SENIOR TEST AUTOMATION LEAD

What you will do

• 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.

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