Discipline:
Standard
Job type:
Permanent
Job ref:
009282
Correla are looking for Head of Testing to join Managed Service Change.
Salary: circa £85k (advertised salary achievable for a candidate fulfilling all role criteria)
Job Type: Permanent
About us
In March 2021, Correla was created, as an independently owned business to bring in private investment to fuel innovation in the centre of the energy market and beyond.
Correla is derived from correlation, because we're all about exploring and enhancing relationships between data, people, and processes. Our SaaS products and Managed Service solutions combine to power industry innovation, simplify an increasingly complex market, and deliver cost and operational efficiencies.
Our goal is to support industry transformation, to move to a net-zero future and to positively impact the end-consumer.
About the Role:
* Define and own the Managed Services test and quality strategy, embedding automation and continuous testing across the delivery lifecycle.
* Lead the Testing function, establishing governance, frameworks, and standards.
* Influence executive stakeholders, customers, and external partners.
* Champion automation in testing, selecting appropriate tools and frameworks.
* Provide assurance through governance forums.
* Build and develop a high-performing testing and QA team, including test analysts and automation specialists.
* Monitor emerging trends in automation, test tooling, and DevOps, advising the organisation on opportunities for innovation.
* Partner with project managers to ensure testing is integrated early and provides continuous quality insights.
About You
* You will be a strategic thinker with a strong technical foundation in automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and quality engineering practices.
* You will have proven leadership skills, able to build, inspire, and grow a diverse, high performing testing team.
* You will have deep expertise in multiple testing domains: functional, non-functional, performance, automation, security, and integration.
* You will have excellent influencing and negotiation skills,
* You will be skilled at embedding test strategy into large-scale programmes and operational environments.
* You will be a strong communicator, able to simplify quality metrics and automation outcomes for business and executive audiences.
* You will have a commercial awareness of test costs, tools licensing, and ROI of automation strategies.
What we offer
* Locate for your day
* Uncapped annual leave
* 6-12% Pension Contribution
* Private Healthcare
* 26 weeks' full pay equal parent leave
* Wellbeing Services
* And more
At Correla, we are committed to working towards being a more diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can truly be themselves. We recognise the benefits of having talented people from a range of backgrounds and cultures who bring different perspectives, life experiences and diversity of thinking.
Our aim is to attract and retain the very best diverse talent to help create an exciting, innovative, and successful business that enables us to deliver an exceptional experience for our customers. We would therefore like to encourage applications from people with varied skillsets and experience and from different backgrounds and sectors to help shape our future.
Correla is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group, ancestry, place of origin, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender re-assignment, age, record of offences, marital/civil partnership status, family status, pregnancy, maternity and paternity, religion/belief or disability. We promise that your opportunity for employment with us depends solely on your qualifications and relevant experience.