SENIOR TEST AUTOMATION LEAD
vodafone
Job Description
- Define and own an enterprise automation strategy covering UI, API, mobile, integration, and end-to-end testing across Vodafone markets.
- Establish and govern automation standards, reusable frameworks, asset libraries, and best practices.
- Embed shift-left and shift-right testing within Agile and SAFe delivery models, ensuring continuous and feedback-driven quality.
- Own governance for automation coverage, stability, execution cadence, maintenance, and technical debt management.
- Track and report automation KPIs including coverage, regression cycle time, defect leakage, efficiency gains, and FTE savings.
- Design, evolve, and provide oversight for enterprise-grade automation frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, and related tools.
- Drive API-first automation strategies for microservices and backend-heavy platforms.
- Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to enable gated quality at every stage.
- Champion AI and GenAI adoption, including self-healing automation, intelligent test optimisation, AI-driven defect analytics, and GenAI-based test generation.
- Evaluate, pilot, and scale AI agents and GenAI tools to advance autonomous quality engineering.
- Lead, mentor, and develop automation leads and engineers across programmes, fostering engineering excellence.
- Align automation delivery with PI planning, sprint objectives, and release calendars.
- Engage with programme leaders and senior stakeholders to present automation roadmaps, maturity assessments, and value realisation.