This role reports to the Senior Director of Engineering and works closely with product management, development leadership, and security teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership: Lead the AI quality roadmap, progressively integrating AI across all QA functions. Evaluate and implement AI tools for test generation, self-healing suites, and intelligent defect triage. Define AI-specific KPIs to track the shift from manual to AI-driven quality practices.

Evolve the organization through leadership: Lead the transition of QA engineers from manual testers to quality architects who orchestrate AI-driven systems. Upskill the QA org through targeted training in prompt engineering, AI orchestration, and meta-QA practices. Drive innovation by fostering an experimental culture focused on piloting AI capabilities, measuring results, and rapid iteration.

Quality Strategy & Execution: Own and deliver measurable improvements in customer-reported defects and critical severity rates. Implement AI prioritization to focus testing on high-impact code changes and defect-prone areas. Transition from current manual burdens to near-zero through AI-generated automation and intelligent execution. Executive visibility with built-in real-time dashboards providing quality health insights for executive and operational teams.

Cross-functional impact: Embed quality practices early in the SDLC, shifting the focus from "test-and-find" to "prevent-and-detect." Align AI-generated acceptance criteria and test coverage with customer use cases and security needs. Partner with security teams to ensure AI-driven testing meets the high-security standards of PAM products. Required Qualifications 10+ years in QA with 5+ years leading teams of 20+ engineers. Proven track record of fundamentally changing quality delivery (e.g., manual to automated/AI-augmented) rather than just maintaining teams. Hands-on experience with AI/ML testing tools; ability to critically evaluate and implement emerging AI technology. Strong knowledge of automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps/Agile methodologies. Experience testing complex, security-sensitive products across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. Ability to define and drive KPIs that create accountability and measurable outcomes. Strong leadership skills to navigate teams through significant organizational shifts and build cross-functional buy-in. BS in Computer Science or related field (Master’s preferred). Preferred Qualifications Experience in cybersecurity, identity security, or PAM. Track record of deploying AI test generation, self-healing tests, or intelligent defect triage in production. Experience testing AD, LDAP, SSH, RDP, and cloud provider APIs. Familiarity with Selenium, Playwright, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and AI coding assistants. Experience managing geographically distributed teams. Knowledge of SOC 2, FIPS, FedRAMP, or GDPR. Why work at Delinea? We're passionate problem-solvers helping the world's largest organizations protect what matters most: their human and machine identities. We invest in people who are smart, self-motivated, and collaborative. What we offer in return is meaningful work, a culture of innovation and great career progression.

At Delinea, our core values are STRONG and guide our behaviors and success

• Spirited - We bring energy and passion to everything we do
• Trust - We act with integrity and deliver on our commitments
• Respect - We listen, value different perspectives, and work as one team
• Ownership - We take initiative and follow through
• Nimble - We adapt quickly in a fast-changing environment
• Global - We embrace diverse people and ideas to drive better outcomes
• We believe weaving these core values into our day-to-day actions, and our process for hiring, evaluating, and promoting employees, helps us cultivate a work environment that embraces collaboration and camaraderie.
• We take care of our employees. We offer competitive salaries, a meaningful bonus program, and excellent benefits, including healthcare insurance, as well as pension/retirement matching, comprehensive life insurance, an employee assistance program, time off plans, and paid company holidays.
• Delinea is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to 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.
• Upon conditional offer of employment, candidates are required to complete comprehensive criminal background check, verification of education, and verification of employment, per employment policy. In addition, all publicly posted social media sites may be reviewed.