Test Manager

About the job

Company Description
At CluePoints, we’re redefining how clinical trials are run. As the premier provider of Risk-Based Quality Management (RBQM) and Data Quality Oversight software, we harness advanced statistics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to ensure the quality, accuracy, and integrity of clinical trial data, helping life sciences organizations bring safer, more effective treatments to patients faster.
We’re proud to be an ambitious, fast-growing technology scale-up with a dynamic and diverse international team representing more than 20 nationalities. Collaboration, flexibility, and continuous learning are part of our DNA.
At CluePoints, you’ll find a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and have fun along the way. Guided by our values of Care, Passion, and Smart Disruption, we’re united by a shared mission: to create smarter ways to run efficient clinical trials and deliver AI-powered insights that improve human outcomes worldwide.

The Role
Reporting directly to the Quality Director, you will own the testing strategy and quality outcomes for 3–5 squads within a product domain. You will define and drive an automation-first testing approach while remaining technically involved in framework design, debugging, and quality oversight. You are the direct manager for the testers in your squad and will collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams, to ensure risk-based quality practices, test readiness, and delivery support. The role will be a combination of both 'hands on' + Leadership & Strategy.

What You’ll Be Doing

Quality Strategy & Squad Leadership
• Own end-to-end quality outcomes across multiple squads.
• Define and execute a scalable quality strategy aligned with product and release goals.
• Lead squad-level risk analysis, test planning, and execution oversight.
• Mentor and grow 5–8 testers (manual & automation) with goal to bring team towards hybrid testers.

Automation & Technical Leadership 
• Drive automation-first testing practices across squads.
• Design, evolve, and review scalable UI/API/E2E automation frameworks (Playwright or equivalent).
• Optimize regression and end-to-end strategies to improve release confidence.
• Stay hands-on in automation design, debugging, and framework improvements.

AI-First Quality Engineering
• Champion AI-driven approaches in test design, automation development, and defect analysis.
• Enable teams to effectively use AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Codex) to accelerate quality engineering.
• Ensure AI-generated artifacts are reviewed, reliable, and maintainable.

Release Readiness & Governance
• Lead Release Readiness and Go/No-Go meetings with structured quality metrics and risk insights.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Release Management.
• Ensure validation documentation, traceability, and compliance requirements are met.
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies proactively.

What You’ll Bring
• Proven experience leading quality engineering across multiple cross-functional squads.
• Strong people management and mentoring experience.
• Hands-on automation experience (Playwright or modern frameworks).
• Full-stack testing expertise (API, UI, integration, end-to-end).
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of regression strategy, risk-based testing, and release governance.
• Experience driving Release Readiness / Go-NoGo meetings.
• Demonstrated use of AI coding assistants and AI-first testing approaches.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and critical thinking skills.