About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Explicit experience in the utility industry12+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance5+ years in test management or testing leadership rolesProven experience managing enterprise-wide testing programsStrong understanding of test strategy and governance, quality engineering, test automation, Agile delivery, DevOps practices, and risk-based testingExperience managing geographically distributed teamsExcellent stakeholder and vendor management skillsStrong leadership, communication, and presentation abilitiesExperience with test management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, qTest, or ZephyrExperience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or ToscaExperience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub ActionsExperience with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner or JMeterExperience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCPPreferred: Experience in Financial Services, Utilities, Retail, Telecom, or the Public SectorPreferred: Knowledge of AI-assisted testing approachesPreferred: Experience leading large-scale digital transformation programmes Responsibilities: Lead and transform our Testing and Quality Assurance function across enterprise-scale digital transformation programsDefine the testing strategy and establish governanceDrive quality best practices and manage testing teamsEnsure successful delivery of business-critical applications within a complex stakeholder environment Technologies: AIAWSAzureCI/CDCloudCypressDevOpsGCPGitHubJIRAJenkinsJMeterPlaywrightSeleniumTosca More:
We are recruiting on behalf of a major British energy company for a Head of Testing role based in Reading, UK. This is a contract role with a minimum duration of six months, working on a hybrid basis with two to three days per week in the office.
last updated 42 week of 2026