Sr. Manager Software Quality Assurance

Position Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Senior Manager Software Quality Assurance candidate specializing in Performance Engineering to lead performance testing initiatives across our suite of oncology applications.

• Define QA strategy and vision aligned with business goals.
• Develop and manage QA budgets, resource planning, and forecasting.
• Establish quality metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness and efficiency.
• Risk management related to product quality and release readiness.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align QA goals with product and engineering roadmaps.
• Recruit, train, and retain talent to build a high-performing QA organization.
• Foster a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and accountability.
• Conduct performance reviews and career development planning.
• Provide support and technical guidance towards setting up performance testing center of excellence across suite of oncology applications.
• Implement and optimize QA processes (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Drive automation strategy across functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Oversee test planning, execution, and reporting for all releases.
• Work closely with Product Management, Development, and Operations to ensure quality is built into the product from the start.
• Participate in release planning, go/no-go decisions, and post-release reviews.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate QA status, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Evaluate and implement QA tools for test management, automation, performance, and defect tracking.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in software testing and quality assurance.
• Define technical, product, operational, and organizational strategy for the Cloud Performance initiative and associated services.
• Establish and drive the performance engineering culture across multiple scrum teams.
• Drive architecture and methodology for load testing, performance benchmarking, and optimization at cloud scale.
• Standardize tools, techniques, and reporting across teams.
• Hands-on execution of performance tests using tools like JMeter and Neoload.
• Utilize APM tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic to monitor and analyze application performance.
• Conduct server tuning and capacity planning to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Setup and maintaining performance testing distributed infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Development leads and Scrum masters on resourcing, scheduling, and executing performance tests to meet deadlines.
• Support senior test management in identifying, recording, and resolving risks and issues.
• Review and contribute towards documentation of project test plans, integration and system plans, traceability matrix, release notes, known issue lists, and other test and release artifacts.
• Lead root cause analysis and performance bottleneck identification.
• Mentor and grow the next generation of technical leaders in performance engineering.
• Ensure alignment of performance testing efforts with business goals and application SLAs.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to enhance performance testing capabilities.
• Collaborate with squad members to define iteration plans and squad commitments, and achieve them.

• Experience working with the CI/CD tools and processes and experience in working with different build tools like Maven, Gradle, Ant etc
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, the ability to see the root of the problem and come up with efficient and creative solutions.
• Experience with BitBucket, GitHub, Git bash etc.
• Performance engineering and optimization.
• System architecture and scalability design.
• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Understanding of Microservices architecture.
• Application profiling tools: VisualVM, AppDynamics
• Performance testing tools: Hands on JMeter, Neoload performance best practices and scripting.
• APM tools: Dynatrace, New Relic
• Programming languages: Java, Python (or similar)
• CI/CD integration for performance testing
• Database performance tuning (SQL and NoSQL)
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Experience in the Healthcare software/compliance solutions is a plus

• 401(k) (U.S.)
• Pension (Canada)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Mental Health Programs
• Flexible Schedules
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program
• Education Reimbursement
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Flexible Work Environment

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable.