Enterprise Test Lead | AI-Driven Quality & Strategy

Valcon A/S; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Valcon is seeking an experienced Test Leader to define and drive testing strategy, architecture and automation across large-scale programmes in the UK. You will lead multi-disciplinary testing teams, ensure end-to-end coverage and traceability, and align testing with business outcomes and supplier engagements.

A core focus will be shifting left with automation and AI-enabled testing within a CI/CD lifecycle to improve delivery quality.

Qualifications

• Experience leading test governance on large-scale programmes.
• Ability to define test architecture and enterprise strategy.
• Experience delivering test automation strategies.
• End-to-end testing across multiple phases.
• Stakeholder and supplier engagement at senior levels.
• Experience applying AI techniques in testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and governance across complex enterprise technology programmes.
• Providing effective test leadership to ensure end-to-end test coverage and traceability.
• Managing multiple testing teams across enterprise testing phases, ensuring structured planning and execution across Unit, Component, Integration, System, Non-functional, OAT, UAT, Regression, Data Testing and Production Validation activities.
• Defining and implementing test automation strategies and frameworks to shift quality left, improving efficiency and delivery outcomes throughout a CI/CD lifecycle.
• Promoting shift-right production validation practices that embed quality of live service as a design consideration.
• Overseeing data flows and data processing and understanding technical integrations with complex architectures and use of appropriate test methods.

Skills

Test leadership

Test governance

Test architecture

Automation frameworks

CI/CD integration

Stakeholder management

AI in testing

Job description

Valcon is seeking an experienced Test Leader to define and drive testing strategy, architecture and automation across large-scale programmes in the UK. You will lead multi-disciplinary testing teams, ensure end-to-end coverage and traceability, and align testing with business outcomes and supplier engagements.

A core focus will be shifting left with automation and AI-enabled testing within a CI/CD lifecycle to improve delivery quality.