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# Associate Dir, Software Test

- **Company:** IQVIA
- **Location:** New Providence, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $91,000 - $253,700
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, E2e Testing, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://iqvia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IQVIA/job/New-Providence-New-Jersey-United-States-of-America/Associate-Dir--Software-Test_R1574546

## About the Role

This role requires a strong systems-thinking and AI-forward mindset, with the ability to understand upstream/downstream impacts, operate fluidly across System Quality priorities, and leverage emerging technologies to continuously improve how Quality operates., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

 * 8+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance, testing, or technology delivery.
 * Strong understanding of system integration, APIs, data flows, regression, and end-to-end testing.
 * Experience leading and developing QA professionals across distributed teams.
 * Strong systems thinking, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
 * Ability to operate across multiple technologies and business domains and quickly develop an understanding of unfamiliar systems.

## Description

* Leads quality strategy, planning, and execution for complex applications and integrated solutions.
 * Leads, coaches, and develops a team of QA resources, including onshore and offshore team members.
 * Supports resource planning and enables QA talent to flex across System Quality priorities based on business need, risk, and capacity
 * Defines risk-based test strategies, test plans, coverage, and release-readiness criteria.
 * Evaluates changes through an end-to-end systems lens, identifying integration points, dependencies, downstream impacts, and quality risks beyond the immediate application.
 * Drives integration, regression, and end-to-end testing across systems and business workflows.
 * Provides quality oversight across multiple initiatives, proactively identifying and escalating delivery, capacity, and quality risks.
 * Establishes and evolves QA standards, processes, metrics, tools, and ways of working.
 * Uses defects, root-cause trends, and quality measures to drive continuous improvement and prevent recurring issues.
 * Brings an AI-forward and technology-first mindset, actively identifying opportunities to apply AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve QA efficiency, coverage, speed, traceability, and decision-making.
 * Serves as a senior Quality partner who influences decisions, challenges ambiguity, and helps teams make informed trade-offs between scope, speed, risk, and quality.