About this role
Vice President AQEAPG –QA
About this role Role – Vice President AQEAPG –QA is a globally distributed team supporting Quality Engineering initiatives for Apps on the Aladdin. The Testing team employs use of industry-leading tools to support the testing activities.
Job Purpose/Background: The Vice President (VP) – Aladdin Quality Engineering (AQE) will lead quality strategy, automation, and engineering excellence across Aladdin platforms, with a strong focus on ETF, Mutual Funds, and Asset Management workflows spanning Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office. This role is responsible for driving automation‑first, AI‑enabled quality engineering, ensuring scalable, resilient, and audit‑ready delivery for mission‑critical financial systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Quality & Automation Leadership
- Define and execute the AQE strategy aligned with Aladdin and firmwide technology objectives.
- Drive automationfirst testing across UI, API, and backend layers using modern frameworks.
- Establish best practices for test suite design, regression optimization, and release confidence.
- Test Engineering & Framework Design
- Own and evolve test framework architecture, including: UI automation (Selenium, Playwright)API & backend testing (REST, batch workflows)Data validation and reconciliation testingEnsure high standards for test coverage, maintainability, performance, and reliability.Implement robust error reporting, failure analysis, and test result assurance mechanisms.
- AI-Driven Quality Engineering
- Lead adoption of AI /Agentic AI for: Test generation and maintenanceIntelligent test selection and orchestrationAutomated defect triage and RCAEmbed AI into the testing lifecycle to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability.
- Cloud & Platform Enablement
- Enable QA strategies for cloud native and hybrid environments.Drive testing approaches for distributed systems, microservices, and eventdriven architectures.Partner with Platform, DevOps, and SRE teams to strengthen environment stability and observability.
- Financial Domain & Product Expertise
- Provide strong QA leadership across: Front Office: Order management, trading, execution workflowsMiddle Office: Settlements, confirmations, lifecycle processingBack Office: Accounting, reconciliation, reportingDeep exposure to ETFs, Mutual Funds, Asset Management products, and investment operations.Ensure QA processes meet regulatory, audit, and risk requirements.
- Stakeholder & People Leadership
- Act as a senior partner for Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business stakeholders.Translate business and regulatory requirements into clear QA strategy and execution plans.Lead, mentor, and grow highperforming global QA teams.Drive strong governance, communication, and transparency across delivery programs.
- The Vice President role encompasses both leadership and individual contributor responsibilities. The incumbent is expected to actively engage in hands‑on delivery and execution of complex workstreams, in addition to managing teams and driving strategic outcomes, b