Associate Director, Investment & Wealth Management, Quality Engineering (QE), Technology & Transformation

Overview

As Associate Director you will lead testing solutions for investment management and wealth clients, shaping modern QE strategies and governance. You will work with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to deliver high-quality QE outcomes and drive go-to-market propositions. You’ll coach teams, mentor talent, and contribute to practice growth within a culture that values inclusion and impact. This role offers the chance to influence transformation at scale across complex financial services programmes.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working policy
• return-to-work coaching and support
• wellbeing emphasis
• career development and world-class development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Define modern QE strategies, test architectures, and assurance frameworks for delivery programmes
• Collaborate with multi-capability teams and senior stakeholders to ensure timely, high-quality QE outcomes
• Develop and implement go-to-market QE propositions with leadership teams to attract clients
• Shape client QE roadmaps and transformation programmes across Investment Management and Wealth
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders and guide investment in QE tools and methods
• Contribute to pre-sales, bids, and client presentations to grow Deloitte’s QE proposition
• Coach junior team members and develop QE accelerators and standards
• Support practice growth and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture

Key requirements

• Deep investment or wealth management industry expertise in client-facing environments (CRD or FNZ tech suites preferred)
• Proven leadership with strategic direction and technical oversight for complex QE programmes
• Experience defining QE strategies across functional, automation, performance, security, data, and non-functional testing in Investment Management and Wealth
• Excellent communication and business writing skills to bridge technical and business stakeholders
• Extensive client-facing consulting experience on QE challenges and transformation priorities
• Proven ability to mentor and lead high-performing QE teams and drive continuous improvement

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Stakeholder management and relationship building
• Leadership and mentoring capability
• QE strategy development across automation, performance, security, and data testing
• Test automation frameworks and AI frameworks
• Experience with test management tools (e.g., Xray for Jira, Zephyr)

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