Senior QA Lead: Automation & AI-Driven Testing

• Lead the development and implementation of test plans, cases, and automation frameworks

• Manage defect tracking and reporting using Jira and X-Ray

• Conduct exploratory and risk-based testing

• Analyse tracking data and suggest solutions for identified risks

• Produce high-quality test completion reports

• Mentor and train junior testers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement

• Attend estimations, stand-ups, and retrospectives, representing QA requirements

• Advise on best practices and testing processes across the agency

• Forecast workload and plan resource needs

• Present findings and recommendations to internal and external teams

• Build and maintain client relationships

• Champion QA discipline and contribute to learning and development

• Adopt AI-powered quality assurance tools and methodologies to enhance testing accuracy, automate repetitive tasks, and proactively identify potential issues in content and deliverables.

• Drive adoption of new automation tools and frameworks

• Recommend and implement automation frameworks for regression and performance testing

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and tools

Requirements

• 5+ years experience delivering test artefacts and owning QA project processes in an agency environment
• Advanced knowledge of Jira, X-Ray, and test management tools
• Experience with HTML/CSS/JavaScript, UI design, cross-browser/platform testing, CMS (e.g., Wordpress)
• Experience with database design and debugging tools (e.g., XCode)
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience leading and mentoring other testers
• Experience with automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress) is highly desirable

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Hard Skills

• test plans
• test cases
• automation frameworks
• defect tracking
• exploratory testing
• risk-based testing
• HTML
• CSS
• Java Script
• automation tools

Soft Skills

• mentoring
• communication
• presentation
• organisational skills
• attention to detail
• continuous improvement
• client relationship management