Fixed-Term QA Automation Lead for Multi‑System Projects

Transport for Wales; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for Wales seeks an experienced QA lead to plan, coordinate and quality-assure across UNO, CRM (D365) and Middleware projects. You will design and maintain an automation framework, ensure robust manual and automated coverage, and lead Test Analysts while promoting testing standards and governance.

You will manage test data, regression packs and align testing with project requirements. Strong leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement are essential to drive transformation.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional experience in IT.
• Experience leading test teams in IT/Digital/Systems planning and delivery.
• Experience in software development lifecycles (Waterfall, Agile).
• Experience in writing test artefacts (test cases, defects).
• Experience with testing tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, collaboration across org levels.
• Strong planning and organisation skills.
• Proven analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Experience implementing automation and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the annual testing plan for the UNO programme, ensuring test strategy, scope, and methods align with priorities and long-term digital transformation goals.
• Define and govern programme-wide testing standards, procedures, and automation frameworks across manual, automated, performance, and non-functional testing.
• Provide specialist technical leadership across CRM (D365), middleware, web, mobile, data migration and API testing for complex quality challenges.
• Diagnose and resolve complex testing issues requiring advanced analysis and engineering judgement.
• Influence senior stakeholders on test scope, risk acceptance, release readiness, and defect priorities.
• Manage testing discipline for the UNO programme: set performance expectations, allocate work, develop capability, support recruitment.
• Oversee use of testing resources, environments, tooling, data sets, automation assets, and budget.
• Report testing progress, risks, metrics, and quality to programme leadership.
• Build collaborative relationships with BAs, solution architects, developers, PMs and POs to ensure testability and alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement of TfW's testing capability and governance across Digital Services.

Skills

Test leadership

Test strategy

Automation framework

D365 CRM testing

API testing

Agile & Waterfall

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation & standards

Team management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Testing tools

Automation tooling

Job description

Transport for Wales seeks an experienced QA lead to plan, coordinate and quality-assure across UNO, CRM (D365) and Middleware projects. You will design and maintain an automation framework, ensure robust manual and automated coverage, and lead Test Analysts while promoting testing standards and governance.

You will manage test data, regression packs and align testing with project requirements. Strong leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement are essential to drive transformation.