ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Lead Test Automation Engineer within Sanofi's Global Digital R&D; Software Engineering team, you will serve as the technical lead and quality champion for test automation across one or more digital product squads. You will own the end-to-end automation strategy, drive engineering excellence, and guide a team of automation engineers to deliver high-quality, reliable, and scalable digital solutions. This role sits at the intersection of technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and cross-functional collaboration, directly supporting Sanofi's ambition to be a digital-first, AI-powered healthcare company.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Leadership
• Define and own the test automation strategy, framework architecture, and tooling standards across assigned product domains
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation frameworks (functional, regression, API, integration, performance, and security testing)
• Drive shift-left testing practices, embedding quality from requirements through deployment




• Establish and enforce quality gates, coding standards, and best practices for test automation across squads
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and methodologies to continuously improve the automation ecosystem

Delivery & Execution
• Oversee the integration of automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast and reliable feedback loops
• Lead test planning activities including scope definition, risk-based testing strategies, and effort estimation
• Monitor and report on test coverage, defect trends, and quality KPIs to engineering and product leadership
• Ensure automated test environments are reliable, scalable, and aligned with cloud-native infrastructure
• Drive root cause analysis for critical defects and systemic quality issues, proposing and implementing corrective actions

People & Collaboration
• Mentor and coach a team of test automation engineers, fostering technical growth and a qua

📌 Digital R&D (Hyderabad)
🏢 Sanofi
📍 Hyderabad