Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - FTC

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - FTC 6 Months

Department: Digital Viscom – Development / Product Team

Reporting to: Systems Development Manager

Direct Reports: Quality Assurance Engineer(s)

Location: Delta Park / Hybrid

The Delta Group are Europe's leading visual communications specialist delivering dynamic multi-channel marketing services to brands and retailers across the globe. Our model combines insight, creative, production, execution and optimisation to provide clients with a broad range of effective and impactful point-of-purchase visual communications.

We are committed to service excellence in-store, outdoor and online. We are dedicated, knowledgeable and client-focused people who aspire to make a difference every day. We value the long‑term partnerships we have with our clients and work collaboratively to lead effective change and empower our clients' strategic goals.

Our services – comprised of three units:
Creative, Display and Technology – are designed to reduce the complexity of international marketing campaigns across multiple markets and languages whilst maintaining consistency, increasing localisation and responsiveness.

We're owner‑managed and independent, leading small teams of influential thinkers, meaning we have the agility of a small business but the resources of a large one. Our belief is that in a changing industry, we must be a company that can change with it.

This role is a leadership opportunity within Delta's Product Team. As QA Lead, you will set the quality vision for the WorkstreamX suite of products and our broader client‑facing systems — owning the end‑to‑end QA function, and partnering closely with the CPO, developers and product managers to embed quality at every stage of the software development lifecycle.

This is not purely a hands‑on testing role. You will define and drive the QA strategy, build out our automation capability, own our quality frameworks and standards, and act as the primary quality voice in product and release decisions. You will also line‑manage the Quality Assurance Engineer, providing day‑to‑day guidance, career development support, and workload oversight.

The right candidate will bring both the technical depth to challenge and support the engineering team and the leadership capability to influence quality thinking across the organisation.

• Own and drive the overall QA strategy for the Delta Product Team, aligned to business and product goals
• Define, implement and continuously improve QA standards, processes and frameworks
• Act as the primary quality authority in release decisions, sprint reviews and product planning discussions
• Lead the transition to a structured, specialist‑led QA function — working across the business to build understanding, buy‑in and enthusiasm for improved quality practices
• Report on quality health, test coverage, defect trends and process improvements to the CPO and senior stakeholders
• Champion a quality‑first culture across the development team, influencing behaviours at all levels
• Evaluate and introduce new tools, methodologies and approaches that improve the team's quality capability

• Line‑manage the QA Engineer, providing clear direction, regular 1:1s and meaningful performance feedback
• Support the professional development of QA team members, identifying training needs and growth opportunities
• Act as a technical mentor — reviewing test approaches, providing constructive guidance and raising the bar on quality practice
• Build team capacity and resilience, planning resource allocation across work streams and sprint cycles

• Oversee the full test lifecycle across all active product work streams — functional, regression, integration, UAT and performance
• Take a hands‑on role in complex or high-risk test scenarios, setting the standard for thoroughness and rigour
• Review and approve test plans, test cases and QA sign‑off documentation produced by the team
• Own and manage test environments and QA tooling — ensuring stability, access and fitness for purpose across manual and automated test runs
• Verify and hold…