Quality Assurance Lead

Role Outline

Health Partners is one of the UKs leading providers of occupational health and wellbeing solutions we work with organisations across a wide range of industries to support the physical and mental health of their employees.

The QA Lead role involves co-defining a comprehensive testing strategy that covers all levels above unit and integration testing selecting the best tooling to support this strategy and taking ownership of the test plan development and execution within your team.

• Lead and mentor a team of software quality assurance testers fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Drive the move to automation within the team.
• Drive the adoption of test automation within your team increasing coverage and efficiency while maintaining testing rigor.
• Play an instrumental role as an individual contributor participating in test planning execution and complex problem-solving alongside your team.
• Collaborate with your fellow QA Lead(s) to define and refine comprehensive testing strategies covering functional performance security and accessibility testing.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Delivery teams to integrate quality practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Own test planning and execution for your team ensuring thorough coverage and timely delivery.
• Champion quality metrics and reporting providing visibility into product health and testing effectiveness.

• Previous experience in software quality assurance across multiple projects and environments.
• Proven track record leading or mentoring QA teams with demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams.
• Strong expertise in both manual and automated testing with hands‑on experience in modern automation frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cypress or similar).
• Experience designing and implementing test strategies for complex large-scale software systems.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD practices and experience integrating automated testing into delivery pipelines.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with ability to influence and build relationships across technical and non‑technical teams.
• Pragmatic problem‑solver who balances quality with delivery timelines and business priorities.
• Bonus:
  Experience in healthcare/regulated industries AI and/or contract testing.

This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week 7.5 hours a day - Monday to Friday.

Homebased

Please note we are only able to accept applications for those who reside in the UK for this remote vacancy.

Working overseas is not permitted and all applicants must ensure they are able to legally work and reside in the UK during standard working hours.

Any applications from individuals who are not able to meet these requirements will unfortunately not be considered.

We are offering a competive salary for this poition

We appreciate the people who work with us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. Our current benefits package is:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on qualifications and experience
• Contributory pension scheme up to 6%
• Life assurance
• Starting on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing with length of service
• Have a day off for your Birthday (non-contractual benefit)
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health cashback plan

Health Partners are committed to transforming the way health and wellbeing services are delivered in the UK. As one of the UKs leading providers of occupational health and wellbeing solutions we work with organisations across a wide range of industries to support the physical and mental health of their employees.

With a strong focus on innovation and excellence Health Partners combines clinical expertise with a personal compassionate approach. Our multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals including occupational health advisors physicians physiotherapists and counsellors delivers tailored evidence-based solutions designed to meet the unique needs of our clients and their workforce.

We pride ourselves on fostering long‑term partnerships built on trust professionalism…