Manual QA Lead

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 

• 2+ years of commercial QA experience, including a Lead role.
• Proven experience setting up QA processes from scratch in pod or squad based teams.
• 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.

Will be a plus

• UK or EU client experience in healthcare or a regulated domain.
• Hands-on mobile testing (iOS and Android).
• 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, and 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.