Director, QA Manager w/Fixed Income

, permanent position

Position: Director, QA Manager with w/Fixed Income

Company Overview:

Our client is a leading financial services company that specializes in fixed income investments. With a strong track record of success and a commitment to innovation, our client has established itself as a leader in the industry. They are now seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director, QA Manager to join their team and help drive their continued success.

Role Description Overview:

We are seeking a highly experienced Director of Quality Engineering to lead our Fixed Income Back Office testing function. This role is responsible for defining, implementing, and governing a robust testing strategy that ensures the reliability, scalability, and compliance of post-trade processing systems across settlements, confirmations, collateral management, regulatory reporting, and risk. The ideal candidate combines deep Fixed Income product knowledge, back office workflows, and hands-on Quality Engineering leadership to drive automation, governance, and continuous improvement.

Key Role Objectives:

• Define and execute the Quality Engineering strategy for Back Office applications supporting Fixed Income trading.
• Partner with Technology, Operations, Risk, and Compliance to align QA with business priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Build and manage a high-performing QE team across manual, automation, and performance testing disciplines.
• Establish QA governance frameworks with clear accountability, traceability, and reporting across all back office test cycles.
• Drive adoption of test management tools (e.g., Jira + Xray) to ensure complete coverage and defect traceability.
• Define and enforce QE best practices, including test automation frameworks, regression coverage, and shift-left practices.
• Oversee end-to-end testing for settlements, reconciliations, clearing, payments, regulatory reporting (MiFID, TRACE, CFTC), and other post-trade processes.
• Ensure test coverage includes STP (straight-through-processing), fail/exception handling, SWIFT messaging, and integration with custodians/clearing houses.
• Expand performance, resilience, and failover testing for high-volume transaction flows.
• Drive automation strategy to increase regression efficiency, scalability, and accuracy across back office platforms (e.g., Calypso, Murex BO, or proprietary systems).
• Leverage modern test harnesses, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-driven test frameworks for smarter, faster, and more reliable validation.
• Define and maintain key quality metrics (defect leakage, automation coverage, cycle time, escape rate).
• Deliver executive-level reporting via dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent).
• Implement continuous improvement loops to reduce production escapes and improve testing efficiency
• Qualifications and Skills

• 12+ years in Quality Assurance/Engineering, with at least 5+ years in a Director/Head of QE role in Capital Markets.
• Strong background in Fixed Income products (Govies, Corporates, Repos, Derivatives) and Back Office workflows (settlements, clearing, custody, payments).
• Demonstrated success in building QE functions in complex, regulated environments.
• Proven track record of implementing large-scale automation and QA governance frameworks.
• Deep knowledge of post-trade systems and integrations (e.g., Calypso, Murex, Client, Impact, GLOSS, DTCC, SWIFT).
• Strong expertise in test automation frameworks (Java/Python + Selenium, Cypress, REST/SOAP service testing, performance tools like JMeter/LoadRunner).
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps).
• Data validation skills (SQL, Excel, reconciliation tools).
• Exceptional leadership, mentoring, and communication skills.
• Ability to engage with Front Office, Back Office, Risk, Operations, and Regulators at senior levels.
• Strategic mindset with hands-on problem-solving capabilities.

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS in Computer Science/Engineering, or Financial Engineering).
• Prior experience in a sell-side investment bank or hedge fund back office environment.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (Dodd-Frank, MiFID II, CFTC, EMIR).
• Experience with AI/ML in test automation and predictive analytics for QA.

We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and a dynamic work environment where you can make a real impact. If you are a highly motivated and experienced QA professional with a passion for fixed income investments, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and help drive our continued success.