Vice President, Testing Practice
Gainwell Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Montana • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $228,600 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Develop the multi-year Testing Transformation roadmap aligned with organizational modernization, strategic Medicaid priorities, and CMS/state regulatory demands
- Establish and enforce enterprise testing standards, frameworks, and best practices for functional, regression, API, UI, UAT, non-functional, and end-to-end testing
- Introduce shift-left, shift-right, continuous testing, and predictive quality methodologies
- Lead the evaluation, adoption, and scaling of AI-driven testing capabilities
- Partner with data science, architecture, and platform engineering to incorporate AI/ML models into test insights, risk analytics, and release decisioning
- Implement GenAI tools to accelerate test creation, documentation, analysis, and reporting
- Build strong partnerships with business owners, clinical operations, compliance, and Medicaid teams
- Ensure test strategies directly support business goals, regulatory obligations, and operational readiness
- Drive business participation in test planning, UAT, validation cycles, and release readiness reviews
- Define and implement the enterprise automation strategy, ensuring scalability across platforms and regulatory programs
- Increase automation coverage across integration, regression, performance, API, and UI testing
- Partner with DevOps to embed test automation into CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure automation contributes to measurable improvements in speed, cost, and quality
- Oversee performance engineering and load/volume testing for mission-critical platforms (claims, eligibility, digital, interoperability, EDI/FHIR)
- Lead all QA vendor relationships, including multi-shore delivery partners, test centers of excellence, and specialized testing firms
- Own strategy and governance for enterprise test tools including automation frameworks, test management platforms, defect management, performance tools, and AI-driven capabilities
- Ensure consistent adoption, tool standardization, and alignment with architecture
- Evaluate current testing talent, competencies, and organizational structure
- Create a skills development roadmap including AI skills, automation engineering, performance engineering, and regulatory testing maturity
- Build a strong leadership pipeline and foster a culture of quality, innovation, and accountability
- Ensure high engagement and productivity across local, remote, and offshore teams
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in IT Quality Engineering, Testing, or Software Delivery; 7+ years in senior leadership
- Deep understanding of Medicaid/Medicare programs, CMS regulations, and state-specific readiness testing
- Proven success leading enterprise testing transformation, automation initiatives, and AI-enabled testing programs
- Experience managing large offshore/vendor QA teams and complex multi-system integration testing
- Strong executive communication skills and ability to influence across business and IT leadership
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required; Master’s preferred
Benefits
- flexible vacation policy
- a 401(k) employer match
- comprehensive health benefits
- educational assistance
- leadership and technical development academies
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
testing transformationenterprise testing standardsfunctional testingregression testingAPI testingUI testingUAT testingautomation strategyperformance engineeringAI-driven testing
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluencecollaborationstrategic thinkingorganizational skillsaccountabilityinnovationengagementproductivity