Lead QA – 6-Month FTC
£85,000 + benefits
Hybrid – Manchester or Leeds (2 days per week on-site)

Our client, a major SaaS organisation undergoing a large-scale digital transformation, is building a next-generation Connected Platform designed to become the core technology foundation for the business over the next decade. This is a true Greenfield initiative, unifying multiple enterprise systems into a single, scalable solution that will deliver unprecedented customer insight, operational clarity, and long-term strategic value.

They are seeking an experienced Lead QA to take ownership of quality, release assurance, and delivery governance across a complex multi-team engineering environment. This role is critical in ensuring that each release is predictable, aligned to roadmap milestones, and delivered with the highest standard of technical rigour.

What You’ll Do

• Own the release test plan end-to-end, ensuring repeatable and reliable delivery cycles

• Lead and coordinate multi-team software delivery, ensuring frictionless integration and smooth go-lives

• Define and implement test strategies that provide comprehensive coverage across multiple workstreams

• Drive alignment across engineering, product, and cross-functional stakeholders, escalating barriers early

• Champion automation-first practices and continuous improvement within the QA discipline

• Provide clear, actionable feedback to development teams while keeping senior leadership informed

• Mentor wider QA contributors, fostering a culture centred on quality, consistency, and accountability

Key Skills & Experience

• Significant QA leadership experience across multi-team or large-scale product environments

• Strong understanding of release management, CI/CD, and modern delivery pipelines

• Excellent grounding in Agile methodologies, delivery cadence, and roadmap execution

• Skilled in modern QA practices, risk management, and quality strategy

• Desirable exposure to API testing, web technologies, databases, and complex system integrations

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Join a huge SaaS organisation investing heavily in a flagship Greenfield platform

• Work on a programme with genuine scale, complexity, and long-term strategic impact

• Hybrid model with flexibility, senior-level visibility, and the ability to shape QA standards from day one

• Competitive £85k package for a 6-month fixed-term contract, with the backing of a progressive, mature engineering culture

If you want to lead quality for one of the most ambitious platform builds in the SaaS space, this contract offers the ideal combination of scale, influence, and technical challenge.