Quality Engineering Lead: Automation, Strategy & Delivery

Halfords Group; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Annual discretionary bonus

Pension

Life assurance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Halfords Group seeks a Test & Quality Lead to build a modern testing capability. You’ll set the strategy, standards and tooling to underpin large technology programmes, embedding quality across the delivery lifecycle.

You’ll modernise testing with automation and AI, drive governance, and manage outsourced testing partners to improve delivery speed while reducing risk. A hybrid policy applies with on-site Redditch work 3 days/week.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale testing or QA functions.
• Expertise in test strategy, governance and release assurance.
• Experience implementing test automation and embedding quality controls in Agile/DevOps.
• Strong stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the Technology-wide Test and Quality Engineering strategy.
• Lead automation and AI-enabled testing initiatives to raise quality and speed.
• Oversee outsourced testing teams and partners to ensure value delivery.
• Provide independent QA risk assessment for major technology releases.

Skills

Enterprise-scale testing

Quality Engineering

Test automation

Third-party management

Agile/DevOps

Automation & AI

Quality governance

Job description

Halfords Group seeks a Test & Quality Lead to build a modern testing capability. You’ll set the strategy, standards and tooling to underpin large technology programmes, embedding quality across the delivery lifecycle.

You’ll modernise testing with automation and AI, drive governance, and manage outsourced testing partners to improve delivery speed while reducing risk. A hybrid policy applies with on-site Redditch work 3 days/week.