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Software Quality Assurance Lead
Overview of the Role
This position offers two distinct paths for QA professionals:
- One suited to those who excel in building QA from the ground up — starting with no baseline to establish.
- Another designed for stepping into an existing but maturing QA function, steering it towards the next stage—automation-driven and AI-enabled.
For this hybrid-and-lead QA role, you’ll be leveraging an already-bedded digital platform with real-world usage. Here’s what makes it stand out:
The Opportunity
Core Objective
Build upon what exists, shaping QA’s direction across both legacy and emerging systems—while ensuring the vector for optimized efficiency is automated testing.
Key Characteristics of the Team
- Functional QA already embedded in delivery.
- Manual testing predominates, with automation initiatives nascent.
- AI-driven platforms changing testing needs—current gaps require someone to own and define them.
Why This Role Appeals
✔ Tangible baseline to work with Clarity of purpose: You’re stacking solutions on top of a proven platform vs starting from a blank canvas.
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✔ Strategic shift already in motion Technology leadership has already identified Playwright as the way forward for automated testing.
✔ Fresh challenges with AI Trade-off of complexity vs opportunity: Definite need for adapting testing to AI-automated workflows—but requirements still evolving.
✔ Responsibility with agency
- Current setup: One senior QA already handling core functions.
- Approach here: Cannot micromanage. Trusted to shape the future at your discretion.
✔ Assistance to lift long-term thinking
- Offshore testing (executional workload) managed to keep you focused on direction, not fires.
What You’ll Do
As the QA Lead, you’ll:
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Lead QA strategy and day-to-day activities across multiple projects.
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Accelerate transition from predominantly manual to Playwright/Selenium-driven automation.
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Establish clear structure, priorities, and processes for productive scaling.
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Collaborate with engineering teams to improve QA’s integration into product lifecycle.
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Guide and develop an existing QA professional (~3 years’ experience), extending their expertise.
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Pull ahead on new frontiers: Explore and define testing approaches for emerging platforms/automated workflows with AI.
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What We’re Looking For
Technical Skills & Fit
- Strong experience with Playwright or Selenium (automation framework knowledge essential).
- Senior/Lead-level play, balancing hands-on expertise with big-picture direction-setting.
- Preference given to those with transitional experience—having worked in a team moving from manual to automated QA (this includes personal involvement).
- Multiproject ambidexterity: Competent in organized testing, fast release/product cycles, and delivery team collaboration.
Soft Skills & Mindset
- Comfort ramped to challenge engineering/delivery where optimizing QA’s value is needed.
- Curiosity-shaped mindset excited by AI tech’s maturing testing requirements—even if specifying best paths is new.
Details
Location: Central London – Hybrid (3 days per week).
Package: £70,000 - £80,000 plus benefits.
"If you’re ready to shape automation & AI-driven QA for a solid, advancing environment, apply now."
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