QA Lead (Web and Mobile)

About the project
A multi application healthcare ecosystem for a UK based client: web, mobile, APIs, and shared services. The client is moving from reactive manual QA toward a structured quality practice across pods. Long term, remote, with overlap on UK business hours.

Requirements 
• 3+ years of commercial QA experience, including a Lead role.
- Proven experience setting up QA processes from scratch in pod or squad based teams.
- Hands on testing of web and mobile (iOS and Android).
- Experience defining regression strategy across multiple interconnected applications.
- Experience leading or mentoring a distributed QA team across more than one stream.
- Experience auditing existing automation and producing an automation roadmap.
- Confident with test management tools (TestRail, Testiny, Xray or similar) and Jira defect workflows.
- API testing skills (Postman, Charles, Proxyman).
- Strong stakeholder communication with CTO, Engineering Manager, and Product.
- English: B2+, confident written and spoken.

Will be a plus
- UK or EU client experience in healthcare or regulated domain.
- Hands on Playwright automation.
- CI/CD integration of automated suites.

Responsibilities
- Own QA strategy and roadmap across the multi application estate.
- Embed in one pod for hands on testing alongside the strategic remit.
- Define QA governance: standards, Ready for QA and Done criteria, release gates, sign off.
- Lead and mentor QAs across pods; ensure consistent practice.
- Design and own the regression framework and execution cadence.
- Audit existing automation and define the phased automation strategy.
- Recommend and roll out test management tooling with full traceability.
- Coordinate cross application releases and act as single QA escalation point.
- Publish monthly QA report and per release readiness report.
- Work directly with developers, Product, and the client.

We Offer:

• Remote work and flexible working hours.
• Legal support.
• Paid sick leaves.
• Paid vacations.
• Medical insurance. 
• Free English classes.