Quality Assurance Manager

TL;DR

Quality Assurance Manager: Leading the QA organization across a suite of K–12 district accounting products with an accent on strong release readiness, scaling automation, and building modern QA practices. Focus on strengthening quality practices while creating clarity, trust, and stability within a distributed team environment.

Location: Remote (Eastern/Central preferred in South Carolina, New Hampshire, Texas, Massachusetts, Maryland, United States)

Company

Harris School Solutions builds mission-critical financial software that supports school districts across North America.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day QA delivery across multiple product teams, ensuring testing is well planned, visible, and aligned with sprint and release goals.
• Provide clear quality signals to Engineering and Product partners, supporting informed tradeoffs and predictable delivery.
• Expand automated test coverage using modern frameworks (Playwright experience strongly preferred).
• Support pragmatic adoption of AI-enabled QA tools and workflows over time, improving efficiency and effectiveness without unnecessary disruption.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a distributed QA team, fostering accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Improve consistency in test planning and execution discipline, including lightweight processes that support repeatability and clarity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software delivery, QA, or test engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in QA leadership or people management.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, etc.).
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery and embedded QA collaboration within scrum teams.
• Ability to introduce structure and rigor without creating bureaucracy.
• Excellent communication and partnership skills across Engineering, Product, and Support.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling automation in a multi-product environment.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools or emerging QA productivity workflows.
• Experience leading distributed teams across time zones.
• Familiarity with Aha! or similar product planning and delivery tools.
• Knowledge of K–12 finance or ERP systems is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to lead a talented QA team and modernize quality practices.
• Help shape scalable automation and delivery outcomes in a remote-first environment.