VP, Quality Assurance
Position Summary:
The Vice President of Quality Assurance is a senior executive leader reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer, responsible for shaping and executing Hexure’s company-wide quality vision and strategy. This role owns all quality assurance functions across a geographically distributed team spanning the US and India, drives the adoption of AI-powered and automated testing practices, and ensures the delivery of high-quality products that meet or exceed the demands of the life insurance and annuities market. As a member of the senior leadership team, the VP, Quality Assurance will set the standard for engineering excellence, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and build a world-class quality organization. This position partners closely with product, engineering, and security leaders to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and align QA initiatives with organizational goals, regulatory obligations, and customer expectations.
About Us Hexure India:
Headquartered in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, we are a team of highly motivated and committed individuals with years of expertise, developing and delivering innovative sales automation solutions for the insurance and financial services industries. We work collectively with our US-based company to develop software solutions that are intuitive, easy to use, and compliant. Together as a team, we strive to provide our insurance carrier and distributor clients best-in-class sales solutions that transform business processes and empower sales across all insurance, retirement and investment products. We encourage creativity and innovation, champion teamwork and are committed to being the best at what we do – and always have our customers best interest in mind.
Employment Benefits Package Includes:
• 100% employer paid medical insurance for family, 100 % employer paid accidental insurance.
• 100% employer paid term insurance.
• Pre-tax savings programs and retirement planning programs.
• Parking, Team Building Activities, Employee Appreciation Events
• Hybrid work schedule.
• Twenty days annual paid time off/sick time on an accrual basis, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave and Bereavement Leave.
• Casual work environment with 5-day week.
Deliverables and Performance Measures:
- Define and execute Hexure’s quality assurance vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap, embedding an AI-first testing philosophy aligned with the company’s overall product and platform objectives.
- Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing, geographically distributed team of quality managers and test engineers across US and India locations, driving skill development, career growth, and strong team retention.
- Drive the implementation of robust quality processes, policies, and metrics across all product lines to ensure consistent and measurable results.
- Lead the adoption of AI-powered test generation, intelligent test selection, and predictive defect detection alongside modern automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery velocity and increase release confidence.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and security leaders to embed quality and compliance rigor throughout the software development lifecycle — from requirements through release and post-production monitoring — in alignment with SOC 2, SDLC governance, and insurance regulatory standards.
- Represent Hexure as a thought leader in the QA and test engineering industry, participating in industry forums, conferences, and partnerships.
- Own quality assurance coverage for carrier and distributor integration touchpoints, ensuring reliability of data exchange, API contracts, and end-to-end workflows across Hexure’s platform ecosystem, including FireLight, ForeSight, Vive, and IXN.
- Define and monitor quality KPIs — including defect escape rate, automation coverage, nonfunctional test results (performance, security, scalability), and release readiness metrics — to drive accountability and demonstrate measurable impact on business outcomes.
What Will Make You Successful:
- 12+ years of progressive experience in software development, quality assurance, or technology leadership roles, with at least 5 years in a senior management or executive capacity.
- Expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies and proven success leading QA teams in fast-paced, iterative development environments.
- Hands-on experience leveraging AI-assisted testing tools (e.g., test case generation, intelligent regression selection, anomaly detection) and a track record of measurably increasing automation coverage and reducing manual testing overhead.
- Strong background in testing enterprise SaaS applications, including nonfunctional testing disciplines (performance, security, scalability, availability) and experience supporting SOC 2 or similar compliance audit evidence.
- Industry knowledge of Life Insurance and Annuities is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large, geographically distributed teams — including offshore engineering centers in India — fostering a culture of high performance, innovation, and retention across time zones.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills at all organizational levels.
Core Values:
- Courage: At Hexure we bravely tackle challenging tasks by speaking up and taking the first step. We are looking for candidates who are not afraid to take on new tasks and ask for help when needed.
- Accountable: We take ownership of our impact on colleagues, customers and community. We are looking for candidates who understand the impact of their words, work, and actions, striving to ensure that goals and objectives are met with integrity, while leveraging their influence to enhance the lives of colleagues and customers.
- Resilient: We swiftly recover from setbacks by maintaining a solution-oriented mindset, staying focused and continuously seeking improvement. We are searching for candidates who exhibit strong resilience, showing the ability to bounce back quickly from adversity, embrace challenges with a positive attitude, and consistently drive towards overcoming obstacles.
- Inquisitive: At Hexure we seek innovative solutions and constantly challenge the status quo. We are seeking candidates who demonstrate a natural curiosity, actively ask questions, pursue new knowledge, and eagerly explore uncharted territories to drive innovation
- Nimble: We are flexible and adaptable. We are seeking candidates who can quickly adjust to changing circumstances, embrace new challenges with ease, and effectively navigate dynamic environments
- Growth: At Hexure we commit to nurturing the growth and development of our employees, business and communities. We are seeking candidates who will match our enthusiasm for continued growth.
Expected hours of Work:
This is a full-time position with regular office hours Monday through Friday.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee incumbent in this position. Employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties as requested.
A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.