QA Lead, IT​/Tech, IT QA Tester ​/ Automation

QA Lead / Manual Testing / Automation Testing / Testing Processes / Permanent / Remote / West Midlands / £40,000 - £50,000

The Role

We're looking for a QA Lead to take full ownership of Quality Assurance across the business. This is the first dedicated QA hire, offering a genuine opportunity to design, implement and lead how QA is done from the ground up in a small business.

Right now, quality is a shared responsibility across engineering and product, which has allowed the team to move in an agile way. The next step is bringing in a dedicated QA Lead to introduce structure, consistency and scalable practices - giving you a genuine opportunity to shape how quality is embedded across the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Owning QA end-to-end across product and project delivery
• Defining and implementing QA processes and standards
• Balancing QA efforts between:
• Core product development
• Ad hoc / consultancy-style project work
• Writing and maintaining clear test scripts and test cases
• Performing manual and regression testing
• Introducing and implementing automated testing where appropriate
• Working closely with developers, product and operations to embed quality into delivery
• Identifying gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement in existing workflows

Experience & Skills Required

Essential:

• Proven experience in a QA or QA Lead role
• Strong manual testing background
• Experience writing test scripts and executing regression testing
• Comfortable working without existing QA frameworks or standards
• Ability to take ownership and make decisions in ambiguous environments