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Vallum Associates · Reading, United Kingdom · £? - ? per year
Salary: £? - ? per year Requirements: Explicit experience in the utility industry 12+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance 5+ years in test management or testing leadership roles Proven experience managing enterprise-wide testing programs Strong understanding of test strategy and governance, quality engineering, test automation, Agile delivery, DevOps practices, and risk-based testing Experience managing geographically distributed teams Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills Strong leadership, communication, and presentation abilities Experience with test management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, qTest, or Zephyr Experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Tosca Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions Experience with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner or JMeter Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP Preferred: experience in financial services, utilities, retail, telecom, or the public sector Preferred: knowledge of AI-assisted testing approaches Preferred: experience leading large-scale digital transformation programmes Responsibilities: Define and implement our overall testing and quality assurance strategy Build and lead high-performing testing teams across multiple programs and projects Establish testing standards, methodologies, governance frameworks, and best practices Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the testing function Develop test maturity roadmaps and quality metrics Oversee SIT, UAT, regression, performance, security, and automation testing activities Ensure comprehensive test planning, execution, defect management, and reporting Manage testing activities across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models Monitor testing progress and provide executive-level reporting on quality and risk Collaborate with business, product, project management, architecture, and development teams Act as the primary point of contact for quality-related governance and testing assurance Manage relationships with third-party vendors, system integrators, and testing partners Present testing outcomes, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership Define quality gates and release readiness criteria Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards Drive defect prevention initiatives and root cause analysis activities Implement and monitor KPIs, SLAs, and quali