Portfolio - QA Manager - Data and Analytics

Whitbread; Dunstable; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Whitbread is seeking a QA Manager to lead quality assurance across our data products and platforms in a hybrid role at Whitbread Court. You’ll define testing approaches, drive automation, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, Architecture and business teams.

You’ll own QA standards, coordinate UAT, review requirements, and monitor quality metrics to ensure confident releases. Experience in data-focused environments, API testing, SQL data validation, and agile delivery will help you succeed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a QA Manager/Release/Test role in data-focused environments.
• Strong test planning and test strategy experience.
• Hands-on data, API and automation testing.
• Experience coordinating UAT across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Agile delivery experience and ability to influence quality decisions.

Responsibilities

• Owning and developing QA standards, testing frameworks and automation strategy across data products and platforms.
• Defining test approaches across functional, integration, API, data validation, ETL/ELT, regression, performance and UAT testing.
• Reviewing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to establish test scope and coverage.
• Managing testing and QA activities across multiple releases and delivery streams.
• Coordinating UAT with business stakeholders through planning, execution and sign-off.

Skills

QA management

Test planning

Automation

Data testing

API testing

UAT coordination

Stakeholder management

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Job Title: QA Manager – Data and Analytics Contract Type: PermanentLocation: Whitbread Court | Hybrid WorkingSalary: £70-75,000 + Bonus & Benefits We’re looking for a QA Man...

Job Title: QA Manager – Data and Analytics

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Whitbread Court | Hybrid Working

Salary: £70-75,000 + Bonus & Benefits

We’re looking for a QA Manager to join our Tech & Data team and take ownership of the quality assurance approach across our data products and platforms.

No two days will look quite the same. One day you could be defining the testing approach for a critical data product release, the next coordinating UAT across multiple delivery streams or helping teams increase their use of test automation.

You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture and business teams to make sure quality is built into the delivery lifecycle, risks are identified early and releases are delivered with confidence.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Owning and developing our QA standards, testing frameworks and automation strategy across data products and platforms.
• Defining test approaches across functional, integration, API, data validation, ETL/ELT, regression, performance and UAT testing.
• Reviewing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to establish appropriate test scope and coverage.
• Managing testing and quality assurance activities across multiple releases and delivery streams.
• Coordinating UAT, supporting business stakeholders through planning, execution and sign-off.
• Reviewing test evidence, defects and quality documentation to ensure the right standards are being met.
• Assessing the impact of upstream data, application and platform changes on downstream products and integrations.
• Acting as an escalation point for testing issues, quality concerns and release risks.
• Driving greater adoption of test automation, tooling and continuous improvement.
• Monitoring and communicating quality metrics, release readiness, defect trends and testing progress.
• Building strong relationships across Technology, Data and the wider business, as well as with external technology partners.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll bring proven experience in a QA Manager, Test Manager or Release/Test Management role, ideally working across complex, data-focused environments.

You’ll Also Have

• Strong test planning and test strategy experience.
• Advanced SQL skills with experience of data validation and analysis.
• Experience testing APIs and working with data sources including JSON, CSV and structured datasets.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT processes and data warehouse testing.
• Hands-on experience with data, API and automation testing.
• Experience coordinating UAT across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• A good understanding of test automation frameworks and approaches.
• Experience assessing the impact of changes across integrated systems and platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to manage priorities across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• An analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail.
• The confidence to challenge, influence and make clear decisions around quality and risk.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience with cloud-based data platforms.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of data governance and data quality frameworks.
• Experience managing or providing leadership to QA teams.
• Experience within large-scale enterprise data environments.
• Experience implementing a test automation strategy from initial concept through to adoption.

Why you’ll love it here

This is a great opportunity to play a key role in how quality is embedded across our data and technology delivery. You’ll have the chance to shape testing standards, improve automation and work across a broad range of products and projects, while helping teams deliver high-quality releases with confidence.

If you’re passionate about quality, enjoy solving complex problems and want to help build scalable, effective QA practices, we’d love to hear from you.

We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.

Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.

Job ref: 218206-4492

Advertised: 07 Oct 2026