Head of QA (part-time)

what. AG is one of the leading digital consultancies with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. With our global team, we support our clients with their web presence, the creation of digital products, and their growth. For our clients, we conceptualize and build digital products and enterprise websites. Our clients range from leading startups to global enterprises.

You will be working on projects together with a team consisting of designers, project managers and developers.

If you are ready to lift what.’s websites and products to a new level by establishing and enforcing pragmatic QA processes that work, then this job is for you!

Your main tasks will be leading the team and developing our QA process. On the other hand, you will also work with the team on projects with a focus on products and complicated projects, including implementing and maintaining test scenarios for new and existing projects and performing various types of black box tests to ensure that the software meets the highest quality standards.

You will be responsible for estimating test effort, analysing and communicating test results and tracking defects. You will actively guide and contribute to the QA processes in several projects daily. You will also analyse project requirements to identify the most critical parts of the project which need special attention.

We are looking for an experienced QA specialist who is not only able to write, maintain and check the correctness of test cases but who is also proactively involved, thinks along and is willing to shape and further expand our QA organisation.

You already have experience in leading a team and have already established a QA organisation.

Verbal and written communication are essential, even in a fast-paced environment. You are not easily flustered.

You are using your knowledge of test methodologies, tools, and theories effectively in your daily work, you have basic knowledge of at least one programming language and have an understanding of the CI/CD process.

How is it to work with us:
At what. we believe that work should be fun and something you want to do and not something you have to do. We help that along with the following:

• Excellent office location in Seefeld in Zürich, if you work in Switzerland.

• You take control of your availability - Need to take care of something in the morning and want to catch up later? No problem. We are results-oriented, we don’t micromanage.

• Flat hierarchy - Get decisions fast when you need them.

• You have a large amount of responsibility in your department. Do you want to change something? See possibilities to improve how we do things or what we do? The only thing needed is to speak up and we will discuss.

• Multicultural and multidisciplinary team with a focus on improving and learning. We want you to learn and grow which is why you will have access to individual training and guidance.

• If you work remotely, the opportunity to visit the team in Switzerland - we cover the costs

• Fair compensation, with the possibility of joining our profit participation scheme

• Weekly remote pilates and stretching classes for all

Information for recruitment agencies: for this position, we only accept direct applications from candidates and will not consider applications from agencies.

If this sounds interesting and you would like to join our team, please send us a short 2,3-minute video where you briefly introduce yourself and tell us an anecdote about how you made one of the projects you worked on better.

Please note that only applications with an intro video will be considered.