Opportunity Details

The Head of QA-Senior Director position at the client, a global financial derivatives exchange, involves defining and executing a global QA strategy aligned with product, engineering, and regulatory objectives. The role also includes leading and growing a global QA team across multiple functions, optimizing team structure for speed and scalability, and driving adoption of modern test automation frameworks and quality engineering metrics. The successful candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in software quality assurance, with a focus on financial services or high-frequency trading platforms, and a deep understanding of test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and compliance frameworks.

The ideal candidate for this role will have proven success in managing large, distributed QA teams and a strong familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC2 and ISO. They will possess excellent leadership, communication, and organizational change management skills, and be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, globally distributed team environment. The position offers a highly competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, equity options or LTI plans, and remote work flexibility with global mobility support.

Overall, the Head of QA-Senior Director role at the client involves strategic leadership in defining and executing a global QA strategy, team management and organization design, and driving quality engineering and automation practices across all products and services. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring high reliability, security, and compliance in the client's trading systems, with opportunities for growth and development in a fast-growing, technology-driven fintech company.