Manager of Quality Engineering

About Tenable

Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. 44,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 65 % of the Fortune 500, 45 % of the Global 2000, and large government agencies.

Role Overview

Manager of Quality Engineering – Lead the Quality function for an Exposure Management product with a strong focus on automation‑first strategy, observability‑driven quality insights, and data‑backed decision making.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the long‑term Quality Engineering vision, aligned with product and engineering goals.
• Establish an automation‑first culture, embedding test automation into CI/CD and development workflows.
• Drive strategic initiatives in performance testing, security validation, observability, and production readiness.
• Own the automation roadmap across UI, API, performance, integration, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Increase automation coverage and ensure automation is a gatekeeper for every release.
• Strengthen CI/CD pipelines by integrating AI‑driven test creation, self‑healing automation, and continuous validation.
• Identify and introduce the right automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Postman, JMeter).
• Implement and enhance observability practices using logs, metrics, traces, and synthetic monitoring.
• Partner with DevOps/SRE to improve error budgets, reliability scorecards, SLO/SLA tracking, and early incident detection.
• Drive real‑time production quality visibility through dashboards (Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, Elastic).
• Lead RCA processes and implement systemic fixes to reduce repeat issues/incidents.
• Build a monthly Quality Insights report for leadership with actionable recommendations.
• Use metrics to optimize team performance, raise quality standards, and guide investment decisions.
• Strengthen release governance with quality gates, smoke automation, performance checks, and risk‑based testing.
• Ensure predictable, stable, and low‑defect releases across environments.
• Drive continuous improvements in regression cycles, test planning, automation strategy, and environment readiness.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, UX, DevOps, and Support to embed quality early in the lifecycle.
• Influence technical designs by advocating for testability, reliability, and observability.
• Serve as the Quality representative in roadmap discussions, quarterly planning, and architecture reviews.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of QA engineers, SDETs, automation architects, and analysts.
• Build a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Enable the team with training in automation, performance, observability tools, and AI‑driven testing.
• Define, track, and present data‑driven quality metrics such as:
  • Automation coverage
  • Escaped defect rate
  • Release reliability score
  • Regression stability
  • User experience metrics
  • Performance baselines & SLAs
  • Incident trends

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, including 2–5 years leading teams.
• Deep expertise in test automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud‑based SaaS delivery.
• Strong understanding of observability tools (Datadog, Grafana).
• Hands‑on experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, K6, etc.).
• Strong command over quality metrics, reporting, and KPI‑driven decision making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range: $130,000 — $173,333.33 USD (actual compensation depends on qualifications, skills, location, and experience).
• Variable compensation (bonus for non‑sales roles).
• Comprehensive benefits including:
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings with company match
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Employee referral program
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Education assistance
  • Parental leave
  • Paid time off (PTO) and company‑paid holidays
  • Health and wellness events
  • Community programs

Equal Employment Opportunity

Tenable is committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at all levels and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.