For teams that already have QA engineers
ENTRY DIAGNOSTIC - FIXED EUR 1,500Fractional QA Manager
Find the leadership and efficiency gaps in the QA team you already have, then decide whether focused fractional support is the right next step.
Your engagement path
QA Leadership & Efficiency Diagnostic
Independent assessment with clear findings and a prioritized 90-day roadmap.
Fixed price: €1,500Fractional QA Manager
Ongoing coaching, quality direction and functional leadership, scoped after the diagnostic.
The gap this service fills
You have QA people. But nobody truly owns QA as a function.
Your QA engineers may report directly to a CTO, VP Engineering or Engineering Manager. Their formal management is covered, but they lack experienced professional direction: someone who can develop their capability, challenge their approach and connect their work to business risk.
The engagement begins with a focused diagnostic of QA leadership, capability, workflow and efficiency. You receive the findings and a prioritized 90-day roadmap whether or not we continue working together.
If the diagnostic shows an ongoing leadership gap, I can then work alongside your engineering leadership as the team’s Fractional QA Manager.
The diagnostic
See where leadership and QA effort are creating—or losing—value.
The diagnostic examines the team’s capability, priorities, operating practices and connection to business risk before recommending a longer engagement.
Leadership gap
Where the team lacks direction, decision support, coaching or functional ownership.
Team capability
Strengths, development needs and the path toward greater QA autonomy.
Quality priorities
Whether QA attention is connected to the product and business risks that matter.
Testing efficiency
Duplicated, low-value or manual work that consumes effort without enough confidence.
Automation value
Where automation helps release confidence—and where it is creating maintenance cost.
90-day roadmap
Prioritized actions, ownership and outcomes your leadership team can implement.
The service path
Clarity first. Ongoing leadership only if it is useful.
QA Leadership & Efficiency Diagnostic
I assess the team, its working practices, priorities and leadership needs, then deliver clear findings and a 90-day roadmap.
Choose how to implement
Your engineering leadership can execute the roadmap internally, with no obligation to continue.
Fractional QA Manager
Where ongoing leadership adds value, I coach the QA engineers, guide strategy and review progress with engineering leadership.
What this is
- Functional QA leadership and senior judgment
- Professional development for QA engineers
- A strategic counterpart for engineering leadership
- A bridge until permanent QA leadership makes sense
What this is not
- Replacing your Engineering Manager or HR structure
- Owning holidays, performance actions or disciplinary processes
- Executing all testing for the team
- Creating permanent dependency on a consultant
Your QA team may not need another tester.
Start by identifying exactly where leadership and QA effort need to improve.