AVP, Quality Engineering – Insurance Segment

Humana

Associate VP, Quality Engineering overseeing quality engineering within Humana's enterprise-scale insurance platforms. Collaborating with Product, Engineering, and DevOps leaders to ensure quality in software delivery.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $172,200 - $236,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute the quality engineering strategy for Humana’s enterprise-scale insurance technology platforms, aligned to business priorities and enterprise direction.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing organization of quality engineering leaders, engineers, and SDETs across multiple teams.
Promote a culture of shared quality ownership and “built-in quality” within agile delivery teams.
Own end-to-end delivery quality outcomes across the insurance technology portfolio.
Lead defect management practices including triage, root cause analysis, and prevention strategies to reduce escaped defects.
Drive AI- and automation-first quality engineering practices to improve speed, coverage, and confidence across the delivery lifecycle.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Platform, and DevOps leaders to embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering or testing
Demonstrated experience leading quality engineering organizations supporting large-scale enterprise applications
Proven success leading quality engineering modernization and transformation initiatives (automation, tooling, operating model, and metrics-driven execution)
Experience managing senior leaders and geographically distributed teams
Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD
Familiarity with quality engineering approaches across API, UI, integration, and end-to-end validation within distributed and cloud-native architectures
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence outcomes across product and engineering organizations

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision benefits
401(k) retirement savings plan
time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
short-term and long-term disability
life insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

quality engineeringautomationdefect managementroot cause analysisAPI testingUI testingintegration testingend-to-end validationcloud-native architecturesmetrics-driven execution

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementinfluenceorganizational developmentteam managementcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingculture promotion