Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Lead
About the role
The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Lead will work remotely on a three-month interim contract for an international client. The role involves leading the implementation of recommendations from an external quality review, focusing on establishing a sustainable quality engineering governance model and testing framework. The consultant will collaborate with internal teams, business stakeholders, project teams, and third-party vendors to build capability, improve consistency, and ensure the framework's ongoing maintainability. Key responsibilities include governance, standardizing testing frameworks, managing requirements and traceability, risk-based testing, Azure DevOps Test Management, and readiness for SIT and UAT.
Must have
- Demonstrated experience establishing test governance, a quality engineering framework or organization-wide testing standards—not solely managing test execution.
- Proven experience implementing a risk-based testing approach and applying risk-based prioritization to testing activities.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps Test Plans, including test management and execution workflows.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (MS Dynamics CE).
- Experience coordinating SIT and UAT with business users, project teams and third-party vendors.
- Experience defining test strategies or approaches for data migration and system integrations.
- Ability to coach teams, transfer knowledge and hand over a framework that can be operated sustainably by others.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication, with strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation and influencing skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with test environment management and test data management.
- Experience in member-based organizations, insurance, not-for-profit or similarly service-oriented environments.
- ISTQB Advanced Test Manager certification or an equivalent recognized testing/quality qualification.
Technologies
- Azure DevOps
- Istqb
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Uat
Highlights
This is a remote, contract role with an initial duration of three months. The position is open to international candidates and requires close collaboration with various stakeholders. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager certification is desirable but not mandatory.
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