Senior Quality Practice Lead – IT Quality Assurance Consultant

COUNTRY Financial®

. Strengthen, standardize, and advance testing practices across Technology .

Posted 9/15/2026full-timeBloomington • Illinois • United StatesSenior💰 $113,200 - $155,650 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in Quality Assurance practices, including coaching teams on testing standards and implementing automation improvements. Proficient in evaluating tools and methodologies to enhance testing efficiency and quality in regulated domains such as insurance and financial services.

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Quality Assurance ConsultingTest ManagementAutomation AdoptionDefect ManagementAgile Methodologies

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Hard Skills

Quality MetricsRegression TestingRisk-Based TestingTest Case QualityTest CoverageDefect Leakage AnalysisProcess ImprovementPerformance TestingTest Data ManagementTest Environment Management

Soft Skills

CoachingCollaborationProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

RallyAzure DevOpsJiraGitLabCI/CD

Industry Keywords

InsuranceFinancial ServicesRegulated Business Domains

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Azure

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Strengthen, standardize, and advance testing practices across Technology
Provide enterprise quality assurance consulting, coaching, governance, and thought leadership to application areas, Agile Release Trains, value streams, and delivery teams
Enable teams to improve how they plan, execute, measure, and continuously improve testing
Research modern industry testing practices
Evaluate emerging tools and approaches
Recommend process and automation improvements that reduce test cycle time, improve release confidence, and accelerate time to production while maintaining quality, reliability, and enterprise standards
Design solutions after gathering business and technical requirements
Develop high-performing software solutions that meet technical standards
Support testing and problem solving/debugging of solutions
Implement software solutions following best practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training
Experience in an IT Quality Assurance Consultant, Quality Practice Lead, Quality Engineering Lead, QA Governance Lead, QA Transformation Lead, Test Lead, QA Manager, or similar role
Experience coaching teams on testing standards, defect management, test reporting, risk-based testing, regression testing, automation adoption, and continuous improvement
Experience with quality metrics, defect leakage analysis, test case quality, test coverage, release readiness reporting, dashboards, and process improvement programs
Experience with test management, defect management, requirements traceability, and delivery tools such as Rally, Azure DevOps, Jira, GitLab, or similar platforms
Knowledge of insurance, financial services, or other regulated business domains
Familiarity with modern quality practices and tools including AI-enabled testing, quality gates in CI/CD, test automation accelerators, performance testing, observability, test data management, and test environment management
Ability to work across multiple teams and priorities in a dynamic environment where work may occasionally extend beyond normal business hours as business needs dictate

Benefits

Comp & perks

Short-Term Incentive plan
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Disability insurance
Life insurance
401(k) with company match
Opportunities to learn and grow throughout your career
Equal-opportunity, discrimination-free work environment