USQA Lead (Ellucian Banner & Playwright Automation)
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- 15/07/26
- North West, Manchester
- £300 - 400 per day
- Contract
- Quality Engineering and Testing
- Full time
Job role
QA Lead (Ellucian Banner & Playwright Automation)
Remote (UK) | Contract | Competitive Day Rate (DOE) | Fully Remote, Enterprise Programme
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced QA Lead to drive quality assurance strategy and delivery across a complex higher education environment, with a strong focus on Ellucian Banner. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will shape and scale test automation using Playwright while ensuring best-in-class QA practices across the full SDLC.
We are seeking an experienced QA Lead to drive quality assurance strategy and delivery across a complex higher education environment, with a strong focus on Ellucian Banner. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will shape and scale test automation using Playwright while ensuring best-in-class QA practices across the full SDLC.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and deliver the QA strategy across multiple Ellucian Banner workstreams
- Lead the design and implementation of automation frameworks using Playwright
- Establish and enforce QA standards, processes, and governance
- Collaborate with engineering, delivery, and product teams to embed quality throughout development
- Oversee test planning, execution, defect tracking, and reporting
- Mentor and support QA engineers, providing technical leadership
- Drive continuous improvements in automation capability, tooling, and coverage
- Ensure robust integration, regression, and end-to-end testing aligned to release cycles
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a QA Lead or Senior QA Engineer in complex delivery environments
- Strong, demonstrable knowledge of Ellucian Banner (essential)
- Hands-on expertise in Playwright automation
- Experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern QA methodologies
- Experience with API, integration, and data testing
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience in higher education or similarly complex, regulated environments desirable
Benefits
- Fully remote UK-based contract
- Competitive day rate
- Opportunity to lead QA on a large-scale transformation programme
- Exposure to modern automation tooling and enterprise platforms
- Immediate start available
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our client is an equal opportunities employer.
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