QE/Test Program Director

Wipro are looking for a Test Program Director Chester to work in London or Norwich, this person will act as a Quality Engineering (QE) Technical & Transformational Leader and is a pivotal senior role that is responsible for driving QE modernization, technical excellence, and large-scale transformation across Client's multi-platform, multi-portfolio environment.

This leader is expected to operate at CXO-facing levels, influence senior stakeholders, and navigate Client's complex environment with confidence, data-backed recommendations, and strong communication.

This role combines deep technical authority, strategic consulting, transformation ownership, and organizational leadership, ensuring QE becomes a value-generating, data-driven engineering discipline for Clients., * Architect and drive end-to-end QE & Testing transformation aligned to Client's engineering, digital, and modernization roadmap.

• Define and own QE operational model evolution, embedding continuous testing, shift-left, shift-right, DevOps alignment, automation-first culture, and AI/GenAI adoption.
• Identify and drive transformation levers such as automation scaling, test data modernization, environment optimization, and productivity uplift.
• Partner with domain leaders to introduce modern testing practices (in-sprint automation, service virtualization, early performance testing, observability, etc.).
• Bring exceptionally deep technical expertise across Automation frameworks (UI, API, Mobile, Performance, CI/CD)

o Architecture-level understanding of QE tooling and engineering ecosystems

o Test Data Management, Cloud testing, Environment strategy

o GenAI-powered test design, data creation, failure analysis

• Build and govern standard frameworks, reusable assets, accelerators, and next-gen engineering solutions.
• Evaluate, propose, and institutionalize new tooling, frameworks, and engineering approaches through innovation, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.
• Managed team-size of 300+ in large programs in multi-years engagement.
• Lead distributed teams across functional, automation, performance, environmental, TDM, release engineering, and AI-QE capabilities.
• Mentor QE leaders, architects, and managers to uplift skills, competency, and engineering maturity.Align teams to outcome-driven delivery, not just "lights-on" operations.

• Extensive experience in QE engineering, transformation, and automation leadership.
• Mastery of:

o Playwright, Appium, Selenium, Cypress, Java

o API Automation (REST Assured, Karate, Postman)

o Performance (JMeter, LoadRunner)

o Cloud-native testing (Azure, AWS, GCP)

o Test orchestration, CI/CD pipelines

o TDM, environment strategy, observability tools

• Outstanding communication, influence, and executive presence.
• Proven ability to operate in demanding, politically dynamic client environments (such as Client).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability; able to translate data into action plans.
• Resilient, proactive, and assertive in driving change across large stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated experience building QE roadmaps, maturity models, organization realignment frameworks.
• Ability to identify opportunities to embed QE transformation proactively, even in restrictive or legacy environments.
• Consulting mindset: ability to influence programs, portfolio, and enterprise levels.

Mandatory Skills: Test Management .