Head of QA

Location: Warsaw (PL)

Experience Level: Senior

Description

The product we are working on is the biggest community-based navigation app, complex web services, and other solutions related to it. The web and mobile apps handle information at a massive scale and extend well beyond the search giving people and companies a lot of new useful options. Here you’ll be a part of a skilled international team, working on an app with >100 mln users!

As a QA Manager, you will lead a distributed Quality Engineering organization of approximately 50 engineers across multiple teams. You will define the QA strategy, drive operational excellence, lead AI-driven quality initiatives, and continuously improve quality engineering practices across the organization. Working closely with QA Leads, Engineering, Product, and Delivery teams, you will play a key role in scaling quality and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the QA strategy aligned with business and engineering objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a distributed QA organization, including QA Leads and Quality Engineers.
• Drive continuous improvement of QA processes, testing methodologies, operational efficiency, and testing cycle time.
• Establish and enforce QA standards, quality metrics, KPIs, OKRs, and engineering best practices across teams.
• Lead the adoption of AI-powered testing solutions, automation technologies, and modern QA tools while driving AI capability across the organization.
• Define and execute scalable quality engineering and automation strategies across multiple products and teams.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Delivery leadership to ensure high-quality software releases, manage quality risks, and provide strategic guidance on quality initiatives.
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical, organizational, and quality-related challenges.
• Own the QA hiring strategy, talent development, succession planning, and organizational growth.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and engineering excellence by identifying and implementing new processes and AI-driven improvements.

Requirements

• Location in Warsaw or readiness to relocate (office-based role)
• 8+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• 4+ years of experience leading QA teams in a product environment.
• Proven experience managing large QA organizations (20+ engineers), including QA Leads.
• Experience defining QA strategy, organizational standards, KPIs, and scalable quality processes.
• Strong experience driving process optimization and operational excellence across QA organizations.
• Experience defining and executing test strategies and modern Quality Engineering practices.
• Good understanding of AI applications in software testing and a track record of evaluating or adopting AI-driven solutions to improve QA processes.
• Deep understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, CI/CD, and software testing best practices.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Fluent English (C1/C2).

Nice-to-have requirements

• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and QA architecture.
• Experience validating AI-based products or LLM-powered applications.
• Experience with cloud platforms and distributed systems.
• Performance, security, or reliability testing experience.
• ISTQB certification or equivalent.

We offer

• Opportunity to work on a global product used by 100+ million users worldwide.
• Competitive compensation package, including 20 paid vacation days and paid sick leave.
• Full-time office-based work (5 days per week) in a modern, comfortable office in Warsaw.
• Flexible working hours with a healthy work-life balance.
• Private medical insurance.
• English classes with a native speaker and wellness activities, including online yoga.
• Paid tech training and other activities for professional growth;
• Friendly and supportive engineering culture.

If your qualifications and experience match the requirements of the position, our recruitment team will reach out to you in a week maximum. Please rest assured that we carefully consider each candidate, but due to the amount of applications the review and further processing of your candidacy may take some time.