality teams monitor, respond to, and address feedback
- Establish quality engineering best practices and standards within the team to drive quality and excellence.
- Maximize team velocity by removing barriers and reducing team context-switching.
- Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent. Mentor engineers, helping them improve their skills and grow their careers.
- Build and mentor the careers of quality professionals, including building skills in automation.
- Evangelize the importance of reliability, security, performance, scalability, operational readiness, and managing technical debt to others in the organization.
- Stay up to date with technology and industry trends to continually drive innovation in our quality engineering architecture, technology choices, engineering practices, and products.
Job Requirement
- BS/MS degree in Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of proven quality engineering or software development in test experience with hand-on development of automated tests
- 2+ years of engineering management experience
- Proven strength leading test teams in an agile environment
- Strong knowledge of test and tool development methodology
- Interpersonal skills, including ability to work with global teams in different geos and cultures
- Self-starter with strong time management skills
- Experience working with software developers in a rapidly-changing environment
- Consistent track record delivering on quality goals for complex projects in an Agile development environment
- Track record of successfully recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining top technical talent
- Deep understanding of software testing methodologies with experience developing automation coverage for complex user interfaces
- Strong experience with browser, middleware services and backend databases
- Experience developing in Java, Selenium, and Rest Assured is a plus
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About the TeamAt Wesco, we build, connect, power and protect the world. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Skills Required
- BS/MS degree in Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of quality engineering or software development in test with hands-on automated test development
- 2+ years of engineering management experience
- Proven strength leading test teams in an agile environment
- Strong knowledge of test and tool development methodology
- Ability to work with global teams across geos and cultures
- Self-starter with strong time management skills
- Experience working with software developers in a rapidly-changing environment
- Track record delivering on quality goals for complex projects in Agile
- Experience recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining technical talent
- Deep understanding of software testing methodologies and automation coverage for complex UIs
- Strong experience with browser, middleware services and backend databases
- Experience developing in Java, Selenium, and Rest Assured
WESCO International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with company match is a relative strong point and is consistently part of the package. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a solid element within the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO policies are favorable, including self‑managed or generous banks in some roles along with paid holidays. Paid parental leave and related time‑off options add to the perceived strength of leave benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests employees have meaningful choice through medical plan options with HSA/FSA alongside ancillary programs like EAP, discounts, and supplemental coverages. The breadth of selectable add‑ons supports tailoring benefits to individual needs.
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What We Do
At Wesco, we believe life should run smoothly. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for approximately 150,000 customers worldwide. With nearly 1.5 million products and locations in more than 50 countries, Wesco is your partner in progress. Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. We’re committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity, and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company with 2022 net sales of $21.4 billion.
