AMS PSR

On behalf of Department Of Business & Trade, we are looking for a Digital QA Lead (Inside IR35) for a 5 months contract based Hybrid / in UK wide.

"SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance"

As a Digital QA Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• The QA Lead will operate across DDaT, leading a department-wide assessment of current QA maturity, practices, and tooling across all digital services
• They will undertake a structured review of live services and delivery teams to establish a clear baseline of QA coverage, capability, and consistency
• Assess QA coverage across DDaT digital services and delivery teams, identify gaps, risks and inconsistencies in current testing practices
• Review and provide recommendations on best practice approaches per service and evaluate current use of AI in testing across teams and identify opportunities and risks
• Assess existing tooling landscape, including overlap, effectiveness, and opportunities for consolidation

Essential:

• Proven experience conducting organisation-wide QA maturity assessments to evaluate current testing capabilities, processes, and effectiveness.
• Ability to identify QA gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, delivering prioritised recommendations across multiple services or portfolios.
• Strong experience assessing testing tool landscapes, evaluating effectiveness, identifying duplication, and recommending consolidation strategies.
• Demonstrable experience defining and implementing QA standards, governance frameworks, and consistent ways of working across delivery teams.
• Experience developing future-state QA operating models, including centralised QA functions, SDET-led approaches, organisational structures, roles, and governance.
• Proven ability to provide strategic recommendations on capability development, including upskilling versus hiring, and presenting clear options to senior leadership for decision-making.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DBT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant 

DBT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".