Director of Quality Engineering

A highly successful services business, with national exposure is seeking a Director of Quality Engineering to join the London based team for an interim period, with the view that this could be made permanent.

Your Role
While in this role your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Creating and implementing the Quality Engineering strategy, ensuring that when required it is supported across technology
• Managing the Quality Engineering budget, alongside the partner performance, making sure that the company has the right test as a service partner that delivers value for money and quality of test services
• Implementing KPI-driven quality outcomes to support both business needs and the strategy
• Adopting the modern shift left test practices, to include automation and embedding testing within teams and not as later phased assurance role
• Transitioning from manual testing and release to an automated CI/CD
• Striving to lessen the reliance on manual assurance type testing
• Proactively building the right capacity and capability for the company and external testing and assurance resources/suppliers
• Targeting the decreasing of Reducing TaaS via the use of automation and insourcing
• Making sure there is a cost-effective provision for testing and assurance capability
• Managing the technical quality and standards of the testing and assurance function

You MUST Have
Please apply ONLY if you meet the following criteria:

• A Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• Strong experience encompassing senior engineering/quality engineering and excellent exposure to digital transformation or strategic insourcing programmes
• Significant experience in software development testing and assurance
• Demonstratable experience building a test & assurance function, with expertise in testing and assurance principles, practices and methodologies
• Excellent knowledge of core Tech and testing tools including cloud, test automation and shift left
• Exposure to both Agile and Waterfall environments and methodologies
• Outstanding leadership abilities, preferably from roles such as a 'Test Manager' or 'Team Lead', where upon software engineer, assurance and testing teams have been led and developed
• Fantastic communication skills, with the ability to effectively manage and collaborate with stakeholders and suppliers, including agreeing on priorities and trade-offs

Your Opportunity
As a house-hold name, this business has seen strong and consistent success for the last few decades and as such, this is a fantastic time to join the team and gain high-quality, first-class experience from within a recognised brand and business that is a giant within its market. As such this is an unparalleled opportunity.

The position holder will be taking responsibility for the Testing & Assurance function, with over 100 employees. The individual will be leading the quality engineering strategy across the business, being accountable for the quality engineering budget and partner performance, supporting on strategy decision making and ensuring value for money is delivered.

This opportunity could yield a daily rate of up to £1000, for the right individual with the combination of expected experience, knowledge and qualifications. Alongside this there will be a fantastic package, with an attractive set of perks and additional bonuses, that extensively elevate the offering. As mentioned, this opportunity will provide priceless experience and exposure within a fast-paced and demanding environmental, enabling the position holder to develop transferable skills and experience. This position will also have hybrid working, with three days a week expected in the London based office.

If this career defining role is of interest to you, please do not hesitate to reach out to:

Justin Heron - Talent Acquisition Director

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