Description:
This is a senior technology role focused on Quality Engineering with an opportunity to lead the strategy, practice and governance of the quality engineering domain. The successful candidate will directly lead a Quality Centre of Excellence (CoE) within the organisation, have matrix leadership of nearly 100 quality engineering associates, and have responsibility for shaping the next phase of our journey in quality practice.
They should have a proven track record working across a matrixed organisation to deliver a modern, agile approach to quality. They should be able to demonstrate results that show a clear approach to simplify, standardise and automate relevant practice. They should be comfortable collaborating with a senior technology peer group, both within the UK and a wider Enterprise.
More than anything we are looking for an passionate, autonomous self-starter who is keen to have a broad strategic impact and drive their personal approach to quality into an organisation of around 100+ quality practitioners.
What You’ll Do
- Reporting into the Director of Engineering responsible for Quality practice, you’ll shape the strategy and direction for quality in the UK landscape.
- You’ll work closely with the Senior Quality Engineering Manager for Enterprise Tooling who is responsible for implementing the Enterprise roadmap for quality in the UK
- Lead a Centre of Excellence focused on Quality practice, process and governance for the UK business (potentially including approx. three direct reports) and establish a multi-year strategy
- Work with UK Technology leadership on continuing to evolve the Quality Engineering domain and organisational construct, ensuring it continually meets the needs of the business in the most efficient and effective way.
- Lead the wider community of quality practitioners, inspiring them to adopt and engage with the “quality mindset”.
- Accountable for the main quality governance processes within a regulated organisation.
- Foster a culture of knowledge sharing by acting as a thought catalyst by keeping the quality engineering community up to date on industry, enterprise and business trends. Inject this context into technology decisions
- Coach and mentor a new breed of senior quality engineers, acting as a beacon for the wider function.
What we’re looking for:
- You are skilled and knowledgeable across quality engineering practises, governance and technologies
- You are comfortable in reaching technical trade-offs between short-term team and long-term business needs.
- You are willing and excited to get into the guts of a completely data-driven, highly regulated industry with a lot of existing complexity.
- You work well with diverse teams, partnering across the organisation to navigate an ambiguous and quickly changing environment.
- You'll demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively and work together across engineering to maximise inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste