Director of Quality Assurance - Based in Riyadh, Saudi

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Quality Assurance to lead their QA function in a dynamic tech environment. This pivotal role involves shaping the QA strategy, ensuring product reliability, and driving excellence across various digital solutions. You will foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation while implementing best practices in testing and security assurance. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will champion quality throughout the software development lifecycle and stay ahead of industry trends to enhance QA capabilities. If you're passionate about quality and leadership, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading QA teams and driving product quality.
• Strong background in automation and security testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute QA strategy aligned with business goals.
• Lead and scale a results-driven QA organization.
• Implement automated security validation tools.

Skills

Quality Assurance Strategy

Automation Frameworks

Test Planning

Continuous Improvement

Security Assurance

Performance Testing

Stakeholder Alignment

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

Postman

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Burp Suite

OWASP ZAP

JMeter

LoadRunner

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Director of Quality Assurance - Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, London

Client: Discovered MENA

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views:

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Posted:

08.05.2025

Expiry Date:

22.06.2025

Job Description:

Director of QA

Duration: Permanent

A fast-growing tech organisation in Riyadh is seeking an accomplished Director of Quality Assurance to lead its QA function and drive product excellence across a portfolio of complex digital solutions. Reporting directly to the CTO, this role is part of the senior technology leadership team, playing a strategic role in ensuring product reliability, security, and performance at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute a forward-looking QA strategy aligned with technical and business goals.
• Establish high standards for product quality across web, mobile, and backend services.
• Lead and scale a results-driven QA organization.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability.
• Build and refine test planning, case development, defect management, and QA documentation practices.
• Champion traceability, reproducibility, and process maturity across the QA lifecycle.
• Design and implement scalable automation frameworks for end-to-end, regression, and integration testing.
• Drive adoption of tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Appium, Postman, and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Promote best practices such as TDD and BDD to improve code quality and delivery velocity.
• Lead security assurance initiatives, including vulnerability assessments, secure code reviews, and penetration testing.
• Implement automated security validation tools (e.g., Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP).
• Ensure compliance with national cybersecurity regulations and frameworks.
• Manage performance testing strategies to ensure systems scale under high user volumes and demanding workloads.
• Utilize tools like JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner to simulate real-world usage patterns.
• Set benchmarks for system responsiveness and conduct resilience testing in dynamic environments.
• Define and track KPIs such as defect leakage rates, test coverage, and mean time to resolution.
• Deliver detailed reporting to executive leadership on QA outcomes, risks, and optimizations.
• Work closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to embed quality checks into the SDLC.
• Serve as the central point of contact for QA strategy, ensuring alignment among stakeholders.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, tools, and techniques to continuously evolve QA capabilities.
• Evaluate and adopt new platforms, methods, or approaches that enhance efficiency and quality.