Test Coach & Quality Expert - Contract / Part time / Agile / Scrum

Our client, a leading enterprise organisation, is looking for a Test Coach & Quality Expert to join on a temporary assignment.

The initial contract will run until the end of the year and is available on a part time basis.

The assignment:

Coaching

- Work directly with strategic projects and delivery teams to understand challenges and provide practical coaching in real project situations
- Advise teams on test strategy, risk-based testing, test planning, coverage optimization, UAT readiness, and release preparation
- Coach teams in critical testing and release activities where expert intervention adds the highest value
- Coach teams through active collaboration, helping them solve quality challenges while delivering their projects
- Identify cross-project and enterprise-wide testing opportunities, dependencies, and risks
- Capture lessons learned and translate these into reusable standards, templates, and best practices
- Build sustainable capabilities by enabling teams to become increasingly self-sufficient

Release readiness and quality governance

- Provide independent quality assessments for key projects and releases
- Support go/no-go decisions through objective insights on quality, risk, test coverage, and business readiness
- Promote consistent release readiness and quality governance practices across ICT

Quality reporting and management insights

- Help establish quality reporting standards and management dashboards
- Provide visibility into quality trends, testing progress, risks, and release readiness




- Support management and SteerCo decision-making through objective quality metrics and actionable insights

T

est automation and AI enablement

- Assess testing maturity and automation opportunities across projects
- Advise on fit-for-purpose automation solutions and testing tools
- Evaluate AI-assisted testing capabilities and recommend pragmatic adoption where business value can be demonstrated

What you will bring

- At least eight years of experience in software testing and quality engineering
- Proven experience as a Test Lead, QA Coach, Quality Engineer or Test Manager (mandatory)
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and software development lifecycle practices
- Hands-on experience with functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, and user acceptance testing
- Experience coaching teams by observing and learning from testing activities
- Experience introducing testing standards, quality governance, and test reporting across multiple teams
- Ability to assess quality risks and support release go/no-go decisions
- Experience working in complex enterprise environments involving multiple business and ICT stakeholders
- Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills
- A pragmatic, solution-oriented approach,



comfortable operating as both advisor and hands-on practitioner
- Fluent in English and a very good level of Dutch
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar platforms
- Experience with Playwright, Tosca or other test automation platforms is an absolute must

Nice to have

- Experience with Microsoft 365, SAP, ServiceNow, integration platforms, data warehouses, or other enterprise business applications
- Experience implementing and scaling test automation frameworks
- Experience assessing automation opportunities and defining automation roadmaps
- Familiarity with AI-assisted quality engineering solutions
- Experience supporting large transformation or SDLC improvement initiatives

What's on offer

- Temporary assignment until 31/12/2026, with possibility of extension
- Desired start date of 01/09/2026
- Part time work regime (50%)
- Adaptable working, with 3 days per week onsite required (fully remote is not possible)

In accordance with local employment laws, applicants must have current, valid authorisation to work in Belgium at the time of application. We are unable to sponsor employment visas for this role. Applications from individuals without existing work authorisation for Belgium cannot be considered.

If this sounds interesting and you'd like to learn more, click the link below to apply or email me with a copy of your CV on [email protected]

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