Manager, IT Quality Assurance
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead a team of 20 quality engineers to build quality into enterprise platforms, business applications, and integrations from design through release readiness. Define and evolve an automation-first strategy using Java, Selenium, and AI to accelerate test design, optimize regression selection, and improve defect triage while maintaining human oversight. Orchestrate continuous quality activities across feature development, System Integration Testing, Design Verification, and regression to ensure fast feedback loops and clear go/no-go recommendations. Mentor senior engineers on risk-based quality strategy, test design excellence, and effective use of automation frameworks, Polarion, and AI-enabled accelerators. Provide data-driven quality leadership by defining metrics, publishing status narratives, and presenting clear risk assessments to executive stakeholders across US and Europe time zones.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years in software quality, testing, or quality engineering
- proven leadership experience managing engineering or QE teams in Agile delivery environments
- Deep experience driving quality for enterprise platforms and business-critical applications
- Experience leading System Integration Testing (SIT) and Design Verification (DV) testing for business-critical systems
- understanding of documentation rigor, traceability, and validation expectations in regulated environments
- Strong people leadership: mentoring, coaching, performance management, and career development for direct reports
- Strong hands-on experience with automation frameworks and an automation-first delivery model
- ability to coach teams to automate earlier and use Polarion ALM for end-to-end test governance
- Practical experience applying AI-enabled testing techniques
- working knowledge of performance testing concepts and non-functional risk assessment
- Working knowledge of regulatory and compliance expectations relevant to software quality in regulated environments
- including FDA, GDPR, and GxP principles
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- ability to craft executive-ready narratives and influence decisions
- Comfort synchronizing with teams and leadership across US/Europe time zones
- Proactive, outcomes-oriented mindset
- strong risk management and stakeholder alignment skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in regulated environments (medical devices/healthcare)
- working knowledge of FDA expectations, GDPR, GxP, and risk-based validation approaches such as CSA
- Certifications or demonstrated experience in automation engineering, Selenium/Java ecosystems, enterprise application testing, or ISTQB
- ACCELQ experience
- Demonstrated use of AI/GenAI in QA for faster test authoring, smarter failure analysis, and improved quality decision-making
- exposure to performance validation tools and practices
- Experience with quality metrics, release dashboards, and engineering feedback signals
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