Head of Testing

Head of Testing - Contract - £950 to £1100 inside IR35 - Dublin (2/3 days per week) This role requires 3 days PW in the Dublin office (Travel is fully expensable and seperate to the day rate)

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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