Details

• Department: Ascension Studio
• Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday 8am-5pm CT
• Location: Fully remote with potential for quarterly travel

As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Connect with your Talent Advisor today for additional specifics.
Responsibilities
The Ascension Studio is transforming healthcare by delivering brand-wide experiences powered by people, design, data and technology for those we seek to serve and for those who serve. We believe the best solutions come from a deep understanding of user needs, business considerations and technical possibilities. We focus on outcomes rather than outputs, measure the impact of our solutions, and continuously improve and upgrade our solutions over time. We believe empowered teams, given clear structure, goals and lightweight processes, produce great solutions.
Job descriptions aren't perfect and not all applicants will have skills that match this job description exactly. The attributes listed below represent our current thinking for the role but you might be a great candidate even if you don't fit everything we've described. We value diverse experiences and you may have important skills we haven't thought of. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply. If this role isn't quite right for you, please look at our other openings by searching #AscensionStudio at jobs.ascension.org.
What you will do:
You will be a leading change agent in the software engineering organization. As a quality engineering leader, you are responsible for the quality engineering discipline supporting delivery of multiple digital products with quality and speed. You are responsible for driving quality processes in product development with the help of the Software Development Engineers in Test (SDET) assigned to the product pods. You will drive operational excellence within the software engineering team through robust budgeting and contract management. You will hire great talent and manage a team of engineering leaders. Success in your role will ensure successful, high-quality technical delivery and implementation of software products according to project timelines. You are fully accountable for creating a culture of engineering excellence and managing the growth and development of the engineers within the organization.
Responsibilities:

• QE for Studio
• • Responsible for working with the vendor and associate leads across the Studio pods to validate, update and monitor the QE strategy.
  • Accountable for the overall QE activities for the Studio product teams including the delivery of testing phases, review of the certification of the products for different phases both functional and non-functional testing.
  • Functions as an escalation for SDETs and product quality issues.
  • Collaborates with xRD, Product, Engineering, DevOps, to drive product goals and outcomes.
  • Leads stakeholder engagement & communication of vision, strategy, plans and delivery progress for QE.

• Quality Engineering Focus
  • Develops and manages a continuous improvement program to improve quality, consistency, and product satisfaction.
  • Creates and champions QE principles of automation and continual improvement to advance product development.
  • Provides expert guidance on test environment strategy, setup, and configuration.
  • Partners with Product teams and SDETs to establish KPIs and Metrics in-line with QE guidelines.
  • Collaborates with vendors to ensure tools required for testing conform to standards and help implement new solutions as required.

• Quality Engineering Thought Leadership
• Participates in the development of a Ascension studio wide quality engineering strategy, including frameworks, patterns, delivery approach, standards, best practices and blueprints for delivering digital products.
• Drives improvements to the quality engineering maturity by improving speed, quality, and value of software products.
• Ensures the Studio stays current with technical and industry trends in digital engineering- web, mobile, server technologies; applies current methods to lead solutioning or problem solving discussions and knowledge sharing with compelling presentations, demos.

• Talent Management
• Ensures proper staffing and resource planning.
• Mentors and coaches QE team members who work with product team members on Quality Engineering tasks and procedures; manages a strong team of individual contributors and contractors to deliver against tile strategies.
• Builds and grows the QE team to develop top talent, ensure delivery success.
• Assists in the evaluation of QE-related vendors and engages resources outside Ascension.

• Budgeting and Contract Support
• Stewards tracking of budget against plan and budget refinement.
• Supports service provider and tools contract reviews.

Characteristics We Seek:

• Be curious about technology. The software engineering industry is constantly changing and evolving. At Ascension, we embrace change and are curious to learn how the latest technology can be used to improve the lives of patients and our clinicians.
• Learn and grow professionally. We strive for continuous improvement of our Ascension Studio organization and our team members do the same. This comes from the path of constant learning, in addition to reflecting on past experiences for improvement opportunities.
• Always ready for change. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and neither do we. We accept that change is always around us, and our work is no exception. We navigate change through early and often communication; engage the ambiguous; promote diversity; accept new ideas; and lean on learning agility.
• Seek feedback. Feedback is important to us. We use it as a guide for our own development, and we build our software with feedback built into the process. It is incorporated into our software development lifecycle with design, code reviews, unit tests, and continuous integration. Feedback is also integrated into our shipped solutions with application performance monitoring (APM) and usage analytics to help us learn methods to improve.
• Sound awareness of self and situations. We understand the importance of knowing our best selves, and the value gained from our teams to compensate for our shortcomings. Equally important is our ability to assess situations with a calm and clear mind, and develop next steps to proceed in the best manner possible.
• Demonstrate positivity. Our organization's focus is all about solving problems, and most of these problems are challenging. We try not to let that get in our way of thinking positively -- instead it's what motivates us to reach higher.
• Work with your team. We understand that our best work comes from working together. Our teams enjoy working together, sharing knowledge, helping, mentoring, and delivering our best for the communities we serve.
• Live Ascension's core values. The Ascension core values are the standard that we hold ourselves to and a source of pride for us. We live by them. Our core values include: service of the poor; reverence; integrity; wisdom; creativity; and dedication.

Requirements
Education:

• High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate's degree, or Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.

Work Experience:

• 5 years of experience required.
• 10 years of experience preferred.
• 2 years of leadership or management experience required.
• 5 years of leadership or management experience preferred.

Additional Preferences
Preferred Experience & Knowledge:

• 10+ years of overall quality engineering experience with 5+ years of experience in managing teams.
• Experience in architecting, designing and developing QE programs for scalable, performant and highly available digital applications.
• Design/leadership experience with Mobile Test tools/frameworks like Espresso, Appium, XCTest for UI and automation.
• Design/leadership experience with TDD/BDD/DDD using JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, Gherkin, etc.
• Experience in tools used in Performance testing tools like - JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.
• Experience in healthcare standards FHIR, HL7, and regulations like HIPAA, Cures Act, etc.
• Strong understanding of professional software engineering best practices for full SDLC including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing and operations.
• Demonstrated mastery of the full SDLC including CI/CD and modern build and deployment tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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Why Join Our Team
Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 150,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.
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