Principal Quality Engineering & AI Strategy Lead

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Greater London is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Leader to provide governance across QA practices and to own the quality capability strategy, roadmap and service portfolio. You will partner with clients on complex engagements, shape reference architectures, and foster communities to share expertise and innovation.

The role blends hands-on delivery with strategic leadership, driving AI governance, testing approaches, and capability development while enabling corporate growth

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software Quality Engineering
• Strong knowledge of modern test automation architectures and frameworks
• Experience in performance testing and performance engineering
• Experience in Agile, DevOps and CI/CD delivery models
• Experience defining Quality Engineering strategies, frameworks or technical standards
• Understanding of generative AI in software engineering and Quality Engineering
• Practical understanding of AI-enabled testing risks and opportunities
• Consultancy, professional services or client-facing environment experience

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and governance across Quality Engineering practices
• Own and evolve the Quality Engineering capability strategy, roadmap and service portfolio
• Establish communities that share expertise and innovation
• Shape Quality Engineering opportunities through client conversations, discovery workshops and proposals
• Remain hands-on and partially billable when required through client engagement
• Establish new Quality Engineering services and prove value in early-stage opportunities
• Develop differentiated, outcome-led Quality Engineering propositions for account growth
• Advise clients and facilitate executive briefings and maturity assessments

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test Automation

Performance Testing

AI Governance

Agile Methodologies

DevOps

CI/CD

Consultancy

Stakeholder Management

Tools

AI-Enabled Testing Tools

Performance Engineering Tools

Testing Frameworks

Digital Assurance Platforms

Technical Accelerators

Job description

Jobtailor in Greater London is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Leader to provide governance across QA practices and to own the quality capability strategy, roadmap and service portfolio. You will partner with clients on complex engagements, shape reference architectures, and foster communities to share expertise and innovation.

The role blends hands-on delivery with strategic leadership, driving AI governance, testing approaches, and capability development while enabling corporate growth