QA Team Lead

Job description

Conductr is seeking an experienced QA Team Lead to own, evolve and lead our Quality Assurance practice across a growing portfolio of bespoke interactive experiences and globally deployed products. You’ll be hands-on when needed, while shaping the tools, strategy, and approach for a small but high-impact QA team.

This is a strategic and operational role perfect for someone with a proven QA mindset and the leadership skills to elevate testing across multiple platforms: web, mobile, game engine (Unity3D), OS (Windows/Linux), and physical tech environments.

About Us

CONDUCTR is a dynamic collective of designers, technologists, media experts, producers & engineers. The vision is simple - fuse the creativity of a design studio, with the innovation of a tech lab, to create a one-stop shop for extraordinary guest-centric, 360 attraction experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small team, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables
• Collaborate closely with Producers, Software Engineers, Media and Engineering teams across multiple projects
• Own and evolve QA processes, test strategies, and best practices
• Support agile processes and release planning where QA involvement adds value
• Drive adoption of tools like TestRail and Jira, and introduce automation capability into the QA workflow
• Champion quality across both custom client solutions and long-term product offerings

You should have

• Strong experience in QA leadership with a track record of improving quality across teams and platforms
• Deep familiarity with manual testing practices, including writing test cases, exploratory testing, and regression testing
• Confidence with tools like TestRail and Jira; capable of evaluating and introducing automation frameworks and CI practices into company processes.
• Comfort working across multiple platforms and technologies (web, mobile, Unity3D, Windows/Linux, embedded or custom hardware)
• A proactive, collaborative, and adaptable leadership style you’re a coach, a strategist, and willing to roll up your sleeves to support your team
• An openness to innovate, explore new tools, and drive continuous improvement

It would be great if you have

• Experience testing in the entertainment, experiential, or interactive tech sectors
• Knowledge of automation frameworks
• Familiarity with CI/CD environments and shift-left testing approaches

What it's like working at CONDUCTR

CONDUCTR is proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work®, officially certified for our outstanding workplace culture and employee satisfaction. We’ve also been named on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2026 list, recognised as a top 50 company to work for in the UK. We’re also honoured to be placed on UK’s Best Workplaces™ lists for: Wellbeing, Development, Women, and Tech, ranking highly among the top 100 companies for employee support, growth and career development - and we’re just getting started!

On top of that, we’re one of the UK’s fastest growing companies - recently ranked 5th nationwide - creating exciting opportunities for our team to grow as fast as the business.

Our 5 core values articulate this best, and we are looking for people who can demonstrate them:

• We go above and #beyond
• We work as a #team & make it fun
• We creatively #kick-ass
• We #do it efficiently, on time & on budget
• We deliver work that makes us #proud

Does this sound like the job for you?

Apply via this post by sharing your LinkedIn profile & CV. If you sound like you are a good fit, we will reach out for an initial informal interview.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

22-04-2026

Profession type

Sport / Adventure

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English