I'm looking for an experienced Head of Testing to lead quality assurance and testing across large-scale digital transformation programmes.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone with a strong Utilities industry background who can shape testing strategy, strengthen governance and drive quality throughout complex technology delivery.
You'll take ownership of enterprise-wide testing, working closely with business, technology and delivery stakeholders to improve test maturity, manage risks and support reliable releases.
You'll lead distributed testing teams, oversee third-party partners and provide senior leadership with clear reporting on quality, defects and delivery readiness.
Key Skills and Experience
- Essential experience within the Utilities industry.
- Strong background in testing strategy, governance and quality engineering.
- Leadership of enterprise-wide testing programmes and geographically distributed teams.
- Experience across SIT, UAT, regression, performance, security and automation testing.
- Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, DevOps and risk-based testing.
- Test management tools including JIRA, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, qTest or Zephyr.
- Automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or Tosca.
- CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
- Performance testing using LoadRunner or JMeter.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
The role is based in Reading, with hybrid working requiring 2-3 days per week in the office.
The initial contract is six months, with an excellent day rate available.