Quality Development Lead

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 101,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

New Zealand Government is seeking a Quality Development Lead to strengthen and evolve quality practices across ACC. You will work with Practice Manager Quality, delivery teams and technical leaders to drive best practice, improve quality maturity and champion continuous improvement initiatives.

The role offers the opportunity to influence quality strategy, build capability across the organisation, and contribute to keeping workers safe at work, home and everywhere in between.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in quality leadership, testing, quality assurance, or quality practice development.
• Experience embedding standards, frameworks, processes and continuous improvement initiatives across teams.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, software development practices and technical delivery environments.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban and waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence, coach and gain buy-in across all levels.
• Experience developing reporting, quality metrics, quality health indicators and maturity assessments.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and presentation skills.
• A collaborative, proactive and innovative approach with a passion for growing capability and sharing knowledge.
• Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its application in the design of policies, systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive best practices in quality and testing across ACC.
• Improve quality maturity and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support teams to deliver high-quality products and services at pace.
• Influence quality strategy and build capability across the organisation.

Skills

Quality leadership

Quality assurance

Testing

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Reporting metrics

Facilitation

Communication

Job description

Permanent | Wellington

Shape enterprise-wide quality and testing practices across ACC. Drive quality maturity and continuous improvement outcomes.

Join a purpose-led organisation with market-leading superannuation benefits.

About us

Mō mātou ACC is a trusted and high'performing organisation, providing care, supporting recovery and promoting injury prevention, now and into the future. You can find more about ACC and the work we do at www.acc.co.nz

About the role

Mō te tūranga mahi As our Quality Development Lead, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening and evolving quality practices across ACC. Working closely with the Practice Manager Quality, delivery teams and technical leaders, you will drive best practice in quality and testing, improve quality maturity, champion continuous improvement initiatives, and support teams to deliver high-quality products and services at pace.

This role offers the opportunity to influence quality strategy, build capability across the organisation, and contribute to keeping Kiwis safe at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

The appointing salary for this role is $101,287 to $131,077 based on experience.

ACC offers a comprehensive benefits package which at present includes an advantageous superannuation scheme (9% contribution) with features like no mandatory employee contribution, optional life and income protection insurance

About you

Mōu You will bring:

• Proven experience in quality leadership, testing, quality assurance, or quality practice development.
• Experience embedding standards, frameworks, processes and continuous improvement initiatives across teams.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, software development practices and technical delivery environments.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban and waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence, coach and gain buy-in across all levels.
• Experience developing reporting, quality metrics, quality health indicators and maturity assessments.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and presentation skills.
• A collaborative, proactive and innovative approach with a passion for growing capability and sharing knowledge.
• Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its application in the design of policies, systems and processes.