Director – QA & Testing; P&C Insurtech

Position: Director – QA & Testing (P&C Insurtech)
Role:  Lead the Quality Assurance and Testing organization within the AI/Data Center of Excellence (CoE), ensuring delivery of reliable, high-performing, and compliant AI and data-driven systems across the enterprise.

Location:

Noida, India

Key Responsibilities:

Quality & Testing Leadership:
Establish and lead comprehensive QA strategy across traditional software, data, and AI-driven systems in alignment with enterprise digital transformation goals.
AI Evaluations:
Define frameworks and metrics for AI/ML testing—covering model accuracy, robustness, fairness, explainability, and bias detection. Develop automated evaluation pipelines for LLMs and AI applications.
Test Automation &

Innovation: Drive automation-first strategy using AI-powered testing tools to improve speed, accuracy, and coverage across regression, performance, and integration testing.
MLOps & Data Quality:
Collaborate with MLOps and data engineering teams to ensure model validation, monitoring, and continuous testing of data pipelines and ML workflows.
Governance & Compliance:
Establish quality governance processes for AI and data systems adhering to internal standards, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements for P&C insurance operations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner with AI architects, data scientists, software engineers, underwriters, and claims teams to integrate testing early in development and ensure reliable deployment.
AI-in-QA Enablement:
Evaluate and deploy AI-based testing solutions, including intelligent defect prediction, test case generation, and anomaly detection in production systems.
Team Development:
Build and mentor a high-performing QA/testing organization specializing in AI applications, automation, and performance testing.
Performance & Reliability:
Ensure AI systems and digital applications meet SLAs for scalability, reliability, interpretability, and compliance.
Stakeholder Management:
Collaborate with business, technology, and innovation leaders to drive quality culture, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline.

Experience:

12+ years of QA/Testing experience with 5+ years in teams accountability too; proven track record in managing enterprise-scale QA functions, including testing of AI/ML systems.
Technical

Skills:

Expertise in test automation frameworks, performance testing, CI/CD integration, and quality engineering of AI models and APIs.
AI Testing Expertise:
Experience designing AI evaluation strategies for LLMs, NLP systems, computer vision, or predictive models, including use of benchmarks and bias/fairness tools.
Tools & Platforms:
Proficiency with tools like Selenium, PyTest, Robot Framework, Postman, JMeter, Tensor Board, and AI Eval frameworks (e.g., Prompt Bench, Deep Eval, Lang Smith).
Insurance Domain:
Understanding of Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance workflows including underwriting, claims, and policy management is preferred.
Governance & Compliance:
Familiarity with ISO, SOC2, and model validation standards for AI assurance.
Communication:
Strong ability to communicate technical quality concepts to executive and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

Insurance & AI:
Experience testing AI applications in P&C insurance domain, including underwriting automation, claims triage, and telematics.
AI in QA:
Proven experience integrating AI tools for intelligent automation, defect analysis, and test optimization.
Leadership:
Strong team-building, mentorship, and stakeholder engagement experience in global organizations.
Innovation Focus:
Background in developing next-generation QA frameworks for digital transformation and AI assurance