Senior QA Consultant
17+ years building and governing quality primarily in Banking and FinTech.
I partner with teams that need senior QA oversight, process rigour, and delivery confidence — on an engagement basis.
What I offer
Focused engagements designed to solve real quality and delivery problems.
Senior QA leadership on a part-time or engagement basis — owning quality strategy, team direction, tooling decisions, and stakeholder reporting without the overhead of a full-time hire.
LEADERSHIPEstablishing QA standards, quality gates, policies, and metrics across engineering and delivery teams. For organisations that have grown fast and need structure without slowing down.
STRATEGICHelping startups and scale-ups design and stand up their QA function from scratch — covering hiring approach, tooling choices, process design, and team structure.
BUILDDefining how testing will work for a new product, platform, or major release — scope, approach, risk-based prioritisation, and entry and exit criteria. A focused, time-boxed engagement.
DELIVERYEmbedding quality into how your teams actually work — writing better acceptance criteria, shifting testing left, reducing late-stage defects, and making squads genuinely own quality day-to-day.
ENABLEMENTAn independent review of your QA practices, test coverage, defect management, and release processes — plus vendor and offshore QA accountability. Delivered as a clear findings report with prioritised recommendations, or as a pre-release readiness assessment.
DIAGNOSTICWhy work with me
I've sat in the seat — as QA lead, QA manager, and delivery owner — across some of the world's most demanding banking environments.
Core banking, FinTech, payments, and AdTech — I understand the delivery context, not just the test cases.
95% production backlog reduced. 60% manual effort cut through automation. Real numbers from real programmes.
Comfortable presenting risk and release readiness to C-suite, client stakeholders, and distributed engineering teams.
PMP and PMI-ACP certified. I've worked in both models and know when to apply which — pragmatically, not dogmatically.
Senior QA governance and oversight without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Pay for what you need, when you need it.
Delivered QA workstreams across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM — coordinating onshore, offshore, and client teams simultaneously.
Ideal for
Startups building their QA function for the first time and not sure where to begin.
FinTech, Banking, and Technology teams needing QA governance, process transformation, or an independent audit.
Delivery programmes that need a senior QA hand on the tiller for a specific project or release.
Engineering leaders dealing with release instability, poor defect visibility, or an absent QA process.
Organisations with offshore QA teams that need independent oversight and SLA accountability.
Teams going Agile that want quality embedded in the process — not bolted on at the end.
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Get in touch
If your organisation needs senior QA leadership — for governance, audits, test strategy, or fractional engagements — let's connect.