Director - Test Automation

Title:   Director – Test Automation Location: India – Hyderabad Category: 731-R&D Vault Platform QA   JobDescription: Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We’re not just any public company we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors. As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment. Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities. The Role Veeva Systems is looking for a Director – Test Automation who will contribute to organization building and oversee the day-to-day delivery of mission-critical Vault applications. This is a hands-on position for delivering a quality test automation suite along with managing teams of talented and enthusiastic engineers who are remotely located.   What You’ll Do

• Responsible for timely & quality delivery of projects related to test automation
• Results-oriented and metrics-driven. He/ she will put in measures to objectively quantify performance/ quality goals for their team and help drive the team towards achieving them
• Contribute to the operational excellence of Veeva Hyderabad and help improve automation productivity
• Manage a team of automation managers & engineers and ensure successful and timely deliverables
• Using your knowledge of the Indian market in hiring and retaining the right talent
• Work with your counterparts across the globe and build a partnership that helps quality across Vault products.
• Help grow the team by ensuring the best hiring practices that fit Veevas culture and philosophy
• Come up with innovative plans to mentor teams who are distributed across India operating in a work-anywhere environment
• Single point of contact for QA management across various global offices of Veeva
• Support engineering sprints for product releases (planning, grooming, etc.)

  Requirements

• Experience (at least 5+ years) managing teams of QA managers & engineers involved in test automation projects. Total experience of 15+ years.
• Lead by example: Be a hands-on and technical leader with effective communication skills
• Experience in agile & scrum processes and understanding the role of a scrum master
• Work with a team of automation managers and engineers to ensure quality deliverables
• Experience with KPIs that measure the success of the team and the projects
• Experience in creating, documenting & refining the SW engineering process

  Nice to Have

• Life sciences domain knowledge, especially the regulatory area
• Experience with Atlassian products like Jira
• Manage a platform QA team
• Manage an applications development QA team
• Infrastructure knowledge especially in AWS
• Experience in a SaaS environment that has an agile development process

  Perks & Benefits

• Allocations for continuous learning & development
• Health insurance with generous coverage limits
• Fixed cash bonus
• Allowance for wellness & fitness programs
• Winter break

  Veevas headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world. Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.