Senior Manager, Quality Engineering

Position Summary:

To help drive this next chapter, we're seeking a strategic and innovative Senior Manager, Quality Engineering, to lead our Test Environment & Data Management organization. This role defines and executes engineering strategy, environment management capabilities, service virtualization solutions, and AI-enabled testing infrastructure that supports software delivery across DIRECTV. As a people leader, you will build and develop high-performing engineering teams while driving modernization, automation, operational excellence, and scalable test environment solutions.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in environment management, service virtualization, data orchestration, and AI-enabled quality engineering with proven people leadership experience and a passion for operational excellence.

Job Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and evolve enterprise environment management and test data strategies.
• Align environment planning and quality engineering capabilities with business objectives.
• Drive innovation through AI-enabled testing, service virtualization, and automated provisioning solutions.
• Partner across Engineering, Product, Operations, DevOps, and Architecture teams to improve delivery outcomes.
• Establish roadmap priorities supporting enterprise software delivery.

People Leadership:

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams responsible for environment and data management services.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Drive talent development, succession planning, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Establish engineering standards and operational excellence practices across the organization.

Technology & Delivery:

• Lead enterprise test environment and data management capabilities.
• Drive service virtualization and API simulation strategies.
• Establish environment provisioning, governance, availability, and release management practices.
• Support modernization initiatives leveraging automation and AI-enabled testing capabilities.
• Ensure scalable and reliable testing infrastructure supporting enterprise technology delivery

AI & Innovation:

• Drive adoption of AI-enabled quality engineering and automation capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging environment management technologies and best practices.
• Improve engineering productivity through automation and intelligent tooling.
• Champion continuous improvement across quality engineering operations.

Qualifications:

Required Experience:

• 8-10 years of progressive software engineering experience.
• Proven experience managing and developing technical teams of individual contributors.
• Demonstrated ability to own and execute organizational priorities with minimal oversight.
• Strong experience with test environment management, environment availability, provisioning processes, service virtualization, and automation.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise service virtualization platforms.
• Experience leading complex engineering initiatives supporting quality engineering organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience operating within Agile and DevOps delivery environments.

Required Technical Skills:

• Test Environment & Data Orchestration
• Service Virtualization & API Testing
• Environment Availability & Release Engineering
• Executive Stakeholder Management
• AI-Enabled Autonomous Quality Engineering

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Agentic AI-Enabled Quality Engineering
• Playwright
• Appium
• Sauce Labs
• Service Virtualization Tools (RIT, Micro Focus)
• Observability Tooling
• Enterprise environment provisioning platforms
• Experience supporting globally distributed engineering organizations

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering or equivalent

Note: This position is based in Pune, and applications are currently being considered from candidates based in Pune.

Talent Value Proposition statement:

At DIRECTV India, we're building a culture with our people, not for them, grounded in the values of We Care, We Challenge, and We Deliver. We will focus on building a better future than yesterday for our colleagues, customers, and company. As part of our team, you'll help shape the future of enterprise data platforms, enable advanced analytics and AI innovation, and contribute to business-critical capabilities that impact millions of customers. If you're ready to bring your expertise, leadership, and passion for innovation to a team redefining entertainment technology, we'd love to have you join us on this journey.

Headquartered in El Segundo, California, DIRECTV has been a household name in sports and entertainment for 30 years. We've grown our global footprint with DIRECTV India, a capability center in Pune built to support our operations and speed up how we build new technology. Here, our teams work on the platforms and products that bring together satellite and streaming, so customers get their favorite content without the hassle of switching between apps or inputs. From AI-driven personalization to content built around what people actually want to watch, we're shaping what entertainment looks like next, and Pune is a big part of that.

DIRECTV is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on business requirements, qualifications, merit, and performance, without discrimination on the basis of legally protected characteristics under applicable laws.