Associate Director Of Quality Assurance

About Kirkland & Ellis

At Kirkland & Ellis, we are united in our ambition and drive to move forward. We share core values that help us achieve excellence: collaboration, talent empowerment, service, inclusion, respect and gratitude. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in the brightest talent and encourage a diversity of perspectives and strengths to create dynamic teams that operate at the pinnacle of their field. Our talented professionals show up every day knowing they will engage in meaningful work, continuous learning and professional development.

As one of the world's leading law firms, we serve a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and management; restructurings; high-stakes litigation and trials; and government, regulatory and internal investigations. We handle the most complicated and sophisticated legal matters because we don't just meet industry standards, we create them. We bring innovation and entrepreneurialism to every engagement and, as a result, have long-standing client relationships with leading global corporations and financial sponsors. With 6,500 employees (including 3,500+ lawyers) operating from 19 offices across the United States, Europe and Asia, we are one of the largest law firms in the world and a top financial performer.

Essential Job Functions

This role will lead the Quality Assurance (QA) function for the Information Technology Team. This leader will own quality strategies, implementation and institutionalization of specific tailored solutions for each production deliverable, ongoing development of the team and metrics development, reporting and improvement. The production deliverables include external and internal facing products running on or in laptops, desktops, mobile devices, data centers, cloud and hybrid environments around the world. An important goal of this role is to improve speed to business value and reducing defects that impact end-user productivity.

Essential Functions: (This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented and changed as necessary.)

• Develop and implement specific QA tailored solutions for each production deliverable.
• Establish relationship and governance with internal and third-party team members to conduct Quality Assurance responsibilities.
• Integrate required and suggested testing framework in the IT Technology Services organization.
• Staying up to date with current state-of-the-art testing practices, testing practices and testing tools
• Develop, implement, or enhance and institutionalize QA processes, including metrics/measurements, reporting, and continuous improvement, that balance risk and delivery timelines.
• Ensure that QA feedback is being used to improve deliverable lifecycle processes.
• Oversee and manage a global QA team with diverse backgrounds supporting QA development, which may include one or more third-party organizations.
• Develop and/or lead change management efforts across all phases of projects and initiatives to drive the Firm's culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure that management and allocation of QA resources based on project needs is performed.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education, Work Experience, Skills

• Attention to detail where needed.
• Proven change management skills.
• Proficiency in project management.
• Proficiency with software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Strong listening skills and highly collaborative.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of experience with performance and load testing.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• 3 years of experience in management of QA organization including management of third parties that are also delivering QA services.
• 3 years of experience working in Agile development process.
• 10 years of experience in software development and software quality assurance.

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