IT & Software

QA & Automation Test Lead

Ronald James

Newcastle Upon Tyne · Tyne And Wear · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will lead the Quality Assurance function within a financial services tech environment, steering the move from manual testing to an automation-first approach. You will manage and mentor a team of QA Engineers while staying hands-on with automation and testing activities. You’ll shape testing frameworks, embed quality into development workflows, and drive continuous improvement across engineering. This role offers the opportunity to apply AI-assisted testing ideas and collaborate with Product and Engineering to raise software quality at scale.

Responsibilities
  • Lead and mentor a team of QA Engineers, conduct regular reviews and development planning
  • Define and own the QA strategy, testing standards and release criteria
  • Ensure test coverage for new features and regression testing across domains
  • Embed quality into Agile, CI/CD pipelines and development workflows
  • Drive automated testing framework design and maintenance for functional, integration, API, end-to-end and non-functional testing
  • Improve regression coverage and maintainability of automation suites
  • Provide QA metrics, defect trend analysis and release readiness reporting
  • Identify tooling, process and delivery improvements; lead continuous improvement initiatives
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Software Engineers and stakeholders to promote quality-first culture
  • Explore AI-assisted testing opportunities and evaluate relevant tools
  • Support hands-on testing when needed
Key requirements
  • Proven experience leading a QA team
  • Success in transitioning organisations from manual to automated testing
  • Experience designing and maintaining automated test frameworks
  • Experience defining QA strategies for complex software products
  • Strong understanding of Agile methodologies
  • Experience with API, integration, regression and end-to-end testing
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to balance quality, delivery timelines and commercial priorities
  • leadership
  • mentoring
  • stakeholder management
  • Playwright
  • Cypress
  • Selenium

Reference: WJ-747_30145211

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