Engineering Operations Lead: Quality, Automation & Delivery

Phoenix Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Career breaks

Income protection

Volunteering days

Job summary

Standard Life is hiring a Head of Engineering Operations to lead the capability that underpins engineering quality, delivery assurance and operational resilience. You will drive the Quality Framework and automate controls across Digital & Information Office while collaborating with IT, security and governance teams.

You will build trusted relationships in a complex regulated environment, set standards, and guide delivery teams to achieve pace with control, using DevSecOps, test automation and

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering operations and delivery governance.
• Ability to balance pace with control in a regulated setting.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, automation and metrics for delivery improvement.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Engineering Operations across quality, environments, release readiness and controls.
• Lead engineering risk management with attestation and evidence quality.
• Drive automation, standards compliance, DevSecOps and IaC.
• Provide leadership for QA, env management and release governance.
• Oversee standards with partners and outsourcing, linking metrics to outcomes.
• Use data and risk insights to drive decision making and continuous improvement.

Skills

Engineering ops leadership

Quality engineering

Release management

Environments management

DevSecOps

Test automation

Engineering metrics

Developer tooling

Governance & risk

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Standard Life is hiring a Head of Engineering Operations to lead the capability that underpins engineering quality, delivery assurance and operational resilience. You will drive the Quality Framework and automate controls across Digital & Information Office while collaborating with IT, security and governance teams.

You will build trusted relationships in a complex regulated environment, set standards, and guide delivery teams to achieve pace with control, using DevSecOps, test automation and