[Hiring] Data Quality Assurance (QA) & Testing Manager @Thermo Fisher Scientific

Role Description

We are seeking a hands-on Data Quality Assurance (QA) & Testing Manager (known internally as IT Manager, band 7) to lead testing strategy, execution, automation, and quality controls for enterprise data ingestion, integration, transformation, storage, and consumption. This leader will ensure that data is accurate, complete, reliable, secure, traceable, and fit for analytics, modeling, AI, and operational use.

• The environment includes Talend, MuleSoft, service-oriented architecture (SOA), REST/SOAP APIs, file ingestion, point-to-point interfaces, and ETL/ELT pipelines, with Snowflake and Databricks as preferred platform experience.
• The role requires advanced SQL, Python, practical use of AI-assisted testing tools, and disciplined validation in a regulated environment.
• We seek a technically credible, pragmatic leader who can challenge designs constructively, prioritize risk, build reusable QA capabilities, mentor teams, and communicate data quality issues in business terms.
• The successful candidate will establish a proactive quality culture—not simply manage test execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• Previous experience in data QA, ETL/integration testing, data engineering testing, or related roles that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 6+ years’ experience).
• 3+ years leading QA teams or major testing programs.
• Expert SQL skills: complex joins, CTEs, window functions, aggregation, source-to-target reconciliation, and query-based data validation.
• Strong Python skills and experience creating or maintaining automated data/API testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ETL/ELT testing, Talend, MuleSoft, SOA, APIs, file ingestion, and point-to-point interfaces.
• Practical use of AI-assisted coding or testing tools and ability to independently verify their outputs.
• Experience with test planning, regression automation, CI/CD, defect triage, stakeholder communication, and release quality decisions.
• Experience maintaining documented controls, testing evidence, and change discipline in a regulated environment.

Requirements

• Validate cloud data ingestion and transformations across enterprise platforms; Snowflake and Databricks knowledge is preferred.
• Ensure testing supports lineage, traceability, access controls, sensitive-data protection, change management, and audit readiness.
• Maintain evidence of testing, defects, remediation, approvals, and release decisions in accordance with applicable enterprise and regulatory controls.

Benefits

• The annual salary range estimated for this position in North Carolina is $105,000 - $155,000 USD.
• This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.