Head of Quality Assurance

La Fosse; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 75 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work 2 days/week

Pension 14.5% employer contribution

Flexible working

Résumé du poste

La Fosse is seeking a Head of QA to own testing for an education-focused client undergoing a major transformation. You will shape the testing strategy, build capability and influence quality across software development teams, operating at both strategic and delivery levels with engineering and product colleagues.

The role is hybrid with 2 days per week in central London, offering a salary up to £75,000, with potential flexibility toward £80,000, plus a strong pension contribution and flexible

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in QA leadership roles.
• Ability to define and evolve QA strategy and testing
• Experience embedding quality in SDLC and working with product teams

Responsabilités

• Define and evolve the organisation’s QA and testing strategy.
• Lead a small QA/Test function with growth potential.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and technology teams on quality.
• Introduce risk-based approaches to testing and focus where value is highest.
• Contribute to test automation strategy across Java/Oracle/MuleSoft environments.

Connaissances

Leadership

Quality assurance

Testing strategy

Stakeholder engagement

Test automation

SDLC

Outils

Java

Oracle

MuleSoft

Description du poste

Salary: Up to £75,000, with potential flexibility towards £80,000

Hybrid working 2 days pw with flexbility | Pension: 14.5% employer contribution

We are looking for a Head of QA to take ownership of testing with an education focused client who are going through a significant period of transformation following a restructure.

This is an opportunity for an established Head of QA or even QA Lead, or a strong Senior QA Engineer ready to step into leadership, to shape the testing strategy, build capability and influence how quality is approached across software development teams.

You’ll initially work with a small team, so you’ll need to be comfortable operating at both a strategic and practical level, getting involved in conversations with engineering and product teams while defining the longer-term approach.

What you’ll be doing

• Define and evolve the organisation’sQA and testing strategy, helping demonstrate the value of quality engineering across the business.
• Lead a small QA/Test function with the opportunity to grow and develop the capability
• Work closely with software engineering, product and technology teams to embed quality in SDLC
• Introduce a risk-based approach to testing, ensuring effort is focused where it adds the greatest value.
• Define a pragmatic test automation strategy across a technology estate including Java, Oracle and MuleSoft (Not essential you have worked with these but advantageous)
• Participate directly in engineering and product discussions, steering conversations and challenging approaches to quality and testing where appropriate.
• Build effective feedback loops between QA, engineering and product teams.
• Balance strategic leadership with remaining close enough to delivery to make a tangible difference

Working environment

Hybrid working model with 2 days per week in their central London office, however, this needn't be every single week. The cadence will depend on when it is required. As this is a leadership position, you’ll need to be comfortable being onsite when required and proactively bringing teams together face-to-face where it adds value.

There is good flexibility around personal and family commitments, alongside an expectation that people remain available and engaged during the working day.

Salary & benefits

• Salary marketed at up to £75,000, with potential flexibility towards £80,000 for the right candidate albeit not confirmed that this can be met
• Excellent pension: 6.1% employee contribution with a 14.5% employer contribution.
• Annual inflationary salary uplift within the standard salary structure.
• Hybrid/blended working approach.
• Supportive and flexible working environment.

Interview process - 2 stages

First stage: 1 hour teams meet

Online interview covering your approach to quality, testing strategy and leadership, including a short presentation and follow-up questions.

Second stage: 1 hour face to face meeting

Face-to-face conversational interview with senior technology/delivery stakeholders, exploring areas such as:

• Testing methodology and technical approach
• Building meaningful feedback loops
• Working effectively with software engineers and product teams