ead and coordinate testing activities across multiple concurrent projects, delivery streams, internal teams, and external partners.
Own the end-to-end testing lifecycle, from test planning and scenario development through execution, defect management, reporting, and test closure.
Define and maintain testing strategies, plans, goals, closure reports, and other key testing artefacts.
Manage and oversee SIT, UAT, and ORT activities, ensuring appropriate quality gates are achieved at each stage.
Collaborate closely with QA Leads, engineers, project managers, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors to align testing activities with programme objectives.
Act as a testing Subject Matter Expert, providing guidance on testing methodology, risk management, test design, and phase-specific approaches.
Support resource management and step into hands-on QA responsibilities when required.
Drive improvements to testing processes, tools, and practices using lessons learned, retrospectives, and industry best practices.
Monitor testing progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and, where applicable, costs, providing clear status reporting to stakeholders.