Head of Testing & Quality Assurance

Head of Testing & Quality Assurance

Location: Hybrid/Remote - 1 day per month in London
Type: Permanent

About the Role

Fruition are seeking an exceptional Head of QA to lead and transform a quality assurance function. This is a unique opportunity to make a genuine difference - providing visionary leadership, driving continuous improvement and taking ownership of testing strategy across our entire software development lifecycle.

You'll be instrumental in fostering a culture where quality isn't just a checkpoint, it's a shared responsibility. Working with a diverse team spanning on-shore and off-shore locations, you'll champion best practices, implement cutting-edge frameworks and establish the robust processes that will underpin our technical excellence.

What You'll Be Doing

Leading the Vision

• Provide strategic direction for QA operations, aligning quality initiatives with wider business objectives
• Foster a culture of quality, collaboration and continuous improvement across distributed teams
• Champion adoption of test automation, CI/CD and Agile testing methodologies

Driving Technical Excellence

• Lead the engineering of a comprehensive test automation framework to support continuous integration and delivery
• Oversee creation and execution of volumetric and performance test frameworks ensuring system scalability and reliability
• Innovate with emerging technologies to enhance test coverage, effectiveness and efficiency

Transforming Processes

• Implement and refine QA processes to optimise testing practices and minimise defects
• Embrace 'Fail Fast' principles, encouraging rapid identification and resolution of issues
• Improve stability and scalability of client release processes, building confidence in deployments
• Establish meaningful QA metrics that are clear, actionable and visible across the business

Tooling & Infrastructure

• Manage and maintain QA tooling, ensuring effectiveness and alignment with organisational needs
• Identify tooling gaps and recommend enhancements
• Ensure test environments and data meet both current and long-term future requirements

Collaborating Across Teams

• Work seamlessly with Product, Delivery and Engineering teams to ensure impactful software deliveries
• Own documentation and process through tools like Jira and Confluence
• Develop a culture of product quality and shared ownership

Growing Your Team

• Lead team management including recruitment, onboarding, and performance evaluation
• Set clear goals and provide coaching to optimise individual and team performance
• Cultivate high engagement, innovation and collaboration

What We're Looking For

We need someone who can:

• Provide genuine visionary leadership and inspire teams to excellence
• Drive cultural change and foster shared responsibility for quality
• Take ownership of testing strategy and see it through to implementation
• Lead distributed teams effectively across different locations and time zones
• Champion continuous improvement and embrace modern QA methodologies
• Adoption of CI/CD and agile testing practices
• Build robust frameworks that enhance stability, efficiency, scalability, security, and reliability

If you're ready to make a tangible difference and lead a function that truly matters, we'd love to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.