Role overview

QA Manager, Enterprise Technology and AI

Requirements and responsibilities

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What you'll do

  • Define and lead the QA strategy for Business Applications, with accountability for functional quality, automation quality, release confidence, and defect prevention across the application portfolio.
  • Build and scale a quality engineering practice that supports enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Zuora and related systems and integrations that power core business operations.
  • Establish strong functional testing practices for end-to-end business processes, including configuration validation, workflow testing, role-based access validation, integration testing, and data reconciliation across systems.
  • Lead the design and expansion of automation testing frameworks and reusable automated test assets for UI, API, integration, and regression test coverage.
  • Partner with Business Applications, PMO, AI & Automation and business stakeholders to embed quality earlier in the delivery lifecycle and ensure clear release-readiness criteria for projects, enhancements, and production changes.
  • Own QA planning and execution for complex cross-functional processes spanning CRM,Billing and Support systems, and supporting data flows that impact business continuity and customer outcomes.
  • Track and communicate quality metrics including test coverage, test gaps, defect leakage, automation effectiveness, release quality, and team productivity, and use those insights to drive continuous improvement.
  • Define and implement an AI-driven QA approach, including opportunities for AI-assisted test design, regression impact analysis, defect summarization, log analysis, evidence generation, and test optimization.
  • Evaluate and operationalize AI capabilities using GitLab-native and external AI tools where they improve quality, speed, and insight while maintaining governance, traceability, and trust.
  • Build a documentation-first QA operating model with clear test plans, defect reports, traceability, release documentation, and async-friendly communication practices across global teams.
  • Hire, coach, and develop QA engineers and automation engineers, while creating clear standards for execution, accountability, collaboration, and career growth.

What you'll bring

  • 7+ years of progressive and demonstrated experience leading QA, quality engineering, or test engineering teams supporting Enterprise Business applications at scale.
  • 2+ years of Demonstrated experience managing or leading technical teams, with a track record of coaching, giving actionable feedback, and growing team members.
  • Strong hands-on and leadership experience in functional testing and automation testing for business applications such as Salesforce, Zuora, Zendesk systems.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end business process testing across integrated enterprise applications, including upstream and downstream dependency validation.
  • Experience designing and scaling automated testing approaches across UI, API, workflow, integration, and data validation layers.
  • Demonstrated ability to define quality metrics, identify testing gaps, and use data to improve release quality, team performance, and process maturity.
  • Experience partnering with business systems teams, program managers, and business stakeholders in fast-moving environments.
  • Strong people management experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and leading distributed teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience evaluating or implementing AI-enabled QA practices in a practical and governed way that improves testing effectiveness without reducing control or auditability.
  • Experience building or modernizing QA capability within Enterprise Applications, or Business Systems organizations.

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

  • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund
  • Parental Leave
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