QE Governance Lead

Overview

The QE Governance Lead provides independent quality governance, risk assurance, and release oversight across the Technology Transformation portfolio. This role establishes and governs portfolio-wide QE standards, policies, quality gates, metrics, and controls to ensure consistent, auditable, and risk-managed delivery across all transformation programmes and technology domains.

Responsibilities

• Own the Unified Master Test Strategy, quality engineering standards, policies, and governance frameworks.




• Establish quality gates, risk controls, and release governance across programmes and delivery portfolios.




• Ensure traceability, auditability, and compliance throughout the software delivery lifecycle.




• Provide independent quality assurance oversight across transformation and technology initiatives.




• Review and challenge programme test strategies, coverage models, quality risks, and readiness assessments.




• Lead quality health checks, assurance reviews, and governance forums.




• Support executive Go/No-Go decisions through risk-based quality reporting and assurance recommendations.




• Define portfolio-wide QE KPIs, dashboards, and reporting standards.




• Govern measures including defect leakage, test effectiveness, automation coverage, release confidence, and production quality.




• Deliver quality reporting and insights to senior stakeholders, programme leadership teams, and governance forums.




• Govern testing practices across functional, integration, end-to-end, data, AI, and non-functional testing disciplines.




• Ensure consistent defect management, root cause analysis, quality controls, and governance compliance.




• Maintain alignment across Agile, Product-led, Hybrid, and traditional delivery models.




• Own Quality Engineering strategy and governance across a diverse technology landscape, including:
  
  
  
  • Digital Customer Experience Platforms

  
  

  • Low-Code Development Platforms

  
  

  • Enterprise Business Applications

  
  

  • CRM and Business Process Platforms

  
  

  • Data & Analytics Solutions

  
  

  • Cloud-Based Platforms and Services

  
  

  • SQL and Data Management Technologies

  
  

  • AI and Intelligent Product Ecosystems

  
  

  • Business Intelligence and Reporting Platforms

  
  

  • API and Integration Platforms

  
  

  • Event-Driven Architectures

  
  

  • Machine Learning Solutions

  
  

  • Intelligent Workflow and Decisioning Platforms

  
  




• Partner with Programme Leads, Product Managers, Architects, Delivery Managers, and Quality Leadership teams.




• Govern supplier quality performance, testing obligations, and delivery assurance activities.




• Drive consistent adoption of Quality Engineering standards, governance frameworks, and best practices across programmes.




• Drive quality maturity, standardisation, and governance improvements across the portfolio.




• Establish reusable templates, frameworks, dashboards, and assurance artefacts.




• Promote automation-first, continuous testing, and AI-enabled quality practices.




• Support the development and growth of Quality Engineering Communities of Practice and Centres of Excellence.

Essential skills

• Proven experience governing large-scale transformation portfolios and complex programmes.




• Strong understanding of Quality Engineering, automation-first, continuous testing, risk-based testing, governance, and release assurance.




• Strong executive stakeholder management, supplier governance, and influencing skills.




• Excellent communication, governance, and leadership capabilities.

Experience

• Experience working across diverse technology landscapes including OutSystems, D365, Power Platform, GCP Data & AI, Azure API Platforms.




• Technical awareness of TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Python, Pytest, SQL, Playwright, API testing, CI/CD, DevOps, and AI-assisted testing




• Experience operating within regulated, risk-sensitive environments

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges




• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects




• Expleo Academy – enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses




• Competitive company benefits




• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  
  
  
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible

  
  

  • Communicating and promoting vacancies

  
  

  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job

  
  

  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required

  
  

  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

  
  

  
  

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive

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