Flight Centre Travel Group

Senior QA Manager

Flight Centre Travel Group  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  1 hour ago
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Job Description

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you ready to shape the future of quality across a global business platform? As QA Leader, you'll own the vision, strategy, and execution of quality initiatives that drive exceptional customer and business outcomes across multiple markets. This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-wide quality transformation, champion modern quality engineering practices, and partner with senior leaders to embed quality into every stage of delivery. You'll lead through influence, develop high-performing global teams, and make a measurable impact at scale.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead the QA function through influence across a critical global business platform.
  • Define and evolve quality strategy aligned to business objectives and technology roadmaps.
  • Partner with the Global VP of Quality & DevOps on organisational initiatives while owning workstream execution.
  • Drive transformation from reactive testing practices to proactive quality engineering.
  • Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing QA organisation across multiple geographies.
  • Create career development pathways and succession plans for team growth.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and excellence.
  • Oversee enterprise test strategy, planning, and execution across the platform.
  • Coordinate complex multi-team testing initiatives and influence outcomes without direct authority.
  • Drive automation strategy with clear ROI and coverage metrics.
  • Own release management and quality gatekeeping for production deployments.
  • Implement quality metrics, governance processes, and reporting frameworks.
  • Balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical engagement.
  • Translate quality strategies into executive communications that inform decision-making.
  • Build trusted relationships across Product, Engineering, and Business leadership teams.
  • Champion quality within cross-functional forums and strategic planning discussions.
  • Represent the quality perspective in architectural and business decisions.
  • Contribute to a safe, inclusive, and accessible work environment where all Flighties feel welcomed, respected, and supported to thrive.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

  • Approximately 15 years' experience in software quality assurance with progression into strategic leadership roles.
  • Minimum 5 years leading QA teams.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling QA functions in complex multi-product environments.
  • Experience embedding quality practices and quality culture across engineering organisations.
  • Proven strategic leadership and organisational change management capability.
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate from executive to technical levels.
  • Expert knowledge of testing methodologies, frameworks, and quality strategies.
  • Strong experience with test automation tools including UiPath, Cypress, Playwright or similar.
  • Proficiency with Azure DevOps.
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and quality gates.
  • Familiarity with quality metrics, governance frameworks, and reporting.
  • Advanced testing certifications (ISTQB-CTAL or equivalent) preferred.
  • Experience within global distributed teams preferred.
  • Travel industry, GDS, booking systems, or Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience advantageous.

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Flight Centre Travel Group

About Flight Centre Travel Group

Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) is one of the world’s largest travel companies, employing 15,000 like-minded individuals – known as ‘Flighties’.

Our story dates to 1973, when founder Graham Turner (aka “Skroo") and friend Geoff “Spy” Lomas buy a double-decker bus and take off on their first tour around Spain, Portugal and Morrocco, 3 years later forming the first business, Top Deck. After flight deregulations in the 80s our first retail "Flight Centre" stores opened in Australia in 1982, London in 1984, and NZ in 1987.

1987 was also the year we held our first “Global Gathering” awards event celebrating our amazing people, a tradition that continues to this day.

And in 2025 we launched our very first loyalty program, World360 Rewards! Our Australian customers now able to earn and redeem points across Flight Centre, Travel Associates, and Cruiseabout.

We’re in our 40s now and a lot has changed! With global headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, our company owned leisure and corporate travel businesses span three major regions: APAC, The Americas and EMEA.

Our flagship corporate travel management brand, FCM, extends our reach even further through a network covering over 100 countries via both company-owned operations and independent licensees.

With 30 brands across our global footprint, our team spans from customer-facing to internal support roles. The opportunities just as diverse – from a Travel Consultant at Flight Centre or Envoyage, to a Machine Learning Scientist in one of our tech pillars.

Together, we live and breathe our number one philosophy, Our People, driven by our purpose ‘To open up the world for those who want to see’.

Our values are simple and powerful - Ownership, Egalitarianism and Irreverence.

We support our people with opportunities to help you thrive, connect, give, move and be rewarded. Our people have access to a suite of curated benefits to ensure holistic wellbeing – from mental and physical health to financial freedom. 

Industry
Travel & Hospitality
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
South Brisbane, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
fctgl.com
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