Vice President, Engineering Excellence

Experian; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Experian is seeking a Vice President, Engineering Excellence to lead global standards, tooling, and developer experience across ESS Technology. The role reports to the CTO and shapes enterprise practice with measurable outcomes across software and AI platforms.

The VP will align with executives to scale standards, establish a unified career framework, and drive productivity while enhancing quality across the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading large-scale engineering excellence initiatives.
• Experience with AI model evaluation and developer platforms.
• Strong collaboration with executive leadership and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute technology strategy for Engineering Excellence teams across PM, QA, and Developer Experience.
• Govern test strategy and quality standards for traditional software and AI model outputs.
• Partner with product, engineering and regional leaders to prioritize programs and manage dependencies.

Skills

Technical Strategy

Quality Assurance

Program Management

Dev Experience

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines

AI Evaluation Frameworks

Test Automation

Job description

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.

Job Description

Internal Grade: EB6 The Vice President, Engineering Excellence is responsible for leading technology for Technical Program Management, Quality & Eval Engineering, and Developer Experience & Internal Platforms. This executive oversees the practices, standards, and internal tooling that make every other engineering group in ESS Technology more effective and consistent, matrixing craft expertise into Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, and AI & Agentic Platform. Reporting to the CTO, this leader will work across Experian's global business units to embed consistent engineering standards, quality practices, and developer-facing tooling that accelerate delivery, improve engineering productivity, and raise the bar on quality across both traditional software and AI/model outputs. The VP serves as the senior technology voice for engineering craft and standards, shaping enterprise practice, building world-class teams, and delivering measurable outcomes across one of the world's leading data and technology companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the technology strategy for Technical Program Management, Quality & Eval Engineering, and Developer Experience & Internal Platforms, scaling consistent standards adoption globally through a single career framework, quality bar, and tooling standard to enable growth, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
• Lead ESS Technology's quality and evaluation strategy, driving the development and governance of test strategy and quality standards for traditional software and evaluation frameworks for AI and model outputs across products, platforms, and internal operations.
• Partner with product, engineering, and regional leaders to prioritize cross-org technical programs and manage dependencies, applying disciplined planning rigor to ensure risk is visible and cross-team initiatives do not stall on unowned dependencies.
• Establish enterprise engineering standards, a single career framework and title spine, and developer tooling and CI/CD pipelines that accelerate engineering productivity and enable scalable, reusable practice across the business.
• Build and evolve Experian's internal developer platform and AI-assisted development enablement, evaluating and scaling emerging developer productivity technologies across the organization.
• Partner with executive leaders across Technology, Product, and regional organizations to align craft standards and program management practice with growth priorities.
• Shape enterprise engineering practice and quality standards by actively contributing to key leadership forums. Act as an ambassador for Experian's engineering excellence capability, enhancing the company's profile and influence within the broader engineering community.

Engages regularly with senior leaders across the business, including regional Product senior leaders and regional CTOs across the US, UK, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America, requiring sustained senior stakeholder management across geographies and reporting lines.

Qualifications

• Develop and execute the strategy for Technical Program Management, Quality & Evaluation Engineering, and Developer Experience & Internal Platforms, driving global adoption of common standards, career frameworks, and tooling.
• Lead ESS Technology’s quality and evaluation strategy, including governance of software testing standards and AI evaluation frameworks across products, platforms, and internal operations.
• Partner with product, engineering, and regional leaders to prioritize enterprise programs, manage dependencies, and ensure disciplined execution of cross-organizational initiatives.
• Establish enterprise engineering standards, a common career framework, developer tooling, and CI/CD pipelines that improve productivity and enable scalable, reusable practices.
• Build and evolve Experian’s internal developer platform and AI-assisted development capabilities, evaluating and scaling emerging developer productivity technologies.
• Partner with and influence senior executives to align engineering practices with business priorities and drive adoption of engineering excellence globally.

Additional Information

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