QE Lead Role and Responsibilities

Role Purpose A triad-level quality engineering leadership role responsible for driving quality strategy, standards,

governance, and cross-squad quality outcomes, including

E2E initiatives that span multiple squads, domains, platforms and external teams.

Scope of the role

QE Lead Operates at the triad level, not only at a squad level. They are expected to support multiple squads

(Within or outside of the triad) and lead quality outcomes beyond an individual squad.

Key Responsibilities

- define and drive the quality strategy for the triad in alignment with Digital quality goals

- establish and embed consistent standards for test approach, automation, coverage, and release quality across squads

- lead E2E test strategy, planning, coordination, and execution for initiatives that span multiple squads,

domains, platforms, or external teams

- drive stronger collaboration between QEs and developers to support shift-left testing and shared ownership of quality

- ensure quality is considered early through better testability, acceptance criteria, and design collaboration

- provide leadership on automation direction across web,

app, API etc.

- ensure accessibility testing and visual regression approaches are appropriately considered for customer-

facing web and app experiences

- identify capability, tooling, standards, and process gaps and define improvement actions

- coach and mentor Senior QEs and QEs across the triad or multiple squads

- provide clear stakeholder communication on risks,

dependencies, coverage, and readiness





- work with delivery, engineering, product, and external teams to coordinate cross-functional testing activity

- contribute to triad/stream-level quality governance and continuous improvement

- manage dependencies, risks, and defect triage activities
- provide clear input into release readiness

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

- Significant relevant quality engineering experience,

including leadership across multiple squads, streams,

or product areas in a digital workplace.

- Strong experience shaping quality strategy, automation direction, and standards adoption across teams.

- Demonstrated experience leading complex E2E initiatives that require cross-team coordination and stakeholder management.

- Strong knowledge of web, app, API delivery quality challenges, including accessibility testing and visual regression for customer-facing experiences.

- Strong API testing knowledge and experience driving adoption of API-first testing practices.

- Strong communication, influencing, facilitation, and mentoring capability.

AI and Tooling Expectations

- Defines how approved AI tooling should be used within the triad to improve quality engineering outcomes.

- Drives adoption of effective AI-assisted practices for test design, automation acceleration, defect analysis, and quality insight.

- Sets expectations for review, traceability, security, and responsible use of AI-generated artefacts.

- Identifies triad-level opportunities to improve quality engineering efficiency and consistency through AI-

enabled approaches.

📌 Quality Engineer Lead (Victoria)
🏢 Xpt Software Australia
📍 Victoria