QA Lead

South Bank
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QA Lead – End-to-End & Automation

Certain Advantage are hiring for a QA Lead – (End-to-End Automation) based in London.

This role is on an initial 12-month contract and will be required to be onsite 3 days a week and 2 days remote.

We are seeking a highly experienced QA Lead to take ownership of end-to-end testing across a dynamic portfolio of programs. This is a leadership role requiring strong technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to guide a high-performing team toward delivering top-quality testing outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Own end-to-end testing deliverables across the portfolio, ensuring high-quality outcomes and effective demand management.
Build and maintain a strong QA team by identifying and onboarding capable talent.
Ensure business continuity and consistently deliver top-tier testing coverage for all programs.
Lead a team of 10–12 QA professionals, managing goals, performance appraisals, and development plans aligned to their career aspirations.
Demonstrate deep experience in automation and successfully deliver testing solutions for medium to large-scale programs.
Collaborate closely with Architects and Scrum teams to refine requirements, ensure testability, and maximize automation potential.
Provide functional and technical feedback on design decisions.
Innovate by exploring new tools, frameworks, and processes to advance functional, manual, and automation testing practices.
Document best practices, mentor junior team members, and foster ongoing capability development.
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, supporting continuous deployment and integration.
Develop proofs-of-concept for QA automation to drive continuous improvement.
Engage regularly with senior business leaders; operate independently with minimal supervision.The individual:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
Strong background in Agile testing and test automation, including use of accelerators and automation tools.
Hands-on expertise with Selenium (C#) and BDD frameworks (SpecFlow).
Strong experience with API automation and implementation of Selenium Grid.
Knowledge of test metrics, measurements, and reporting best practices. 
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