Full TimeMaryland Heights, MissouriPosted 08/28/2025Business unit: Product and TechnologyAreas of interest: Engineering, Information Technology, IT Management/Project ManagementRequisition Number: 2025-50820-2EGN615
Spectrum’s Product and Technology team creates, develops, and operates the nation’s fastest mobile service, most reliable Internet service, most viewed live TV app, and the most advanced Wi-Fi, serving millions of users and devices. We are transforming the next era of connectivity and entertainment experiences. Our goal in the Software Development Information Technology organization is to help Spectrum succeed by securely and rapidly delivering the best and most efficient technology in support of our business. We do this through a mix of delivery teams, operations functions, and corporate shared services like Architecture, End-to-End Test and Security.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager of Engineering, to lead Test Architecture in the definition and execution of test strategies, frameworks, and best practices for validating mobile back-office platforms and capabilities. This role emphasizes shift-left quality, test automation at scale, and alignment with product and system architecture to ensure delivery of high-quality, scalable solutions. The Sr. Manager will partner with cross-functional leaders, guide a team of test architects, and drive innovation in testing approaches to accelerate delivery while improving product reliability.
Responsibilities
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Lead and mentor a team of Test Architects, including coaching, performance reviews, and career growth.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation in test architecture.
Define and evolve the enterprise test architecture strategy, frameworks, tools, and standards.
Establish best practices for test automation, performance, and non-functional testing across the organization.
Partner with business, engineering, and architecture teams to ensure solutions are designed with quality and testability in mind.
Collaborate with portfolio and functional testing teams to align testing strategy with release planning.
Engage stakeholders to ensure requirements are validated early and quality risks are mitigated.
Partner with testing teams through the test execution and offer subject matter expertise to the testing teams
Drive shift-left testing by embedding automation and test strategy in the development lifecycle.
Create and track quality metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness of test solutions.
Ensure test approaches support microservices, APIs, cloud, and distributed systems.
Introduce innovative solutions to improve speed and scalability.
Identify potential risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate as needed.
Optimize testing efficiency, ensuring faster delivery without compromising reliability.
What You’ll Bring to Spectrum
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in Design/HCI or related field, or equivalent real-world experience
Experience
5+ years of UX/UI or product design management experience
Experience with designing high-fidelity prototypes
Experience with research-driven, iterative product design
Skills
Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
Ability to make decisions and solve problems while working under pressure
Ability to supervise, manage, motivate, and train cross-functional teams
Ability to prioritize and organize effectively
Ability to analyze and interpret data
Effective business acumen and sense of urgency to achieve business results
Ability to demonstrate UX/UI design management skills via resume and portfolio
Ability to sketch and generate big-picture ideas for early-stage product design work
Understanding of development processes
Effective presentation and communication skills, and the ability to “sell” ideas to various audiences, technical and non-technical
Preferred Qualificationn Skills
Related industry experience - Cable, Telecommunications, Software/Online Services
Working Conditions
Office environment
Travel Ability
If needed
Schedule
Full time
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