Senior Test Consultant

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.