Head of QA / Director of Quality

Sber is a leading financial institution in Russia, focusing on innovation and technology in the banking sector.

• Audit the current landscape — 3000 agile teams, 5000 QA engineers, defect management, automation, tools. • Develop a 2-3 year QA strategy — with a roadmap, benchmarks, and risks. • Manage matrix relationships with department heads where QA engineers are functionally and linearly aligned. • Implement AI in testing (test generation/automation, defect prediction, auto log analysis) and scale best practices. • Build a unified metrics system across all teams. • Manage change — launch a QA upskilling program, modify the QA role considering AI usage.

• 3+ years of experience as Head of QA / Director of Quality in a company with a tech block of 500+ developers. • Experience in a matrix structure where QA engineers report to other leaders and successfully implemented a central QA strategy. • Experience in budgeting and defending strategy to top management. • Ability to communicate with top management using business risk language, ROI, and compromises; and with engineers using their technologies and motivations. • Successfully implemented at least one AI/ML tool in testing processes (load of 100+ testers). • Experience with LLM (GPT, Claude, etc.), AI development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, Claude Code), understanding their principles and limitations. • Experience with test management and reporting systems (Zephyr Scale / TestIT / TestOps / Allure Reports). • Experience integrating testing processes into CI/CD processes (Jenkins / GitLab CI / TeamCity / Argo Workflows).

Sber (formerly Sberbank of Russia) is the largest bank in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, providing commercial and retail banking services including corporate loans, asset management, online banking, and financial services to institutions.