QA Lead

Vivo Talent; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading talent firm in the UK seeks a dedicated QA Lead to oversee Quality Assurance across the business. This role presents an excellent opportunity to design and implement QA processes from scratch in a small, agile environment. Responsibilities include end-to-end QA ownership, writing test scripts, and introducing automated testing. The ideal candidate will have proven QA experience, a strong manual testing background, and the ability to make decisions in ambiguous situations. Competitive salary offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a QA or QA Lead role.
• Strong manual testing background.
• Experience writing test scripts and executing regression testing.
• Comfortable working without existing QA frameworks or standards.
• Ability to take ownership and make decisions in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Owning QA end-to-end across product and project delivery.
• Defining and implementing QA processes and standards.
• Balancing QA efforts between core product development and consultancy-style project work.
• Writing and maintaining clear test scripts and test cases.
• Performing manual and regression testing.
• Introducing and implementing automated testing where appropriate.
• Working closely with developers, product and operations to embed quality into delivery.
• Identifying gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement in existing workflows.

Skills

Ownership

Manual Testing

Test Script Writing

Regression Testing

Decision Making

Job description

QA Lead / Manual Testing / Automation Testing / Testing Processes / Permanent / Remote / West Midlands / £40,000 - £50,000

The Role

We're looking for a QA Lead to take full ownership of Quality Assurance across the business. This is the first dedicated QA hire, offering a genuine opportunity to design, implement and lead how QA is done from the ground up in a small business.

Right now, quality is a shared responsibility across engineering and product, which has allowed the team to move in an agile way. The next step is bringing in a dedicated QA Lead to introduce structure, consistency and scalable practices - giving you a genuine opportunity to shape how quality is embedded across the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Owning QA end-to-end across product and project delivery
• Defining and implementing QA processes and standards
• Balancing QA efforts between:
  • Core product development
  • Ad hoc / consultancy-style project work
• Writing and maintaining clear test scripts and test cases
• Performing manual and regression testing
• Introducing and implementing automated testing where appropriate
• Working closely with developers, product and operations to embed quality into delivery
• Identifying gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement in existing workflows

Experience & Skills Required

Essential:

• Proven experience in a QA or QA Lead role
• Strong manual testing background
• Experience writing test scripts and executing regression testing
• Comfortable working without existing QA frameworks or standards
• Ability to take ownership and make decisions in ambiguous environments