Quality Assurance Lead
Posted Today by Morson Edge
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The QA Lead role involves taking ownership of quality assurance within a growing engineering function, focusing on defining testing standards and improving quality processes. This hands-on leadership position requires active involvement in testing activities while mentoring other testers and shaping the overall QA strategy. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering high-quality software and will work closely with development teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead quality assurance activities across multiple products and projects
- Define and implement QA processes, standards, and best practices
- Develop and execute manual and automated test strategies
- Work closely with Product Managers, Developers, and Delivery teams to ensure quality is embedded from the outset
- Perform hands-on testing across web applications, APIs, and integrated systems
- Manage defect triage, root cause analysis, and release sign-off activities
- Champion continuous improvement across testing processes and tooling
- Mentor and support QA team members, helping to raise quality standards across the organisation
Key Skills:
- Significant experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance
- Previous experience in a QA Lead, Test Lead, or Senior QA position
- Strong understanding of Agile software delivery practices
- Experience creating test plans, test strategies, and quality frameworks
- Hands-on experience with functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing
- Strong API testing experience using tools such as Postman
- Excellent defect management and troubleshooting skills
- Experience working closely with engineering teams throughout the SDLC
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tooling (desirable)
- Understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) (desirable)
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps environments (desirable)
- Experience testing microservices, cloud-native applications, or distributed systems (desirable)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
QA Lead | Hybrid/Remote | Up to £500 p/d | Outside IR35
I'm working with an organisation looking for a QA Lead to take ownership of quality across a growing engineering function. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll be responsible for defining testing standards, improving quality processes, and leading by example. You'll remain actively involved in testing activities while helping shape the overall QA strategy and mentoring other testers and engineers. The successful candidate will be passionate about delivering high-quality software, comfortable working closely with development teams, and confident driving quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead quality assurance activities across multiple products and projects
- Define and implement QA processes, standards, and best practices
- Develop and execute manual and automated test strategies
- Work closely with Product Managers, Developers, and Delivery teams to ensure quality is embedded from the outset
- Perform hands-on testing across web applications, APIs, and integrated systems
- Manage defect triage, root cause analysis, and release sign-off activities
- Champion continuous improvement across testing processes and tooling
- Mentor and support QA team members, helping to raise quality standards across the organisation
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance
- Previous experience in a QA Lead, Test Lead, or Senior QA position
- Strong understanding of Agile software delivery practices
- Experience creating test plans, test strategies, and quality frameworks
- Hands-on experience with functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing
- Strong API testing experience using tools such as Postman
- Excellent defect management and troubleshooting skills
- Experience working closely with engineering teams throughout the SDLC
Desirable
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tooling
- Understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps environments
- Experience testing microservices, cloud-native applications, or distributed systems
What They're Looking For
- A proactive and pragmatic QA professional who enjoys improving processes
- Someone who can balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- A collaborative individual who can influence teams and drive a quality-first culture
- Passionate about delivering exceptional user experiences and reliable software
This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the quality function within a modern engineering environment while remaining close to the technology and products being delivered.