Manager | TOSCA | Bengaluru | Engineering | Quality Engineering

Manager | TOSCA | Bengaluru | Engineering | Quality Engineering
• Job requisition ID : 114644 
• Location: Bengaluru
• Entity: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP 

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly accomplished  Test Manager to lead end-to-end Quality Engineering initiatives across complex enterprise programs. The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership, strategic vision, and hands-on expertise in Functional, Non-Functional, Automation, and Performance Testing. This role demands the ability to drive quality transformation, scale QE delivery models, and align testing strategy with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality Strategy & Governance

• Define and implement enterprise-level Test Strategy & Quality Roadmap
• Establish governance models covering SIT, UAT, Regression, NFT
• Drive Shift-Left and Shift-Right Quality Engineering practices
• Own entry/exit criteria, quality gates, and release sign-offs
• Present quality metrics to CXO stakeholders

2. Program & Delivery Leadership

• Lead large cross-functional QA teams (20–100+ members)
• Manage multi-vendor and distributed delivery models
• Plan estimations, budgeting, capacity planning, and forecasting
• Drive risk-based testing and critical defect triage
• Ensure on-time release readiness across multiple tracks

3. Functional & Automation Excellence

• Oversee automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Tosca, API automation)
• Improve regression efficiency through CI/CD integration
• Establish traceability (RTM), test coverage, and quality dashboards
• Promote reusability, script optimization, and framework scalability

4. Non-Functional & Performance Engineering

• Own performance strategy (Load, Stress, Soak, Scalability testing)
• Define NFRs – TPS, concurrency, response time SLAs
• Drive observability and production monitoring alignment
• Ensure resilience, failover, and capacity validation

5. Stakeholder & Client Management

• Act as single point of accountability for Quality
• Engage Business, Architecture, DevOps, and Infra teams
• Lead UAT governance with business stakeholders
• Provide executive-level dashboards & reporting

6. Process & Transformation

• Implement QE maturity models (TMMi / Custom Maturity Framework)
• Drive AI-enabled testing (LLM validation, synthetic monitoring, bot testing)
• Standardize tools and eliminate redundancy
• Build Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) frameworks

Required Skills & Competencies

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinker with execution rigor
• Strong negotiation and escalation management skills
• Decision-making under pressure
• Influencing senior stakeholders

Technical Expertise

• Automation Tools: Selenium, Playwright, Tosca
• Performance Tools: LoadRunner, JMeter, NeoLoad, K6
• API Testing: Postman, Rest Assured
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git
• Test Management: JIRA, ALM, Azure Test Plans
• Cloud & DevOps familiarity (Azure/AWS)

Quality Engineering Capabilities

• Risk-based test modeling
• Test coverage analysis
• Workload modeling
• Production defect leakage reduction
• Defect prevention strategy

KPIs / Success Metrics

• Reduction in defect leakage to production
• Regression automation coverage > 75%
• Performance SLA adherence > 95%
• Release cycle time improvement
• Improved test case productivity
• Reduction in environment-related delays

Experience & Qualifications

• 8-14 years in Quality Engineering
• Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise programs
• Experience in BFSI / Telecom / Oil & Gas preferred
• ISTQB / Agile certifications preferred
• Experience in SAP / Core Banking / CRM / Digital Channels is a plus
• Drives quality as a business enabler, not just a validation function
• Blends architecture mindset with delivery governance
• Balances automation, performance, and business quality objectives
• Scales teams from tactical QA to strategic QE transformation

Location

• Bangalore- This is a mandatory requirement.

Educational Qualifications

• The candidate should have an educational background of BE / BTech in IT / Computer Science / Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering / EEE / Electronics ONLY.