We are looking for a Manager of Test Automation to join our Engineering Enablement team. We deliver the tools and systems that scale the effectiveness of engineering so that developers can spend more time doing what they do best: provide product features to our end users to unleash our collective potential to transform healthcare. But enough about us; lets talk about you.

Youre a technologist at heart and a leader with a passion for developing top talent. You are a curious team player, someone who loves to explore, learn, and make things better. You are excited to uncover inefficiencies in business processes, creative in finding ways to automate solutions, and relentless in your pursuit of creating the perfect fix. You love the technical work, but you recognize that growing a strong team is paramount when it comes to solving some of the organizations biggest challenges.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop software-based, automated solutions to core business processes

• Leading and developing a multidisciplinary team of developers

• Drive tri-annual release planning for teams within span of control; Contribute to the annual strategic planning process

• Maintain working knowledge of the product line in terms of usage, business value, road map, and user perspective for their area of assignment.

• Provide managerial oversight of delivery of scrum team(s). Facilitate sprint ceremonies, drive sprint planning .

• Sets and monitors performance goals & objectives, including providing feedback through performance appraisals and day-to-day discussions

• Eliminate barriers to productivity; determine strategies and tactics to help direct reports avoid distractions during sprints

• Share the team vision and strategy to foster an understanding of the overall direction and the "why" behind decisions.

• Ensures delivery of quality releases through management of direct reports; assist in troubleshooting issues, responding to users queries, conduct code reviews as needed.

• Participate in MTS/SMTS interview process and review candidate selection for other teams as needed

Typical Qualifications

• 9 - 12 years of overall experience with experience of leading teams in a technical environment

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent

• Track record of developing employees both technically and professionally

• Previous experience working in an Agile environment preferred

• Hands on coding experience preferred.

• Software engineering skills and computer science experience

• Proficiency in programming languages such as: Perl, Java, AngularJS and experience in Amazon web services (AWS) Cloud preferred

• Exposure to object oriented programming, relational database technologies, distributed computing tech.

About athenahealth

• Our Mission: To unleash our collective potential to transform healthcare.

• Our Location: This role is based in Watertown, MA, just a few miles outside of Boston. Watertown is our Global Headquarters and our campus, the Arsenal on the Charles, is home to a number of restaurants, a local gym and large outdoor space. This office also has a cafeteria, coffee caf and food trucks that rotate every day.

• Our Culture: If youre curious, passionate and want to connect with work that matters, youve come to the right place. At athenahealth, our employees (or athenistas) are committed to making healthcare smarter. At the heart of athenahealth's culture is unconditional positive regard for one another, our customers, their patients and our community. We take time to celebrate diversity and our accomplishments, and strive to be powerfully relevant and refreshingly candid in everything we do.

• Our Perks: Along with health & financial benefits, our athenistas are offered a variety of perks that promote employee wellbeing such as commuter support (We were named one of the 2018 Best Workplaces for Commuters!), collaborative work spaces and dog-friendly offices - just to name a few.