Product-aligned agentic quality engineering lead (automation & agentic ai)

We are hiring a senior Quality Engineering leader who owns end-to-end quality, release sign-off, and automation strategy across our platform — including AI agents, web applications, APIs, and databases.
This role blends:
Quality Ownership
Automation & Agentic Testing Leadership
Release & Go-Live Authority
Product-aligned execution (PO-style ownership)
You will start by establishing strong manual and exploratory testing foundations, then systematically drive automation-first quality, including AI agent validation, critic agents, eval frameworks, and safety guardrails.
This is not a passive QA role.
You are accountable for production quality.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Quality Ownership & Release Sign-Off
Own quality outcomes across the full delivery lifecycle
Act as release authority, driving go/no-go decisions
Define and enforce quality gates across features, agents, and releases
Partner with Product and Engineering to balance speed and qu...