IT & Software

Global QA Director

Testronic Labs

Remote · Nationwide · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will lead the establishment and evolution of world-class QA standards across Testronic’s global testing operations. You will partner with cross-functional leaders to raise delivery quality, drive continuous improvement, and ensure customer outcomes across multiple sites. You’ll blend hands-on credibility with strategic oversight to scale QA capability during growth and transformation. This is a high-visibility leadership opportunity to shape QA culture, metrics, and automation-enabled quality across the business.

Responsibilities
  • Define, implement, and maintain world-class QA standards across all testing operations
  • Ensure consistency, quality, and effectiveness of QA delivery across sites and service lines
  • Identify improvement opportunities with operational leadership to raise testing performance
  • Establish measurable definitions of quality, performance, and delivery excellence
  • Drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the organization
  • Build credibility with testing teams and leadership through hands-on engagement
  • Develop and upskill QA Leads and broader QA teams across multiple locations
  • Share best practices and leadership development approaches
  • Support competency definition, career paths, and training programs with Talent, HR, and L&D
  • Promote leadership readiness and succession planning across QA functions
  • Define and monitor key QA performance metrics and use data to drive improvements
  • Support implementation of tools, automation, and process improvements
  • Identify opportunities to leverage automation, AI, and emerging technologies
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to align testing capabilities with client requirements
  • Oversee pilots and support commercial activities related to QA excellence
  • Represent QA standards in client engagements, audits, and strategic discussions
Key requirements
  • Extensive experience leading QA functions within large-scale video game testing environments
  • Proven success in managing and upskilling large distributed QA organizations
  • Deep expertise in testing methodologies, planning, defect management, risk assessment, and QA best practices
  • Experience establishing and scaling standardized QA processes across teams and locations
  • Strong technical background with a customer-oriented mindset
  • Data-driven approach using KPIs and metrics to improve performance
  • Ability to influence without direct authority and align diverse stakeholders
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management, translating technical concepts to business impact
  • Strong collaboration and team-playing reputation
  • Ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with teams at all levels
  • Willingness and ability to travel internationally
  • Strategic leadership
  • Influence without authority
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • QA standards development
  • Data-driven quality management
  • Performance metrics and KPI tracking

Reference: WJ-747_30999468

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