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