Executive role transforming quality from a downstream validation activity into an automated, continuous capability embedded throughout the software lifecycle. Leads SDET, Shift-Left practices, AppSec, and production observability.
Locations (2)
Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom
London, London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Competitive salary and incentive scheme
Responsibilities
Formulate and execute the enterprise Quality Engineering strategy, establishing automation-first quality gates across all delivery pods.
Drive the widespread adoption of Shift-Left engineering practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and automated contract testing.
Establish clear quality criteria and release gates, making quality a shared accountability between developers, tech leads, and QA engineers.
Build and scale a centralized SDET and automation framework capability, supporting web, API, mobile, and data platform testing.
Direct automation across functional, integration, regression, and non-functional domains (performance, load, accessibility, resilience).
Lead quality strategy and execution across a global IP portfolio, modernizing Quality Engineering practices and ensuring secure, scalable, reliable products.
Responsibilities
Define and execute enterprise QA and Quality Engineering vision
Advise executive leadership on quality risks and opportunities
Establish enterprise quality standards and governance
Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, privacy, audit, and risk management requirements
Drive modern QA practices, automation-first testing, AI-powered testing, and continuous quality
Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience
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Responsibilities
Partner with software engineers to write efficient test automation code
Write manual test where automated is not supported
Assist in Software Architectural Design
Develop/enhance and document automated testing framework, tools and dashboards
Lead planning and documenting test strategies and acceptance criteria
Requirements
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field
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Responsibilities
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