QA Lead: Drive Quality Across 3 Teams & Mentors

Nowjobs; Gent; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Office in Ghent

40-hour workweek with 3 days in office

Gross salary + expenses + company car

Meal vouchers

Hospitalisation insurance

Flexible benefits plan

Training budget

Internal career opportunities

Office dogs, weekly soup, great coffee

Résumé du poste

NOWJOBS in Ghent is seeking a pragmatic QA Lead to own the Quality Assurance function across three delivery teams. You’ll define QA standards, balance manual and automated testing, and drive the shift-left strategy to ensure full coverage of core user flows.

You will recruit and mentor QA Engineers and Automation Engineers, stay hands-on with automated test suites and CI/CD, and report KPIs to senior stakeholders while collaborating closely with Architects, Product Managers and Team Leads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in software testing and quality assurance, with both manual and automated testing.
• Experience with test strategy, the test pyramid, and establishing quality standards across multiple teams.
• Experience in leading, coaching, hiring, and building a quality-driven culture.
• Familiar with test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and modern testing tooling.

Responsabilités

• Define the structure of the QA organization and hiring bar, balancing manual vs automated testing.
• Drive the QA strategy across multiple development teams and embed quality early in the lifecycle.
• Lead the QA Tribe and ensure adoption of shared standards and artefacts across teams.
• Make quality KPIs and defect trends visible at an organizational level and liaise with stakeholders.
• Remain hands-on by designing and maintaining automated test suites and CI/CD integration.

Connaissances

QA leadership

Test automation

CI/CD

KPI analytics

Communication

Dutch & English

Formation

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Engineering

Outils

Test frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

Automation tooling

Description du poste

NOWJOBS in Ghent is seeking a pragmatic QA Lead to own the Quality Assurance function across three delivery teams. You’ll define QA standards, balance manual and automated testing, and drive the shift-left strategy to ensure full coverage of core user flows.

You will recruit and mentor QA Engineers and Automation Engineers, stay hands-on with automated test suites and CI/CD, and report KPIs to senior stakeholders while collaborating closely with Architects, Product Managers and Team Leads.