QA Manager

Robert Walters Spain; Barcelona; Híbrido; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading supply chain solutions provider in Greater Barcelona is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager. This role blends hands-on testing with strategic leadership, offering a hybrid working model. Responsibilities include mentoring a QA team, shaping quality standards across projects, and driving test automation efforts. Ideal candidates should have substantial QA experience and a relevant academic background. Join us to significantly impact quality assurance practices while advancing your career.

Servicios

Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Formación

• Substantial experience in senior software QA positions.
• Ability to balance hands-on work with strategic oversight.
• Experience leading QA teams and driving quality practices.

Responsabilidades

• Shape and execute quality assurance strategies across teams.
• Lead and mentor the QA team in Barcelona.
• Conduct testing for safety analytics features.
• Drive test automation and integrate into CI/CD.
• Manage defect processes and process improvements.

Conocimientos

Hands-on testing

Strategic leadership

Agile methodologies

Mentoring and coaching

Educación

Relevant academic background

Industry-recognised certifications

Herramientas

CI/CD pipelines

Testing automation tools

Descripción del empleo

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Quality Assurance Manager to join a leading supply chain solutions provider in Greater Barcelona. This multifaceted role is perfect for someone who thrives on blending hands-on testing with strategic leadership and people development.

The position offers a unique blend of individual contribution, ART-level strategy, and people management, all within a supportive and collaborative environment. With a hybrid working model and a modern office in Barcelona, this is your chance to shape quality assurance practices at scale while nurturing both your technical and leadership skills.

• Play a pivotal role in shaping and executing quality assurance strategies across multiple teams within an Agile Release Train environment, ensuring high standards are met from concept through to release.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a growing QA team in Barcelona, fostering professional growth, knowledge sharing, and a strong sense of community within the organisation.
• Enjoy flexible hybrid working arrangements, access to professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a significant impact on flagship safety and energy features.

What you'll do:

In this position you will be instrumental in elevating quality standards across both individual project teams and broader Agile Release Trains. Your day-to-day will involve hands-on testing of critical safety analytics features while simultaneously setting strategic direction for ART-wide quality initiatives.

• Act as the dedicated Quality Assurance engineer within the Safety Analytics team, designing, automating, and executing comprehensive tests for flagship safety and energy features.
• Ensure product reliability by conducting exploratory, regression, performance, and security testing in close collaboration with developers and product owners.
• Own defect management processes including documentation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance your team’s QA practices.
• Define and evolve ART-wide quality assurance strategies in partnership with System Architects, establishing robust standards, practices, and tooling across distributed teams.
• Drive test automation efforts and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines to increase delivery speed while maintaining high reliability.
• Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and Developers to embed quality considerations throughout the entire software development lifecycle.
• Continuously improve processes related to defect prevention, traceability, compliance, and overall efficiency within the ART framework.
• Serve as people manager for the local QA team in Barcelona by providing career development support, coaching, mentoring, and facilitating growth paths for junior and mid-level QAs.
• Lead recruitment activities as well as onboarding and training of new QA engineers to ensure seamless integration into the team.
• Foster a vibrant QA Community of Practice that promotes consistency in methods, tools, standards, and encourages knowledge sharing across teams.

What you bring:

To excel as a Quality Assurance Manager in this environment you will bring substantial experience from senior software QA positions where you have successfully balanced hands-on technical work with strategic oversight.

A relevant academic background combined with industry-recognised certifications will further strengthen your profile.