Senior Test Consultant
About this role
Description
The Senior Test Consultant leads quality assurance strategy and execution across complex initiatives. The role operates as a QA authority, managing quality risk, influencing delivery practices, mentoring testers, and embedding quality at scale.
About the Role
Works with: Delivery Leads, Clients, Engineers, Analysts, Test Teams
Responsibilities:
• Lead quality assurance strategy and execution across complex initiatives, ensuring end-to-end test coverage and high confidence in solution stability and performance. • Exercise independent judgement in test planning, prioritisation, and risk management, balancing delivery pressures with quality outcomes. • Act as a QA subject matter expert, influencing testing approaches, mentoring testers, and uplifting overall QA capability and standards. • Partner with delivery leads and clients to shape QA strategy, resolve systemic quality issues, and embed quality-focused practices into delivery. • Drive continuous improvement by evaluating and enhancing QA tools, automation approaches, and delivery practices. • Provide clear reporting and assurance on quality, risk, and readiness to senior stakeholders.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Proven QA leadership experience with strong delivery credibility. • Ability to influence stakeholders and provide clear, confident quality reporting. • Consistent focus on quality, risk management, and client outcomes. • Strong mentoring and capability-building skills. • Confidence operating in complex, high-change delivery environments.