VP Quality Engineering & Automation Leader

Absa Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a senior leader to own the quality engineering strategy for Digital & AI, focusing on automation, early assurance and measurable customer and production quality. The role requires executive-level oversight across product, engineering, security and operations, delivering high-value quality improvements and faster release confidence.

As VP, you will establish governance, target operating models and reusable automation frameworks, driving standards and a data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce or Management Studies is required.
• Proven experience leading quality engineering initiatives at scale.
• Expertise in automation, testing, and governance for digital services.

Responsibilities

• Owns the quality engineering strategy and practice with emphasis on automation, early assurance and measurable production quality.
• Defines the target operating model, standards and maturity roadmap for quality across product and delivery teams.
• Establishes reusable automation frameworks, test-data approaches and tooling integrated into CI/CD.
• Drives shift-left defect prevention and shift-right validation with telemetry and production learning.
• Provides independent challenge on release risk and ensures measurable quality improvements.

Skills

Quality leadership

Automation

CI/CD

Testing strategy

Risk-based testing

Telemetry

Production quality

Education

Bachelor’s in Business/Management

Tools

Automation frameworks

Service virtualization

Performance testing tools

Job description

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a senior leader to own the quality engineering strategy for Digital & AI, focusing on automation, early assurance and measurable customer and production quality. The role requires executive-level oversight across product, engineering, security and operations, delivering high-value quality improvements and faster release confidence.

As VP, you will establish governance, target operating models and reusable automation frameworks, driving standards and a data-driven