Job Description
Create your best future and join Westpac as a Quality Engineering Manager
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What's the role?
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As a Quality Engineering Manager reporting to the Head of Testing, BT Platforms, you will be accountable for defining and driving the quality engineering strategy across a strategic delivery initiative.
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You will provide leadership across multiple delivery squads, engineering teams and vendor partners, ensuring quality practices are embedded throughout the software delivery lifecycle and that stakeholders have a clear and trusted view of quality, risks and release readiness.
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Working across complex environments, integrations and delivery streams, you will drive consistent adoption of quality engineering standards, automation frameworks and AI-accelerated testing capabilities, helping teams deliver high-quality outcomes with confidence.
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This is a permanent, hybrid role based in Sydney / Warrane, Gadigal Country, offering the flexibility to blend office and home working while collaborating with high performing engineering, product and delivery teams.
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Key Responsibilities
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Define, maintain and drive the overall test strategy and quality engineering approach across the programme.
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Lead quality engineering activities across multiple squads, delivery streams and vendor partners, ensuring alignment to programme objectives and release milestones.
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Establish quality standards, test governance processes, quality gates and reporting frameworks that support consistent delivery outcomes.
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Drive API-first, component-level and integration testing practices to improve quality, coverage and early defect detection.
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Provide programme-level visibility of test progress, coverage, risks, defects, dependencies and release readiness, delivering a trusted single source of truth for stakeholders.
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Manage cross-team testing dependencies including environments, test data, integrations and shared services,



ensuring constraints and risks are identified and addressed proactively.
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Drive adoption and effective use of approved quality engineering frameworks, automation platforms and AI-accelerated testing capabilities across delivery teams.
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Partner with Engineering, Product and Delivery teams to embed quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle and promote shift-left practices.
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Coordinate quality engineering activities across internal and external teams to ensure consistent execution, governance and reporting.
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Assess quality risks, recommend mitigation strategies and provide release readiness recommendations to programme stakeholders.
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Consolidate quality metrics, testing outcomes and programme insights into meaningful reporting for governance forums and senior stakeholders.
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Champion continuous improvement through modern quality engineering practices, reusable assets, automation and data-driven quality metrics.
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What do I need?
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Extensive experience in Quality Engineering, Test Management or Quality Assurance leadership roles within large-scale enterprise environments.
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Proven experience defining and delivering test strategies across complex, multi-team programmes.
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Strong expertise in API, integration and component-level testing across distributed systems and services.
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Demonstrated experience driving automation and modern quality engineering practices within Agile and DevOps delivery models.
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Strong understanding of microservices, APIs,



enterprise integration patterns and quality engineering best practices.
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Experience working across multiple squads, stakeholders, vendor partners and delivery teams in a matrix operating model.
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Robust understanding of environment management, integration dependencies, test data requirements and release coordination.
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Experience driving adoption of enterprise testing frameworks, automation solutions and quality engineering standards.
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Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
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Strong reporting and analytical capability, with the ability to present complex quality information clearly and concisely to both technical and executive audiences.
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Experience with Jira, Xray and related quality engineering tooling.
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Proven track record of managing testing risks, governance processes and release readiness activities.
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Why join us?
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Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee only mortgage rates
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Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave
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Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank
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Lots of opportunities to give back to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives
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We're all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.
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If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page , under the 'Diversity, sustainability and flexibility' section.
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📌 Quality Engineering Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Bt
📍 New South Wales