Head Of Testing

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.

• 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, Dev Ops and risk-based testing.
• Test management tools including JIRA, Azure Dev Ops, HP ALM, qTest or Zephyr.
• Automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or Tosca.
• CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions.
• Performance testing using Load Runner 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.