Job Description: Quality Engineering Transformation Leader
The Quality Engineering (QE) Technical & Transformational Leader is a pivotal senior responsible for driving QE modernization, technical excellence, and large‑scale transformation across Client's multi‑platform, multi‑portfolio environment.
This leader is expected to operate at CXO‑facing levels, influence senior stakeholders, and navigate Client's complex environment with confidence, data‑backed recommendations, and strong communication.
This role combines deep technical authority, strategic consulting, transformation ownership, and organizational leadership, ensuring QE becomes a value‑generating, data‑driven engineering discipline for Clients.
This leader will be crucial in:
Turning QE into a value‑producing function, not just execution.
Bringing engineering discipline, data‑first thinking, and performance culture.
Steering conversations with Client leadership with technical depth and strategic authority.
Enabling Wipro to strengthen and stabilize the long‑term partnership with Client through excellence and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
Lead QE Transformations
Architect and drive end‑to‑end QE & Testing transformation aligned to Client's engineering, digital, and modernization roadmap.
Define and own QE operational model evolution, embedding continuous testing, shift‑left, shift‑right, DevOps alignment, automation‑first culture, and AI/GenAI adoption.
Identify and drive transformation levers such as automation scaling, test data modernization, environment optimization, and productivity uplift.
Partner with domain leaders to introduce modern testing practices (in‑sprint automation, service virtualization, early performance testing, observability, etc.).
Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence
Bring exceptionally deep technical expertise across:
Automation frameworks (UI, API, Mobile, Performance, CI/CD)
Architecture‑level understanding of QE tooling and engineering ecosystems
Test Data Management, Cloud testing, Environment strategy
GenAI‑powered test design, data creation, failure analysis
Build and govern standard frameworks, reusable assets, accelerators, and next‑gen engineering solutions.
Evaluate, propose, and institutionalize new tooling, frameworks, and engineering approaches through innovation, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.
Strong Executive Communication & Stakeholder Management
Present complex technical concepts clearly to Client's senior leadership, including CIO, CTO, QE Heads and Portfolio Directors.
Navigate challenging conversations with clarity, data, confidence, and strategic storytelling, especially in performance, productivity, and transformation reviews.
Ability to "throw weight" effectively in Client's stakeholder landscape—challenge decisions, influence strategy, and drive alignment.
Data‑Driven Delivery, Productivity & Value Tracking
Establish KPIs, productivity metrics, and value dashboards for QE across programs.
Lead analytics‑driven decision‑making on Productivity improvement, Defect trends, Cost of quality, Test efficiency & cycle time
Automation ROI
Ensure transparency in reporting to Client's leadership with clear action plans.
Leadership of Large, Multi‑Disciplinary QE Teams
Managed team-size of 300+ in large programs in multi-years engagement.
Lead distributed teams across functional, automation, performance, environmental, TDM, release engineering, and AI‑QE capabilities.
Mentor QE leaders, architects, and managers to uplift skills, competency, and engineering maturity.
Align teams to outcome‑driven delivery, not just "lights‑on" operations.
Drive AI/GenAI Adoption in QE
Evaluate and integrate Client's tool chain, aligning QE innovation with Client's AI architecture direction.
Location
Norwich
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Expertise (Exceptional Level)
20–25+ years in QE engineering, transformation, and automation leadership.
Mastery of:
Playwright, Appium, Selenium, Cypress, Java
API Automation (REST Assured, Karate, Postman)
Performance (JMeter, LoadRunner)
Cloud‑native testing (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Test orchestration, CI/CD pipelines
TDM, environment strategy, observability tools
Leadership & Behavioral
Outstanding communication, influence, and executive presence.
Proven ability to operate in demanding, politically dynamic client environments (such as Client).
Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability; able to translate data into action plans.
Resilient, proactive, and assertive in driving change across large stakeholder groups.
Transformation & Consulting Skills
Demonstrated experience building QE roadmaps, maturity models, organization realignment frameworks.
Ability to identify opportunities to embed QE transformation proactively, even in restrictive or legacy environments.
Consulting mindset: ability to influence programs, portfolio, and enterprise levels.