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Manager of Software Quality Assurance (QE Manager)

Wolters Kluwer · London, United Kingdom

External listingfull-time7 days ago

About The Role

Join our team as the Manager of Software Quality Assurance (QE Manager). In this role, you will lead and develop a team of Quality Engineers while driving modern quality engineering practices across our EHS & ESG software products. You will be responsible for evolving our Quality Engineering capabilities, introducing innovative automation approaches, and embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. This position combines technical leadership, people management, and quality strategy.

  • Lead and develop a team of Quality Engineers, creating a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Define and execute the Quality Engineering strategy aligned with product and business objectives, driving alignment across engineering teams.
  • Remain technically engaged by contributing to automation frameworks, testing approaches, and quality engineering solutions, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Proven experience managing and mentoring Quality Engineering, Software QA, or Test Engineering teams
  • Improving engineering productivity through AI tools
  • A passion for engineering excellence and delivering high-quality software
  • Ability to balance technical delivery with team leadership responsibilities
  • Experience with API testing, automation, and contract testing in distributed or microservices-based architectures
  • Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Practical experience applying AI tools within software testing or engineering workflows
  • Strong analytical, reporting, and data visualisation skills, with experience using tools such as Power BI to derive insights from quality metrics and communicate performance trends
  • Curiosity and enthusiasm for adopting emerging technologies to improve software quality
  • Understanding of AI-assisted testing approaches, including:
  • A balance of technical expertise and strong people leadership
  • The ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive meaningful change
  • AI-generated test cases and scenarios
  • Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks using technologies such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar
  • AI-assisted automation development
  • Automated test optimisation
  • Experience implementing Quality Engineering strategies across enterprise software products
  • Strong hands-on experience with software testing and automation
  • A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on automation, innovation, and AI-enabled quality practices
  • Intelligent defect analysis
  • Experience defining and measuring quality metrics and KPIs
  • The ability to inspire teams while remaining hands-on and technically credible
  • Strong understanding of Agile software development methodologies
  • AI & Emerging Technology Experience
  • Experience delivering enterprise SaaS applications
  • Experience within regulated industries such as EHS, ESG, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Audit, Legal, Finance, or Healthcare software
  • Experience testing complex cloud-based applications and distributed systems
  • Experience with performance, security, accessibility, or reliability testing
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Xray, or similar
  • Knowledge of the Tricentis tool suite (including Tosca and qTest) would be advantageous
  • ISTQB certification (or equivalent Quality Engineering certification) is desirable
  • Relevant AI-focused learning or certifications (such as Anthropic Academy or equivalent Generative AI training) would be an advantage

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