QA Lead

Location: Telford (2 days per week onsite)
Duration: 6 Months
Clearance: BPSS (SC Clearance advantageous)
Rate: Up to £657.83 per day / £87.71 per hour Inside IR-35 via Umbrella

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced QA Lead to join a major public sector transformation programme. This role will provide leadership, governance, and technical direction across multiple project streams, ensuring quality assurance best practice is embedded throughout the programme lifecycle.

The successful candidate will operate at programme level, overseeing the implementation of the QA strategy, driving quality standards, and providing guidance to project teams delivering complex modernisation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the programme-wide QA strategy.
• Lead and govern quality assurance activities across multiple projects.
• Work closely with stakeholders to define QA scope, approach, and delivery expectations.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and support to Project QA Leads.
• Ensure project-level test approaches align with programme standards and objectives.
• Establish effective reporting and monitoring frameworks for QA activity.
• Drive governance and assurance processes across all delivery streams.
• Review and assure the quality of key testing and QA deliverables.
• Support project-level test planning and delivery where required.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate quality and delivery risks.

Key Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in Quality Assurance leadership and Test Strategy development.
• Strong understanding of modern QA practices, tools, and methodologies.
• Ability to influence technical solutions with a focus on design for testability.
• Proven leadership and governance experience within large-scale programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience establishing and managing QA frameworks, standards, and reporting.
• Excellent risk management and mitigation capabilities.
• Experience working across multiple delivery teams and project streams.
• Demonstrable track record of delivering quality outcomes within challenging timelines.
• Ability to define and promote best practice and continuous improvement.

Desirable Experience

• Active SC Clearance.
• Experience working within large-scale transformation or modernisation programmes.
• Public sector or highly regulated environment experience.

Assignment Details

• Role: QA Lead
• Location: Telford (2 days per week onsite)
• Duration: 6 Months
• Clearance: BPSS (SC advantageous)