Lead QA Engineer
Job Description
QA Strategy & Capability
- Define and own the QA and test strategy for ShipSure, evolving QA into an overall quality function.
- Build QA capability, skills and capacity across both automated and manual testing.
- Establish a UAT capability – including an offshore / India-based model where UK capacity does not currently exist.
Quality Engineering
- Embed quality throughout the AI-assisted SDLC, applying shift-left testing and test automation.
- Ensure acceptance criteria (Given / When / Then) translate directly into test cases, partnering with Product Owners.
- Define quality gates, coverage targets and release-readiness criteria.
Leadership
- Lead, recruit, develop and mentor the QA team across internal and outsourced / offshore resources.
- Report on quality metrics, defect trends and release confidence.
- Partner with development partners and engineering leadership to uphold standards.
- Significant experience in QA / test leadership, ideally building or maturing a QA function from a low base.
- Strong experience across test automation and manual testing.
- Experience establishing UAT capability, including offshore / India-based teams.
- Strong understanding of agile delivery and embedding quality across the SDLC.
- Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Experience in maritime, ERP, or multi-tenant SaaS environments.
- Experience with AI-assisted testing tools and workflows.
- Experience managing offshore teams, particularly in India.
- ISTQB or equivalent quality / testing certification.
