





Strong Finastra brand and Pune metro location create moderate competition for senior QA leadership candidates.
Enterprise QA leadership skills are transferable, but payments and regulatory experience preference makes background sensitivity moderate.
Explicit 15+ years, large global team leadership, and mandatory QA automation and governance expertise increase shortlisting strictness.
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Lead a global Quality Engineering organization accountable for quality strategy, automated testing, and end-to-end validation across multiple payment and messaging products.
Drive transformation from traditional QA to AI-first, shift-left, and automation-driven Quality Engineering embedded throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Own quality governance, metrics, and scalable automation frameworks to deliver predictable, high-quality releases with superior customer outcomes.
15+ years of leadership experience in QA/Engineering roles, managing large global teams (50 to 100 members).
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Deep expertise in test automation frameworks, performance/resilience testing, CI/CD and DevOps integration, defect management, and quality governance.
Preferably experience in payments or financial services domain; strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Experienced in driving enterprise-wide Quality Engineering strategy including AI/ML adoption for automated testing and defect analytics.
Strong capability in managing complex, multi-product environments balancing legacy and cloud-native systems with varied maturity and release cadences.
Skilled in cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Product, DevOps to embed quality early and ensure data-driven quality decisions and governance.