Head of Testing – Contract – £950 to £1150 inside IR35 – Dublin (2/3 days per week)
La Fosse are seeking a highly experienced Interim Head of Testing to provide senior leadership and oversight across a complex UK programme during a critical delivery phase. This role will stabilise, strengthen, and mature the test capability, with a clear focus on readiness for an initial Go Live at the end of July.
This is a head‑of‑function leadership role, accountable for the end‑to‑end test agenda and requiring confident engagement with C‑suite and Executive Directors.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the end‑to‑end test strategy and act as the single point of accountability for test quality, risk, and go‑live readiness
- Provide clear, credible test status, risk, and confidence reporting to Executive and Board‑level stakeholders
- Lead test governance across a complex, multi‑workstream and multi‑vendor landscape, ensuring quality gates, metrics, and controls are in place
- Drive a pragmatic, risk‑based testing approach aligned to business, operational, and regulatory priorities
- Define and embed “what good looks like” for testing, balancing immediate delivery needs with sustainable capability uplift
- Provide hands‑on leadership, coaching, and challenge to the Test Lead and wider test community
- Maintain sharp focus on delivery milestones, particularly readiness for the first Go Live at the end of July
- Provide clear visibility of residual risk and make informed test‑led recommendations into go‑live decisions
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