Sapiens

SaaS insurance software for core processes

Vice President, Quality Engineering - Quality Assurance

QA & TestingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeIndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

20+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance or quality engineering, including 5+ years in a VP, Senior Director, or Head of QA capacity leading global, multi-disciplinary teams.
Experience leading scaled QA organizations across manual testing, automation, and performance engineering functions and multiple geographies.
Experience building and scaling AI usage in QA and test automation programs covering functional, API, and performance testing.
Strong understanding of test strategy and test coverage aligned to business processes and system processes.
Strong command of quality metrics, key performance indicators, risk-based testing methodologies, and quality governance frameworks appropriate for enterprise-scale delivery.
Expertise across manual testing, test automation frameworks, performance engineering, and API/database validation practices.
Familiarity with test management tools such as Jira and Zephyr, and CI/CD-integrated test automation.
Knowledge of automation tooling and approaches such as Selenium, Playwright, API testing tools, and performance testing tools, including applying AI/GenAI to test generation, defect analysis, and self-healing automation.
Ability to lead, structure, and scale a large, geographically distributed organization.
Ability to engage confidently with C-level clients and internal leadership.
Readiness to travel and support global stakeholders and teams across time zones as required.
Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

Define and own the global QA strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap across manual testing, automation, and performance engineering for all delivery projects.
Build, lead, and scale a global, multi-site QA organization, including QA Managers, Automation Managers, Performance Engineering leads, and their teams.
Own the enterprise delivery quality governance framework, including standards, policies, metrics, KPIs, and executive-level reporting on quality status, risk, and release readiness across all products and releases.
Champion Agile, SAFe, and iterative delivery practices across the QA organization, ensuring quality is embedded early and continuously across the software development lifecycle.
Define and govern enterprise-wide adoption of AI-augmented quality engineering practices, including AI-assisted test generation, defect and failure analysis, predictive quality insights, and responsible AI usage standards.
Drive enterprise test automation and performance engineering strategy, including framework standardization, CI/CD-integrated quality gates, tool rationalization, and reusable engineering assets.
Build organizational capability through hiring, organizational design, career pathing, succession planning, and development of QA Managers and future quality leaders.
Drive continuous improvement in quality culture and practices, including shift-left testing, risk-based coverage, exploratory testing, and expert testing.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in insurance, financial services, healthcare, or other complex, regulated enterprise software domains is strongly preferred.

Description

The VP, Quality Engineering, Delivery owns the vision, strategy, and execution of quality assurance across all Sapiens’ Property & Casualty (P&C) and Life delivery projects. The role spans the global organization of Quality Analysts, test automation, and performance Quality Analysts embedded in customer implementation, SaaS migration and SaaS support programs. The owner sets enterprise-wide quality standards and governance, and partners with delivery leadership to enhance quality, reduce production risk, and strengthen customer trust across insurance platforms. The role combines strategic quality leadership, organizational and budget ownership, technology and automation modernization, and AI-augmented quality engineering to scale a high-performing, accountable global QA function.

Key Responsibilities

Define and own the global QA strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap across manual testing, automation, and performance engineering for all delivery projects.
Build, lead, and scale a global, multi-site QA organization, including QA Managers, Automation Managers, Performance Engineering leads, and their teams.
Own the enterprise delivery quality governance framework, including standards, policies, metrics, KPIs, and executive-level reporting on quality status, risk, and release readiness across all products and releases.
Champion Agile, SAFE and iterative delivery practices across the QA organization, ensuring quality is embedded early and continuously across the SDLC.
Define and govern enterprise-wide adoption of AI-augmented quality engineering practices, including AI-assisted test generation, defect and failure analysis, predictive quality insights, and responsible-AI usage standards.
Drive enterprise test automation and performance engineering strategy, including framework standardization, CI/CD-integrated quality gates, tool rationalization, and reusable engineering assets.
Build organizational capability through hiring, org design, career pathing, succession planning, and development of QA Managers and future quality leaders.
Drive continuous improvement in quality culture and practices, including shift-left testing, risk-based coverage, exploratory testing, and expert testing.

Must Have Skills & Qualifications
Experience & Background

20+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance or quality engineering, including 5+ years in a VP, Senior Director, or Head of QA capacity leading global, multi-disciplinary teams.
Proven experience leading scaled and skilled QA organizations, across manual testing, automation, and performance engineering functions across multiple geographies.
Strong track record of building and scaling AI usage in QA, and test automation programs (functional, API, performance).
Experience in insurance, financial services, healthcare or other complex, regulated enterprise software domains is strongly preferred.

Technical & Functional Skills

Strong understanding of test strategy and test coverage, aligned to business processes and system processes
Strong command of quality metrics, KPIs, risk-based testing methodologies, and quality governance frameworks appropriate for enterprise-scale delivery.
Deep, cross-disciplinary expertise across manual testing, test automation frameworks, performance engineering, and API/database validation practices.
Strong grasp of test management tools (e.g., Jira, Zephyr), and CI/CD-integrated test automation.
Strong knowledge of automation tooling and approaches (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, API testing tools, performance testing tools) and how AI/GenAI is applied to test generation, defect analysis, and self-healing automation.

Personal Attributes

Demonstrated ability to lead, structure, and scale a large, geographically distributed organization.
Executive presence and the ability to engage confidently with C-level clients and internal leadership.
Change-oriented mindset with readiness to be hands-on when needed
Readiness to travel and support global stakeholders and teams across time zones as required.
Excellent written and verbal communication in English

Why Join Us:

Shape the global quality vision for a leading insurance technology company, with direct influence on customer trust, and business outcomes.
Lead and build a world-class, multi-disciplinary QA organization spanning manual testing, automation, and performance engineering across geographies.
Operate at the intersection of quality leadership, AI-augmented engineering, and modern SaaS delivery, with a mandate to modernize and scale enterprise quality practices.

About the Company

Sapiens

SaaS insurance software for core processes

Sapiens provides cloud-based software for the insurance industry, offering modules for policy administration, claims management, and underwriting to help insurers run operations more efficiently. Its products are accessed as a software-as-a-service, delivering end-to-end insurance workflows through integrated modules that handle policies, claims, and risk with regular updates. The company differentiates itself through a long track record since 1982, a broad, integrated product portfolio, and a global footprint, strengthened by acquisitions like Candela and AdvantageGo to expand capabilities and regional reach, especially in Asia-Pacific. Its goal is to help insurers deliver better customer experiences by providing scalable, cloud-based software and services to support core processes.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Holon, Israel
Founded: 1982

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