Job Description QA Lead / Manual Testing / Automation Testing / Testing Processes / Permanent / Remote / West Midlands / £40,000 - £50,000 The Role We’re looking for a QA Lead to take full ownership of Quality Assurance across the business. This is the first dedicated QA hire, offering a genuine opportunity to design, implement and lead how QA is done from the ground up in a small business. Right now, quality is a shared responsibility across engineering and product, which has allowed the team to move in an agile way. The next step is bringing in a dedicated QA Lead to introduce structure, consistency and scalable practices - giving you a genuine opportunity to shape how quality is embedded across the business. What You’ll Be Doing Owning QA end-to-end across product and project delivery Defining and implementing QA processes and standards Balancing QA efforts between: Core product development Ad hoc / consultancy-style project work Writing and maintaining clear test scripts and test cases Performing manual and regression testing Introducing and implementing automated testing where appropriate Working closely with developers, product and operations to embed quality into delivery Identifying gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement in existing workflows Experience & Skills Required Essential: Proven experience in a QA or QA Lead role Strong manual testing background Experience writing test scripts and executing regression testing Comfortable working without existing QA frameworks or standards Ability to take ownership and make decisions in ambiguous environments