Senior Manager, Test and Validation Engineering

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. The Senior Manager, Test and Validation Engineering will lead the Software Test Engineering organization to ensure the quality and performance of the SPM product portfolio, overseeing all verification activities and driving continuous improvement in software delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Test Engineers, Test Leads, and Automation Engineers. Provide leadership, coaching, and career development while ensuring the team has resources and support to perform at a high level
• Define and implement the overall Test Engineering strategy, including test methodologies, test planning, quality gates, and repeatable, scalable test processes across the SPM product portfolio
• Build and expand automated test coverage (UI, API, regression suites) and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to improve release predictability and testing efficiency
• Champion Agile testing practices, ensuring test readiness, story acceptance criteria, and testing alignment with sprint and PI planning
• Oversee functional, regression, workflow, performance, integration, and end to end testing activities for new features, enhancements, and sustaining engineering work
• Work closely with Product Management, Software Engineering, DevOps, Security, and Customer Support to ensure alignment on scope, timelines, environments, defects, and release readiness
• Lead root-cause investigations for escaped defects and establish corrective and preventive actions. Define and track quality metrics to improve defect prevention and test effectiveness
• Lead hiring and onboarding of Test and Automation Engineers. Build a high ownership team with strong testing skills and quality mindsets
• Identify testing related risks, resource gaps, environment issues, and schedule challenges early. Create and execute mitigation strategies to ensure safe, stable releases
• Continuously improve test processes, tooling, documentation, automation reliability, and testing efficiency across the organization

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Systems Engineering
• 12+ years of experience in Software/Test Engineering, Verification & Validation, or Quality Engineering within an R&D environment
• 10+ years of experience testing enterprise software systems, including workflow-heavy, integration-heavy, or multi-module applications
• Proven track record managing Test/QA teams, hiring and retaining talent, and leading cross-functional quality initiatives
• 8+ years of experience building, coaching, and developing Test Engineers and Automation Engineers
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing automated test frameworks (UI, API, regression suites)
• Experience in Agile methodologies, including Agile test practices, story refinement, acceptance criteria creation, and iterative delivery
• Experience with test management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, Zephyr, qTest)
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Software Quality, or related field desired
• Experience testing software in regulated environments (healthcare, life sciences, or similar)
• Training or certification in test automation, software quality engineering, or continuous testing
• Agile or Scrum certification preferred
• Experience with risk based testing, validation protocols, and compliant documentation models
• Currently residing in Eastern or Central Time Zones