QE Manager (6 Month Contract)

Who We Are:

AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014.

We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or ‘Clubs’) so that our partners are always prioritised by a regional team close to them.

This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK and Europe with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years.

Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Quality Engineering (QE) Manager to lead and establish our quality engineering approach across a modern digital technology environment.

This is a senior role requiring someone who can take ownership of the overall test strategy, introduce robust testing processes and standards, and drive a shift towards an automation-first approach to quality engineering.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining how quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring that our digital platforms are reliable, scalable and deliver an excellent customer experience.

Working closely with engineering, development, product and delivery teams, you will provide technical leadership and establish a consistent, effective and scalable quality engineering capability.

• Define and own the overall Quality Engineering and Test Strategy across the technology estate.
• Establish a clear testing framework, standards and best practices across teams.
• Drive a shift towards a proactive, automation-led testing approach.
• Define the appropriate balance of functional, integration, regression, performance and end-to-end testing.
• Establish quality metrics, reporting and KPIs to measure test effectiveness and overall product quality.
• Act as the senior quality engineering voice, influencing technical and delivery decisions.

• Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive test automation strategy.
• Identify opportunities to increase automation coverage and reduce reliance on manual testing.
• Establish automation frameworks, standards and best practices.
• Ensure automated testing is integrated into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery.
• Drive the adoption of automated regression, integration and end-to-end testing.
• Evaluate and introduce appropriate testing tools and technologies.

• Establish and implement consistent QA and QE processes across the software development lifecycle.
• Define testing approaches, entry and exit criteria, defect management processes and release quality gates.
• Introduce clear governance around quality, ensuring risks and issues are identified early.
• Embed quality practices within Agile and DevOps ways of working.
• Continuously review and improve testing processes, efficiency and effectiveness.

• Work closely with developers, architects, product owners and delivery teams to embed quality throughout development.
• Build strong relationships with technical and business stakeholders.
• Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to QA and automation engineers.
• Champion a culture of shared ownership of quality across engineering teams.
• Communicate quality risks, progress and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience working within modern digital and enterprise technology environments.

Essential experience:

• Significant experience in a senior Quality Engineering, QA or Test Management leadership role.
• Proven track record of defining and implementing test strategies from the ground up.
• Strong expertise in test automation frameworks and automation-first approaches.
• Experience establishing testing processes, standards and governance across engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience with API, integration, regression and end-to-end testing.
• Experience working across complex, integrated technology platforms.

Technology Stack: Experience with some or all of the following technologies would be highly desirable:

• Optimizely – Testing and quality assurance across digital experience and content platforms.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Testing complex enterprise applications, integrations and business processes.
• Next.js – Testing modern web applications, including frontend functionality and end-to-end user journeys.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.