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This leader will transform the current QA function into an integrated, automation-first, and AI-enabled quality engineering discipline embedded across the software development lifecycle, ensuring reliable, high-quality software releases and strengthening trust in the HITRUST platform. The role operates within a complex platform environment supporting certification workflows, integrations, and evolving product capabilities.\nThis is not a traditional QA management role; it is a hands-on leadership position focused on building a modern quality engineering discipline that is fully integrated with software development and platform delivery. This role requires a hands-on leader who actively shapes and advances quality practices, while building the testing strategies required to support both legacy platforms and new platform development, balancing reliability, regression risk, and delivery velocity.\nWorking closely with the Senior Director of Development and Product Management, this role ensures quality engineering practices are embedded within sprint teams and development workflows. The role emphasizes shared accountability for delivery quality and release confidence, with a focus on building quality into the development lifecycle from the outset rather than validating it at the end. This includes supporting consistent quality practices across both legacy and emerging platform capabilities.\nDuties & Responsibilities:\nQuality Strategy and Transformation\nDefine and implement a modern quality engineering strategy aligned with HITRUST’s product and platform roadmap. \nDefine the overall testing strategy and automation architecture for the HITRUST platform, ensuring appropriate coverage across unit, integration, API, and end-to-end testing. \nEstablish testing strategies that enable developers to own unit-level testing while Quality Engineering focuses on integration, system, and platform testing. \nDrive the continued evolution of QA from manual validation toward an automation-first quality engineering model. \nIntroduce modern testing practices that improve release confidence while increasing engineering velocity. \nPromote shift-left quality practices that identify defects earlier in the development lifecycle and reduce downstream testing cycles. \nEnsure quality practices support both legacy systems and new platform development, balancing stability and innovation. \nContribute hands-on to framework design, test coverage planning, and quality improvements \nEngineering Partnership and Delivery Alignment\nPartner closely with the Senior Director of Development to embed Quality Engineers within sprint teams and development workflows. \nEnsure Quality Engineering participation in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release planning. \nAlign testing strategies with engineering architecture and development practices. \nCollaborate with engineering and product teams to validate integration points across platforms and systems early in the development lifecycle. \nDrive early integration and end-to-end testing to identify interoperability issues and reduce downstream risk. \nPartner with engineering leadership to co-own delivery quality, release confidence, and production stability across the platform ecosystem. \nFoster a culture where quality is a shared responsibility across engineering and Quality Engineering teams. \nHelp define the appropriate distribution of testing responsibilities between developers and Quality Engineers to ensure efficient and scalable testing coverage. \nProduct Management Partnership and Customer Alignment\nPartner with Product Management to understand product requirements, use cases, and customer workflows, ensuring testing strategies reflect real-world usage. \nValidate end-to-end user journeys and critical workflows to ensure product quality meets customer expectations. \nUse product usage data and customer feedback to inform testing priorities and identify areas of quality risk. \nCollaborate with Product and Customer Success teams to surface and resolve quality issues impacting customer experience. \nChampion a customer-centric approach to quality by ensuring testing reflects how customers use the platform. \nTest Automation and Tooling\nDesign and implement scalable test automation frameworks that are tightly integrated into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous delivery. \nImprove automated test coverage across unit, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing. \nEvaluate and introduce AI-assisted testing tools where they improve test efficiency and coverage. \nEnsure testing infrastructure supports CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps workflows. \nRelease Quality and Risk Management\nDefine release-readiness standards and quality gates that ensure predictable and stable software releases. \nDevelop strategies to reduce regression risk for legacy platforms while enabling rapid delivery of new capabilities. \nWork with engineering leadership to identify and mitigate quality risks early in the development lifecycle. \nSupport the launch of new platform capabilities with scalable testing approaches. \nQuality Metrics and Continuous Improvement\nEstablish and track quality metrics and dashboards, including defect escape rates, automation coverage, regression cycle time, and release stability. \nUse data-driven insights to continuously improve testing practices and software quality. \nIdentify opportunities to shift defect detection earlier in the development lifecycle. \nTeam Leadership and Development\nLead, coach and develop a small Quality Engineering team. \nAssess team capabilities and strengthen skills in automation, tooling, and modern quality engineering practices. \nEstablish clear performance expectations, development paths, and accountability for the Quality Engineering organization. \nBuild a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement. \nBalance team leadership with direct individual contribution on high-priority quality initiatives\nRequired Qualifications:\n8+ years of experience in software quality engineering or test engineering roles. \nExperience leading or transforming small QA teams in enterprise SaaS or platform environments. \nHands-on experience building and scaling automated testing frameworks. \nExperience embedding Quality Engineering within Agile development environments. \nStrong collaboration skills and experience partnering closely with engineering leadership. \nAbility to balance people leadership with direct technical contribution\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with AI-assisted testing or modern testing tools. \nExperience in cybersecurity, assurance, compliance, or risk management technology environments. \nExperience supporting platform modernization or legacy-to-modern system transitions. \nFamiliarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based application architectures. \nLeadership Profile:\nPlayer-coach who can lead a small team while remaining hands-on in quality strategy, automation, and release readiness \nTechnical quality leader comfortable discussing automation, architecture, and testing strategy with engineers. \nCollaborative partner who works closely with development and product leadership to improve delivery outcomes. \nData-driven operator who 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HITRUST delivers assurance and certification programs for the application and independent validation of security, privacy, and AI controls, harmonized across more than 60 authoritative standards and frameworks. Its threat-adaptive approach combines tiered, selectable assessments (e1, i1, r2, and AI), an ecosystem of over 100 independent assessment firms, centralized quality assurance, standardized reporting, and a powerful SaaS platform to enable consistent, defensible, and scalable assurance. HITRUST delivers the only assurance certification with defensible proof of security, demonstrated by a 99.62% breach-free rate among certified environments in the 2026 Trust Report. For nearly 20 years, HITRUST has defined the standard for trustworthy cybersecurity proof, helping organizations demonstrate measurable cybersecurity resilience across their enterprises and third-party ecosystems.\nHITRUST is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.\nWe prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8894,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Information Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T19:17:01Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-19T17:10:59Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1","filings_12m":1,"filings_prev_12m":4,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":72500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hitrust-associate-director-of-quality-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hitrust-associate-director-of-quality-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T14:07:49Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":20369,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1774254},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1774254"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhitrust-associate-director-of-quality-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhitrust-associate-director-of-quality-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhitrust-associate-director-of-quality-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/hitrust-associate-director-of-quality-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhitrust-associate-director-of-quality-engineering"}]}