QA Lead

Synapri; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Synapri is seeking a QA Lead on a contract basis in a hybrid role based in Nottingham. The project focuses on transforming testing and quality engineering from a manual environment to an automation-led model within a Financial Services setting.

The appointed lead will assess current capabilities, shape the automation strategy, and drive scalable quality across the delivery lifecycle in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a transition from manual testing to automation-led quality engineering.
• Ability to define and implement QA strategy at scale.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess current testing capability and bottlenecks.
• Understand team strengths and where to invest or change.
• Develop a strategy to shift to automation-led quality engineering.
• Scale automation, improve efficiency, and embed quality across the delivery lifecycle.
• Provide technical direction on how to move from current state to target state.

Tools

Cypress

Azure

Job description

QA Lead contract opportunity - ASAP start

One of our Financial Services organisations are currently reviewing its operational model and technology strategy for next year, with a particular focus on transforming its testing and quality engineering capabilities from a manuel testing environment to a more automate model.

Location:

Hybrid in Nottingham

Rate:

DOE

Scope of the role:

• Assessing the current testing capability, identifying what's working, what's not and where the bottlenecks are
• Understanding the existing team's strengths, skills and capabilities, and identifying where investment or change is needed
• Developing a strategy to transition from predominantly manual testing towards automation-led quality engineering
• Understanding how to scale automation, improve efficiency and embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Providing technical direction and helping the organisation understand how to get from its current state to where it wants to be

The technology environment:

• Microsoft Azure cloud and data environment
• Cypress for test automation

If you are an experienced Test Lead with previous experience of taking businesses from a heavily manuel environment to a scalable automation model,