Description:
QA Manager
Immediate Start
£70,000 plus bonus plus benefits
Our award-winning client is seeking a QA Manager on a Permanent Basis to join them at the offices in Hampshire. The role is being offered on a HYBRID basis.
We are seeking a highly experienced QA Manager to lead, coordinate, and oversee a QA team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing end-to-end QA activities across all projects, ensuring high-quality delivery, and fostering a collaborative and productive environment. Driving continuous improvement through metrics and data-driven decisions.
Management skills are ESSENTIAL, training, coaching, daily motivation, enhancing and developing the output of the team to deliver in the QA area, working across the IT suite off and on shore. Previous experience of working in QA role and working as a manager delivering change and improvements are key to making this role a success.
Key Responsibilities:
Team Leadership & Management:
- Lead and mentor a team of QA Analyst, providing guidance and support to ensure consistent, high-quality performance.
- Manage team workload and distribute tasks efficiently to meet deadlines.
- Conduct performance reviews and provide ongoing feedback to foster team development.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to mentor and develop team members.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work efficiently in a distributed, multicultural environment with teams.
- Identify risks related to quality and delivery timelines, and proactively implement mitigation strategies.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science in Information Technology or a related field; or equivalent experience
- ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) Certification, ideally CTAL-TM, or CSTM (Certified Software Test Manager) is mandatory.
Technical Skills:
- Hands-on experience with test automation tools (e.g. Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, etc.).
- Proficiency with test management tools (JIRA, TestRail) and defect tracking systems.
- Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.
- Experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Exposure to mobile applications and testing frameworks.
