Head of Quality Engineering Transformation

IRIS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IRIS Software Group is seeking an exceptional Quality Engineering leader to define and drive what quality engineering looks like at IRIS in a rapidly evolving, AI-assisted software delivery environment. This strategic role focuses on setting vision, standards, and organizational change to create a high-impact quality function across five Product & Engineering divisions.

You will build a centralized QE practice, embed quality into pods, and extend capabilities into performance, resilience, and

Responsibilities

• Own the global quality engineering strategy across all five P&E divisions.
• Lead the automation maturity assessment across the estate, baseline current state and legacy/on-prem portfolio.
• Define and own the Eng:QA ratio by pod archetype and divisional context.
• Define and own the standards for automated testing across unit, integration, contract, E2E, and AI-generated coverage.
• Establish the curated E2E capability suite per product line and manage ownership between central and pod teams.
• Partner with the Director of Agentic SDLC on QE bootcamps, test generation workflows, and upskilling pathways for testers moving to automation.
• Provide evidence to divisional VPs to support the QE destination model and workforce planning.
• Support the specialist Quality Engineering practice to handle hard testing problems.

Job description

IRIS Software Group is seeking an exceptional Quality Engineering leader to define and drive what quality engineering looks like at IRIS in a rapidly evolving, AI-assisted software delivery environment. This strategic role focuses on setting vision, standards, and organizational change to create a high-impact quality function across five Product & Engineering divisions.

You will build a centralized QE practice, embed quality into pods, and extend capabilities into performance, resilience, and