Head of Quality Engineering - AI-Driven QA Leader (Remote)

Aareon Deutschland; United Kingdom; A distancia; GBP 75.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

5% matched pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

£26 monthly broadband allowance

2 volunteering days per year

Enhanced parental leave

Buy/sell annual leave

Cycle to Work and salary sacrifice

Descripción de la vacante

Aareon UK is seeking a senior quality leader to define and execute a unified QA strategy across our UK product portfolio. You will lead a growing QA team, shape how AI-assisted testing fits into an accelerated software lifecycle, and partner with engineering, product and operations to raise delivery confidence and improve outcomes for housing providers.

You will set standards, introduce quality gates, and measure progress with meaningful metrics such as release confidence, escape defects, and

Formación

• Senior QA or quality engineering leadership across multiple products or teams in a software or SaaS business, with experience leading teams at scale and the autonomy to shape organisational structure and ways of working.
• Demonstrated ability to build or reshape a QA function and move teams from manual testing towards automation and AI-enabled testing.
• Strong knowledge of modern test strategy, automation frameworks, and quality gates for rapid software delivery.
• Hands-on use of AI in quality engineering and a clear view on how AI accelerates development and testing.

Responsabilidades

• Set and evolve one quality strategy across the UK product portfolio, with clear standards, quality gates and KPIs.
• Define how quality engineering works in an AI-powered software development lifecycle, determining where human judgement adds value and where automation should carry the load.
• Make intent testable and embed quality earlier in the lifecycle, using AI-assisted test generation and automation to provide rapid feedback.
• Line manage, coach and develop the QA team, progressing from manual testing towards quality engineering and AI-enabled automation.
• Make quality visible through metrics like release confidence, escaped defects, cycle time, test coverage and automation reach.
• Partner with engineering, product and operations leaders, leading responses and organisational learning when major quality issues arise.

Conocimientos

Quality leadership

QA strategy

Automation

AI in testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Descripción del empleo

Aareon UK is seeking a senior quality leader to define and execute a unified QA strategy across our UK product portfolio. You will lead a growing QA team, shape how AI-assisted testing fits into an accelerated software lifecycle, and partner with engineering, product and operations to raise delivery confidence and improve outcomes for housing providers.

You will set standards, introduce quality gates, and measure progress with meaningful metrics such as release confidence, escape defects, and