Description:
Our ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative P&C insurers. Come be a part of our journey, and love what you do.
Definity offers a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Leader’s partner with their teams to find the right balance of on-site and remote work that best meets the needs of their teams, colleagues, brokers and customers, while ensuring collaboration, teamwork and accountability for goals.
What can you expect in this role?
- Seasoned Manager to lead QE delivery on our Claims & Commercial Insurance portfolio
- As a QE Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing test strategies and test plans for releases with a focus on optimized coverage across work streams
- Maximize test automation coverage by bringing in an “automation first” mindset and look for opportunities to shift-left testing in the delivery process
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams across various workstreams
- Lead and manage a team of QE professionals and drive testing priorities to achieve the necessary business outcomes
- Provide accurate and detailed QE test status to stakeholders, along with issues, trends and potential impact and drive timely resolution of impediments
- Identify and select industry best practices, to support continuous process improvements and efficiencies in the overall QE processes at Economical
- Participate in the coordination of the change/release management and production implementation processes and activities
- Provide project and technical orientation and support for team members
- Support development of insurance domain knowledge and understanding of business processes within the team
What do you bring to the role?
- 10+ years of Quality engineering experience with a minimum of 3 years of leadership experience leading QE initiatives / QE transformation programs and increasing Test Effectiveness and Quality
- Experience in the Insurance industry is a must with hands-on experience on the Guidewire platform and experience on Claims is preferred
- Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals including data structures, algorithm design and complexity analysis
- Proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++ or C# with experience in the development and maintenance of Test Automation Frameworks / Test Harness
- Experienced in interacting and coordinating test activities amongst multiple teams
- Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Adapting quickly to changing conditions and providing approaches for pragmatic improvement and delivering results on time
- Experience and understanding of Agile software development methodologies
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery concepts and approaches and experience working in a DevOps environment
- Experience with testing RESTful APIs