Regression, Automation and AI Innovation Governance Lead

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 5-8 years of overall experience in test automation, regression testing, or quality engineering, with at least 2-3 years in an enterprise governance, architect, or standards role
• Experienced in working in a TCOE environment
• Proven experience defining and enforcing enterprise wide regression and automation strategies ,frameworks across multiple applications, portfolios, or vendors
• Prior hands on automation background earlier in career, providing credibility to govern standards and challenge delivery teams (execution experience required historically, not in current role)
• Experience operating in large, distributed Agile and hybrid delivery environments
• Exposure to AI assisted testing or intelligent automation initiatives, including governance of usage rather than development
• Experience participating in release readiness reviews, regression sign off forums, and risk acceptance discussions Roles & Responsibilities Enterprise Regression Governance
• Definition of enterprise regression scope and coverage models
• Governance of critical business flow coverage across portfolios and releases
• Regression readiness governance (coverage, data, environment alignment)
• Cross portfolio regression coordination and conflict resolution Automation Governance & Standards
• Definition and enforcement of automation standards, frameworks, and design principles
• Governance of script redundancy, flakiness, and maintainability
• Tracking and governing self healing automation adoption
• Automation lab governance (standards, access, compliance) AI Governance in QA
• Governance of AI usage in QA (e.g., test generation, defect prediction, self healing)
• Definition of AI quality, ethics, explainability, and auditability standards
• Approval and oversight of AI use cases from a risk and compliance perspective
• Tracking AI KPIs, ROI, and adoption maturity Metrics, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
• Definition and tracking of performance KPIs, risk indicators, and compliance metrics
• Translating performance data into executive level insights
• Using production feedback to drive governance improvements
• CI/CD & DevOps Governance
• Governance of automation and regression integration into CI/CD pipelines
• Definition of automation related quality gates and release criteria
• Collaboration with DevOps teams on pipeline compliance and standards The role must govern, standardize, and audit usage of these tools — not run tests

Automation Tools:

• UFT
• TOSCA
• LeanFT
• Selenium
• Playwright

CI/CD & DevOps Ecosystem:

• Azure DevOps / equivalent (governance exposure)

Governance & Reporting:

Salary Range $100,000-$140,000 years

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage:

Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support:

Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options:

Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth:

Commuter Benefits & Certification & amp; Training Reimbursement.

Time Off:

Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance:

Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing. #LI-SP1