08/01/2026 updated

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Senior Test Manager QA Lead 20 Years Delivering Test Strategy for International Programmes

Netherlands
Worldwide
Masters degree in Computer Science
Netherlands
Worldwide
Masters degree in Computer Science

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Senior IT Test Manager / QA Governance Lead with 20+ years of experience across telecom, banking, energy, insurance, pensions, government, and pharma/medical affairs sectors. Proven track record defining test strategy and leading test management for complex, international programmes in both classical and Agile/Scrum environments.
Core expertise: Test strategy & planning, test management, test governance, Product Risk Analysis (PRA), shift-left testing, UAT/SIT/E2E/FAT coordination, defect and risk management, test reporting, KPI dashboards, Go/No-Go readiness assessment, lateral leadership of test managers and test teams, mentoring and coaching, stakeholder and escalation management.
Tools & technical: Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, SpecFlow, test automation, Python, APIs and microservices testing, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, SonarQube, BlackDuck, Synopsys (software composition analysis).
AI & emerging tech: AI platform delivery advisory, LLM/RAG evaluation frameworks, agentic workflow testing, hallucination detection, human-in-the-loop review pipelines, rubric-based acceptance criteria, ground-truth dataset creation with subject-matter experts.
Governance & compliance: ISO 27001 Implementation & Governance, GDPR, ITIL, Responsible AI, ISMS documentation, risk registers, audit frameworks.
Certifications: ISTQB, ITIL, ISO 27001, Responsible AI.
Industry experience: Telecom (VodafoneZiggo, KPN, BT, AT&T, O2), banking/treasury (Ministry of Finance), energy (Shell), pensions (Nordea), Dutch government (342 municipalities, national education systems), pharma/medical affairs (AI-powered platforms).
Available for remote, hybrid, and EU-based freelance/consulting engagements.

Experience

Professional experience0 - 5 years
Freelancer since2026

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