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# Associate Director, Insurance, Quality Engineering (QE), Technology & Transformation

- **Company:** Deloitte
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Testing, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Systems Development Life Cycle, Strategies of Testing, Performance Testing
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/10167753/associate-director-insurance-quality-engineering-qe-technology-and-transformation/

## About the Role

* Significant experience working within the UK Insurance industry (Life, General, Specialty or Reinsurance)
 * Experience of professional services delivery
 * Exceptional communication, presentation and business writing skills and professional skills, including being able to bridge both technical and business stakeholders
 * Experience working with offshore and/or nearshore teams
 * Strong client relationship and stakeholder management experience
 * Experience across functional, integration, UAT and non-functional testing including automation and performance
 * Experience using test management tools such as JIRA, ADO or Xray
 * Experience supporting bids, RFPs and go-to-market activities
 * Strong leadership and management skills
 * Acute attention to detail
 * Comfortable working in a fast-paced and often changeable client environment
 * Strong commercial awareness of how professional services firms and change/transformation programmes operate

Additional desirable experience includes:

 * ISTQB Advanced or Manager level certification (or equivalent)
 * Application of GenAI tooling within the SDLC
 * Test automation framework design and implementation
 * Agile testing certification
 * Experience in administering a test management tool

## Description

We are seeking a talented Associate Director to lead testing solutions for leading Insurance clients. You will shape test strategy across traditional and agile programmes. You will also build senior client relationships and strengthen leadership capability. Responsibilities include:

 * Lead delivery programmes by defining modern Quality Engineering strategies, test architectures, and assurance frameworks. Work closely with multi-capability teams and senior business and IT stakeholders to deliver high-quality QE outcomes on time.
 * Collaborate with our insurance leadership teams, proposition owners and QE to develop and implement 'Go to market' propositions to attract new clients.
 * Shape client Quality Engineering strategies, roadmaps, and transformation programmes across Insurance. Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and guide investment in the right QE tools and methods.
 * Help develop Deloitte's QE propositions for the Insurance market through pre-sales, bids, and client presentations. Support practice growth and contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture.
 * Strengthen Deloitte's QE capability by coaching junior team members and helping define and implement QE accelerators and standards.


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