Portfolio Test Lead

Home Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pets at Home seeks a Portfolio Test Lead to shape quality across a multi-portfolio technology landscape. You will lead a team of Test Managers and Agile Test Engineers, partnering with Product, Delivery and Technology leaders to ensure robust, scalable solutions that enhance customer experience.

You will drive the quality strategy, balance pace with risk, and foster a culture where quality is everyone’s responsibility, including reporting insights to senior stakeholders and shaping the future in

Qualifications

• Leading testing across complex portfolios, programmes or large-scale technology environments.
• Experience developing and leading high-performing testing teams.
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance, test automation and modern engineering practices.
• Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with Agile environments and CI/CD practices, with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve our technology-wide testing and quality strategy.
• Lead, coach and inspire testing professionals to achieve their potential.
• Champion modern quality engineering practices, automation and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Delivery and Portfolio Leads to ensure quality from day one.
• Provide clear quality insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to performance, security, accessibility and compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Quality assurance

Test automation

Agile & DevOps

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Portfolio Test Lead

Technology | Hybrid | Handforth Support Office

Love quality. Thrive on leadership. Want to shape how technology is delivered across one of the UK's leading pet care businesses?

At Pets at Home, we're transforming how we serve pets and pet owners through technology. As our Portfolio Test Lead, you'll play a critical role in ensuring quality is built into everything we deliver, helping us create seamless, reliable and customer-focused experiences across our digital platforms.

About the Role

This isn't just a testing role. It's an opportunity to lead quality across a complex technology portfolio, influence delivery at a strategic level and build a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.

Reporting to the Head of IT Delivery, you'll lead and develop a team of Test Managers and Agile Software Test Engineers while partnering with Product, Delivery and Technology leaders to ensure our solutions are robust, scalable and fit for the future. You'll be the driving force behind our quality strategy, helping teams balance pace, innovation and risk without compromising customer experience.

What you'll be doing

• Defining and evolving our technology-wide testing and quality strategy.


• Leading, coaching and inspiring testing professionals to achieve their full potential.


• Championing modern quality engineering practices, automation and continuous improvement.


• Working closely with Delivery and Portfolio Leads to ensure quality is considered from day one.


• Providing clear quality insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.


• Identifying and mitigating risks relating to performance, security, accessibility and compliance.


• Helping shape the future of quality engineering across a growing technology organisation.

What we're looking for

You’ll be a passionate quality leader who enjoys influencing, coaching and driving positive change.

You’ll bring:

• A proven track record of leading testing across complex portfolios, programmes or large-scale technology environments.


• Experience developing and leading high-performing testing teams.


• Strong knowledge of quality assurance, test automation and modern engineering practices.


• The ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.


• Experience working in Agile environments with modern DevOps and CI/CD practices.


• A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for delivering exceptional outcomes.

Why join Pets at Home?

You’ll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact in a business where technology is a key enabler of growth and innovation. You’ll join a collaborative, supportive environment where your expertise will influence strategy, improve customer experiences and help millions of pets and pet owners.

Most importantly, you’ll be surrounded by people who care deeply about what they do and why they do it.

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you

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