Head of Testing / QA Team Lead

Lynx Recruitment are working with an excellent client who are hiring for a Test Team Lead or a Head of Testing. They use the latest tech and love operate as a real team, this role has a real emphasis and strategy and forward planning for the Test team to try and eliminate any hurdles and keep them pushing forward in the right direction. This role would be ideal for someone who can lead from the front and articulate calculated plans and strategies to team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic leadership of the QA function including management of tools and budgets

• Ensuring the construction and running of testing processes including UAT, regression testing, engaging with partner and client teams to ensure these are useful, productive, and run smoothly.
• QA leadership of large, cross-functional projects either directly or via the QA team
• Manage the Engineering QA team, including Lead QA
• Build out a wider QA/Test team to work with Business systems, transformation, and others to improve QA practice.
• Identify gaps in QA function and work with Engineering Director and Business Systems Director to build a strategy to fill them.
• Reporting key quality metrics to senior stakeholders

Requirements

Key Selection Criteria:

• Ability to lead test and QA strategy across multiple teams.
• Ability to line manage teams and manage managers and lead-level positions.
• Can construct and manage a small-medium sized QA organisation.
• Can coach, manage and mentor the QAs and QA Leads/managers.
• Strong collaborative sense doesn’t throw things over the wall.

If you are looking for a new opportunity where you can where you can really utilise your experience and knowledge and help drive a company and team forward, then please apply with your latest CV.