Quality Lead, High-Security Software

Gallagher Security; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonuses

Hybrid flexibility

KiwiSaver

Life and Disability insurance

Mentorship & development

Team culture & events

Job summary

Gallagher Security in Hamilton is seeking a Quality Lead - High Security to provide technical and people leadership across the quality discipline within our Product Development teams. You will help deliver high-quality, reliable software by strengthening quality practices and embedding quality throughout planning, design, delivery and operation.

You’ll lead an experienced team of test analysts, guiding automation, CI/CD and fast feedback loops to achieve the highest levels of product quality for

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software testing or quality engineering within agile environments, ideally with 10+ years’ relevant industry experience.
• Strong experience across manual and automated testing practices, with the ability to shape fit-for-purpose test strategies that support quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Exposure to functional and non-functional testing, including performance, security, reliability and release readiness.
• A proven ability to lead, coach and mentor others, with experience supporting performance, wellbeing and career development.
• Strong judgement, communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to assess and communicate quality risk effectively.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement and continuously improve quality standards, testing approaches and ways of working across agile delivery teams.
• Embed quality early into planning, design, refinement and delivery, creating fast feedback loops that surface risks and defects sooner.
• Champion automation, CI/CD practices, tooling and monitoring to reduce reliance on late-stage inspection and support safe, sustainable change.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Project and Support teams to remove quality bottlenecks, guide release readiness and improve delivery outcomes.
• Lead, coach and mentor quality practitioners, supporting wellbeing, performance, development planning and career growth.

Skills

Quality engineering leadership

Software testing

Coaching and mentoring

Agile testing

Job description

Gallagher Security in Hamilton is seeking a Quality Lead - High Security to provide technical and people leadership across the quality discipline within our Product Development teams. You will help deliver high-quality, reliable software by strengthening quality practices and embedding quality throughout planning, design, delivery and operation.

You’ll lead an experienced team of test analysts, guiding automation, CI/CD and fast feedback loops to achieve the highest levels of product quality for