Principal, Corporate Functions Quality Engineering Lead

Lead Quality Engineering strategy across enterprise financial platforms, embedding automation and quality into delivery pipelines while ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks. Drive innovation in testing using AI/ML and performance engineering to enhance system resilience and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Quality Engineering strategy across a large portfolio of enterprise systems (finance, banking, corporate, web platforms)
• Embed automation-first testing into CI/CD pipelines, covering functional, regression, reconciliation, and interface validation
• Align QA practices with regulatory frameworks (SOX, DORA, IFRS) and modern delivery models (Agile, DevOps, QA‑Ops)
• Partner with business domain experts to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and financial validation are built into test strategies
• Design test data and environment strategies for complex financial scenarios (e.g., payments, GL postings, month-end processes)
• Drive innovation in testing using AI/ML techniques, performance engineering, and resilience validation
• Elevate engineering maturity through shift-left/right testing, automation frameworks, and continuous improvement

Requirements

• Strong leadership experience in Quality Engineering / QA within enterprise environments
• Proven experience delivering QE across Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD ecosystems
• Deep knowledge of test automation, frameworks, and quality strategy design
• Experience embedding testing into pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, Git-based workflows
• Strong background in financial systems or regulated environments
• Knowledge of frameworks such as SOX, DORA, IFRS, and QA governance alignment
• Experience defining and managing test data, environments, and complex scenarios
• Hands-on experience in performance, scalability, and resilience testing (e.g., JMeter, k6, Locust)
• Familiarity with chaos engineering / resilience testing approaches
• Strong understanding of branching strategies (GitFlow, Bitbucket, etc.) and quality controls in CI/CD
• Ability to influence stakeholders and embed quality across business and engineering teams
• Excellent communication skills and strategic mindset
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager (or equivalent) (Nice to Have)
• ITIL v3/v4 Foundation or experience aligning QA with service management practices (Nice to Have)
• Experience applying AI/ML in Quality Engineering (test optimisation, defect prediction, analytics) (Nice to Have)
• Familiarity with NIST CSF or other cybersecurity frameworks (Nice to Have)
• Broad exposure to enterprise systems (GL, AP, Treasury, front/back-office platforms) (Nice to Have)
• Experience scaling QE practices across large, complex organisations (Nice to Have)

Skills

• Quality Engineering
• Automation Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• DevOps Practices
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Azure DevOps
• Git workflows
• Financial Systems Testing
• Regulatory Compliance
• SOX Framework
• DORA Framework
• IFRS knowledge
• QA Governance
• Test Data Management
• Performance Testing
• Scalability Testing
• Resilience Testing
• JMeter
• k6
• Locust
• Chaos Engineering
• Branching Strategies
• GitFlow
• Bitbucket
• Stakeholder Management
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
• ITIL Foundation
• AI/ML in Quality Engineering
• Cybersecurity Frameworks
• Enterprise System Testing

Languages

English