Associate Director, Banking, Quality Engineering (QE), Technology & Transformation

Deloitte (UK); Alabama; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte is seeking an Associate Director to lead testing solutions for leading Banking clients. You will shape test strategy across traditional and agile programmes and build senior client relationships.

You will strengthen leadership capability, drive QE tools and methods, and contribute to growth through pre-sales and market propositions. Expect UK-wide travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in UK Banking testing environments.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and business writing skills bridging technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience with offshore/nearshore teams and building client relationships.
• Experience in functional, integration, UAT, and non-functional testing including performance and automation.
• ISTQB Advanced/Manager level or equivalent.
• Application of GenAI tooling within the SDLC and ability to design/test automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery programmes by defining modern Quality Engineering strategies, test architectures, and assurance frameworks.
• Collaborate with Banking leadership teams and QE to develop and implement go-to-market propositions.
• Shape QA strategies across Banking, building relationships with senior stakeholders and guiding QE investments.
• Contribute to pre-sales, bids, and client presentations to grow Deloitte’s QE propositions.
• Coach junior team members and help define QE accelerators and standards.
• Travel within the UK and worldwide when required.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Client relationships

Test strategy

GenAI tooling

Test automation

Tools

JIRA

ALM

Xray for Jira

Zephyr

Job description

Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester

Business Line

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published

07-Sep-2026

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte provides premium quality engineering services to a wide range of global clients, solving the most complex testing challenges on their most significant and highest profile IT change programmes. Our team has grown rapidly over recent years, and continues to do so, combining a wealth of deep industry knowledge with both business advisory experience and technical expertise.

Our proposition differs from our competitors as we are not purely delivery-focused, we pride ourselves on providing a more consultative and strategic approach to quality engineering which results in our clients experiencing a premium service and gaining higher value outcomes.

Want to work with the latest technologies, as part of a team helping international organisations transform their core business capabilities? Whether you’re working with on-premise systems, Cloud technology, or custom-developed solutions (to name just a few), your expertise will help clients deliver continuous improvement and innovation, from initial design right through to implementation and optimisation.

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What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .

Connect to your opportunity

We are seeking a talented Associate Director to lead testing solutions for leading Banking clients. You will shape test strategy across traditional and agile programmes. You will also build senior client relationships and strengthen leadership capability.

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead delivery programmes by defining modern Quality Engineering strategies, test architectures, and assurance frameworks. Work closely with multi-capability teams and senior business and IT stakeholders to deliver high-quality QE outcomes on time.
• Collaborate with our Banking leadership teams, proposition owners and QE to develop and implement ‘Go to market’ propositions to attract new clients.
• Shape client Quality Engineering strategies, roadmaps, and transformation programmes across Banking. Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and guide investment in the right QE tools and methods.
• Help develop Deloitte’s QE propositions for the Banking market through pre-sales, bids, and client presentations. Support practice growth and contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture.
• Strengthen Deloitte’s QE capability by coaching junior team members and helping define and implement QE accelerators and standards.
• The opportunity to travel within the UK and worldwide when required.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

To qualify for the role, candidates must have:

• Significant experience of working within the UK Banking industry (Retail, Commercial or Capital Markets) either directly or in a professional services firm
• Exceptional communication, presentation, business writing and professional skills, including being able to bridge both technical and business stakeholders
• Experience of working with offshore and/or nearshore teams
• Experience of building and strengthening key client relationships
• Experience of functional system testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing and non-functional testing including performance and automation
• Test management tool expertise (such as JIRA/ADO/X-Ray)
• Experience of working on RfPs either as a requestor / judge or a responder
• Experience of developing thought leadership materials or go to market propositions
• Excellent interpersonal skills and self-driver
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and often changeable client environment
• Strong commercial awareness of how professional services firms and change/transformation programmes operate
• ISTQB Advanced / Manager level or equivalent
• Application of GenAI tooling within the SDLC
• Ability to design and implement test automation frameworks
• Experience in administering a test management tool (e.g. ALM, Xray for Jira, Zephyr)

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.

Engineering, AI and Data

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Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

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“What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte’s clients include many of the world’s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of.” - Dan, Technology and Transformation

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Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world‑class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers