T&T |Quality Engineering | Associate Director | Functional / Manual Testing | Mumbai | Engineering

Job Title: T&T |Quality Engineering | Associate Director | Functional / Manual Testing | Mumbai | Engineering Company: Deloitte Job Category: SAP PP Roles & Responsibilities: Job Title: Associate Director/Sr. Manager– Enterprise Quality Engineering Deloitte’s Technology \& Transformation practice can help you uncover and unlock the value buried deep inside vast amounts of data. Our global network provides strategic guidance and implementation services to help companies manage data from disparate sources and convert it into accurate, actionable information that can support fact\-driven decision\-making and generate an insight\-driven advantage. Our practice addresses the continuum of opportunities in business intelligence \& visualization, data management, performance management and next\-generation analytics and technologies, including big data, cloud, cognitive and machine learning. We are seeking a highly accomplished Sr. 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 Leadership Competencies * Strategic thinker with execution rigor * Strong negotiation and escalation management skills * Decision\-making under pressure * Influencing senior stakeholders * 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) KPIs / Success Metrics Work Location: Maharashtra, India Availability: Full time

Experience \& Qualifications * 12–20\+ 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 Educational Qualifications * The candidate should have an educational background of BE / BTech in IT / Computer Science / Electronics \& Telecommunication Engineering / EEE / Electronics ONLY. Key Skills: Capacity Planning Salary: Not disclosed