Head of Testing

6-Month Contract | £580 per day (Inside IR35) | Reading (Hybrid, 2-3 days onsite) | ASAP Start

We’re looking for an experienced Head of Testing to lead the testing and QA function across large-scale digital transformation programmes within the Utilities sector . This is a strategic leadership role focused on defining testing standards, driving quality engineering best practices, and ensuring successful delivery across complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the overall testing and quality assurance strategy.
• Lead and develop high-performing testing teams across multiple programmes.
• Establish test governance, quality standards, metrics, and reporting.
• Oversee SIT, UAT, regression, performance, security, and automation testing.
• Drive test automation, CI/CD adoption, DevOps, and continuous testing practices.
• Manage senior stakeholder relationships, vendors, and executive reporting.
• Ensure release readiness, risk management, and quality assurance across all deliveries.
• Proven experience as a Head of Testing, Test Director, or Senior Test Manager .
• Strong background delivering enterprise-wide testing programmes within the Utilities industry .
• Extensive experience in Test Strategy, Governance, Quality Engineering, and Test Automation.
• Experience leading distributed testing teams across Agile and hybrid delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills.

Technical Environment

If you’re an experienced testing leader with a strong Utilities background and a track record of leading large-scale transformation programmes, we’d love to hear from you.