Qa jobs in United Kingdom

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven QA Manager to lead and manage a team across BFSI projects. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of QA best practices, a strong technical foundation in testing tools and frameworks, and excellent leadership and stakeholder management capabilities. This role is crucial for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and compliant software solutions across our financial platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage QA teams across manual, automation, and performance testing streams.
• Define and implement QA strategy, standards, and best practices aligned with business goals and compliance requirements.
• Oversee test planning, execution, defect management, and reporting for projects across SDLC and STLC.
• Drive test automation initiatives and ensure scalable and maintainable automation frameworks are in place.
• Coordinate performance testing efforts, including workload modeling, bottleneck analysis, and system optimization recommendations.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Development, DevOps, Product, and Business to ensure test coverage and timely releases.
• Manage test environments, test data, and tool configurations (e.g., JIRA, ALM, TestRail, Jenkins, LoadRunner, JMeter, Selenium, UFT).
• Ensure the QA team follows appropriate testing methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
• Provide mentoring, guidance, and performance reviews for QA team members.
• Ensure continuous improvement in testing efficiency, defect leakage rates, and cycle times.
• Prepare QA metrics and dashboards for leadership and stakeholder reporting.
• Ensure regulatory and compliance-related testing is appropriately planned and executed in BFSI contexts.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 8+ years of overall experience in software quality assurance, with at least 3 years in a QA leadership or managerial role.
• Proven experience managing manual, automation, and performance testing teams.
• Strong technical background with hands-on knowledge of tools like Selenium (Java/Python), UFT, JMeter, LoadRunner, Postman, REST Assured, and BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber).
• Solid understanding of BFSI domain, including Core Banking, Payments, Lending, or Insurance platforms.
• Experience in leading QA efforts in Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall environments.
• Excellent understanding of SDLC, STLC, and defect lifecycle management.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Jenkins, Git, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and coordination skills.
• ISTQB Certification or equivalent QA certifications.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with compliance and regulatory testing in BFSI.
• Exposure to cloud-based testing environments and SaaS platforms.