• Job Description

  Req#: 460566WD

  Industry/Sector

  Not Applicable

  Specialism

  Managed Services

  Management Level

  Director

  Job Description & Summary

  A career in our Managed Services team will provide you an opportunity to collaborate with a wide array of teams to help our clients implement and operate new capabilities, achieve operational efficiencies, and harness the power of technology.
  
  Our Solutioning Center of Excellence within the Managed Services Platform will provide you direct interaction with senior leadership and other key stakeholders. You will work with cross-functional teams to execute on priority growth initiatives within this fast-growing platform.

  To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

  As a Director, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

  • Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.
  • Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
  • Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.
  • Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
  • Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
  • I promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
  • Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
  • Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

  
  Basic Qualifications :
  
  Minimum Degree Required :
  Bachelor Degree
  
  Minimum Years of Experience :
  15 year(s)
  
  Preferred Qualifications :
  
  Preferred Knowledge/Skills :

  Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing the following areas:

  • Building a managed services organization with a passion for building new service offerings and identifying whitefield opportunities in the Testing space;
  • Designing and driving implementation of end to end test automation strategies and frameworks needed to test all the dimensions of a cloud based SaaS platform, including functional correctness, performance, scale and security;
  • Collaborating with product and support teams in order to identify automation needs, create test strategies, test plans, and design and build automation solutions;
  • Performing automation of Acceptance, API, Functional, Integration, System, Regression, Performance, Security and E2E testing;
  • Creating and automating reusable business-level tests that are easy to maintain, even when underlying features change;
  • Working with the product team to understand new features, triage and troubleshoot major product issues, prioritize defects, identify solutions, and determine root causes;
  • Implementing testing status reports with detailed QA metrics and drive improved automation test coverage across product releases;
  • Performing evaluation, analysis and makes recommendations regarding tool usage and selection;
  • Designing and developing test tools that allow teams to scale out to support new features;
  • Providing technical direction and support to team members in multiple geographic locations on automation frameworks and all aspects of automation testing to ensure industry standards and best practices are followed;
  • Hiring skilled staff, train, coach, mentor and actively manage QA resources;
  • Working with development, quality assurance, DevOps and product management teams to improve efficiency and effectiveness of automation;
  • Utilizing automation tools and methodologies to improve individual team effectiveness and to increase efficiencies in the QA process;
  • Establishing Test Environments Management and Test Data Management strategies and implementing them for different testing activities;
  • Possessing proven communication and presentation skills, experience working with variety of senior IT stakeholders;
  • Leading the ideation and development of accelerators/prebuilt solutions that package leading practices and enable rapid deployment of high quality solutions for our clients;
  • Leading and shaping the development of and execution of GTM strategy and industry specific offerings/assets;
  • Leading the sales and business development effort for Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Insights opportunities, supporting practice leaders in business development;
  • Leading the development of intellectual property related to Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Insights and delivery market leading point of views at industry events;
  • Acting as a leader on next generation Data analytics architectures/tools/solutions, leveraging your knowledge and experience to meet client’s needs;
  • Building proven relationships with client leaders and advising them on industry leading trends and practices;
  • Working across multiple teams, both functional and technical, to shape engagement strategy/roadmaps/plans;
  • Leading and driving the sizing effort related to Data analytics work, plan and build teams utilizing onsite/offshore mix, utilizing deployment models for efficient delivery of solution;
  • Performing as a team leader by creating a positive environment, build proven team members based on coaching and mentoring, shaping next generation of Data analytics leaders; and,
  • Providing candid feedback in a timely manner and keeping leadership informed of progress and issues.

  Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing experience in the following areas:

  • 3 or more of the automation tools & frameworks such as Protractor, Cucumber, Selenium, TestNG, JMeter, SonarQube, Veracode, etc.;
  • Core Java and Javascript/NodeJS;
  • Linux environments including Ubuntu, Debian,etc.;
  • Docker, Kubernetes and cloud environments such as GCP, Azure, AWS, etc.;
  • Big Data, Hadoop stack,etc.;
  • Continuous integration development and deployment using Jenkins; and,
  • REST/GraphQL and API Testing.

  Travel Requirements

  Up to 60%

  Job Posting End Date

  Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

  PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

  For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

  For positions in Albany (NY), California, Colorado, Nevada, New York City, Washington State, or Westchester County (NY), please visit the following link for pay range information: https://pwc.to/payrange-v1-mgdsrvcsdirector

• About the company

  PricewaterhouseCoopers is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand.

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