AVP Quality Engineering Lead

Where Ambition Meets Innovation Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals. Job Overview LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Quality Engineer to join our Investor Data Technology Team.

Reporting to an Application Technical Manager, this role will work closely with Product Owners, Architects, Engineering teams, and Release Management teams to establish and execute a comprehensive quality strategy across cloud-native applications and platforms. This role is ideal for a hands-on Quality Engineering leader with expertise in modern testing practices, automation strategy, and quality governance. The successful candidate will drive quality transformation initiatives, champion shift-left testing practices, and ensure the delivery of highly scalable, secure, and reliable software solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead Quality Engineering strategy and execution across multiple agile product teams Define, implement, and continuously improve enterprise testing standards, frameworks, and best practices Drive adoption of test automation across UI, API, data, integration, and end-to-end testing layers Partner with Engineering and Architecture teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle Establish quality gates and testing standards within CI/CD pipelines Develop and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for cloud-native applications Lead performance, scalability, resiliency, and non-functional testing initiatives Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure quality is integrated into deployment and release processes Define and monitor quality metrics, defect trends, test coverage, release readiness, and operational stability Support root cause analysis, production issue validation, and continuous improvement initiatives Partner with business stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with business requirements and customer expectations Mentor and guide Quality Engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement Evaluate and implement emerging Quality Engineering tools, technologies, and methodologies What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness , act with integrity , and are driven to help our clients succeed . We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, or Test Automation 5+ years of experience leading Quality Engineering teams in enterprise-scale environments Strong experience designing and implementing…

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