Vice President, IT​/Tech

Job Title: Vice President – QAT Delivery

Key

Skills:

Strategic Test Leadership, Multi‑Vendor Governance, Quality Engineering, Automation, Compliance, Stakeholder Management

Experience: 25+ Years

Location: Telford, UK

Work Mode: Onsite

We at Coforge are hiring a highly accomplished Senior Delivery Leader to head large‑scale Quality Assurance & Testing (QAT) engagements for our strategic client environment. This is a senior‑most leadership position, responsible for driving quality outcomes across a 200‑member test organisation.

The Vice President – QAT Delivery serves as the senior‑most delivery authority responsible for end‑to‑end governance, quality assurance, and delivery of all testing services for the client.

This role ensures strict compliance with organisational testing standards, client policies, and multi‑supplier governance frameworks.

The position drives a risk‑based Quality Engineering (QE) approach and ensures consistent, compliant, and value‑driven testing across the enterprise landscape.

• Strategic leadership within a complex multi‑supplier testing ecosystem
• Strong governance discipline ensuring standards, traceability, and structured testing practices
• Critical risk‑based decision‑making with strong QA assurance
• Deep expertise across all test phases (Unit → OAT) and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
• Quality Engineering mindset with shift‑left, CI/CD integration, and automation‑first thinking
• Ability to manage multi‑party delivery across internal teams, vendors, and partners
• Authority in defect, environment, and test data management
• Excellent understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements (GDPR, SCR handling, security, accessibility)
• Exceptional senior stakeholder communication and executive reporting skills
• Orientation toward continuous improvement and innovation
• Strong commercial acumen (SLAs, KPIs, contract adherence)
• Leadership capability to build a high‑performing test organisation
• Calm, authoritative presence during escalations, governance boards, and readiness forums
• Resilience and adaptability in high‑pressure, regulated environments

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of all Lot‑based testing services
• Ensure adherence to client policies, testing standards, and QE governance
• Provide independent assurance on readiness, risks, and mitigation actions

• Oversee planning, execution, and sign‑off across all test phases (Unit → OAT)
• Enforce acceptance criteria, entry/exit gates, and quality standards
• Drive resolution of defects, environment issues, and test data challenges

• Coordinate cross‑functional delivery across internal teams and multiple vendors
• Lead defect triage, governance forums, and release readiness checkpoints

• Implement QE practices including CI/CD enablement and shift‑left testing
• Expand automation across functional, non‑functional, and regression areas

• Ensure compliance with GDPR, SCR protocols, security policies, and accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.2 AA)
• Maintain robust risk‑based testing controls and audit readiness

• Act as the key interface for client leadership, architecture, security, and delivery teams
• Provide dashboards, metrics, quality reports, risk summaries, and readiness decisions

• Manage test managers, leads, analysts, and automation engineers
• Drive capability building, performance management, and competency development
• Foster a high‑performance culture

• Ensure SLA/KPI adherence and delivery governance
• Identify cost optimisation and continuous value improvement opportunities

• 25+ years of enterprise‑scale test delivery leadership
• Proven experience managing large teams in multi‑vendor, complex programme environments
• Deep understanding of Agile, Waterfall, ITIL4, and ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 testing standards
• Strong Quality Engineering and automation background with CI/CD‑driven delivery
• Excellent communication, analytical, and decision‑making capabilities
• Experience delivering high‑quality outcomes in regulated, high‑pre