Head of PDLC Governance, Quality Assurance & Testing
by Apparel Group in Digital Transformation
The Head of PDLC Governance, Quality Assurance & Testing is responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving enterprise-wide Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) governance, quality assurance, testing oversight, and delivery assurance frameworks that enable disciplined, compliant, secure, scalable, and high-quality technology delivery. Reporting to the Head of Product Engineering, the role operates across Technology Governance, PMO, Engineering, Architecture, Product, Security, Risk & Compliance to ensure all technology products follow standardized lifecycle practices aligned with enterprise standards, architecture principles, regulatory requirements, business objectives, and security practices. Responsibilities include establishing and maintaining the Technology Delivery Governance framework, defining PDLC standards, lifecycle controls, stage-gate governance mechanisms, delivery controls, governance policies and procedures, leading governance reviews, implementing quality assurance governance covering test strategy, test coverage, defect management, release readiness, Go-Live readiness, overseeing functional testing, integration testing, performance testing, security testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), managing governance of external technology vendors, system integrators, and testing partners, ensuring quality engineering practices are consistently adopted throughout the development lifecycle, supporting internal and external technology audits through governance artefacts and quality evidence, facilitating governance forums and executive reviews, collaborating with Product, Engineering, Architecture, PMO, Security, and Risk teams, providing lifecycle governance advisory support, identifying governance improvement opportunities, and implementing enhancements to governance frameworks, testing capabilities, delivery quality, efficiency, and governance maturity across large enterprise technology environments.