About Remote Labs SRL

Remote Labs SRL is a Romanian education and training company, founded in 2019, that makes hands-on technical training available to anyone, anywhere. We connect real laboratory equipment, servers and test devices to the internet, so students, professionals and company teams can practise on real infrastructure from wherever they are. Around these remote labs we run interactive courses, practical workshops, mentoring and certifications in IT and engineering, helping schools and businesses train people without the cost of building and maintaining physical labs.

About the Role

As Fractional Head of Quality, you will provide quality leadership across projects and shape the overall QA approach. You will guide QA strategy to support consistent standards and effective delivery across the work in scope. You will set the quality strategy across our projects on a fractional basis, so that our remote-lab platform, courses and client deliveries are reliable from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and guide QA strategy across projects.

• Establish a consistent quality approach across the work in scope.

• Provide leadership on quality-related decisions and priorities.

• Support the delivery of QA practices across projects.

• Define QA strategy, standards and quality metrics across projects.

• Guide QA engineers on test planning, automation and release readiness.

• Introduce and improve test automation frameworks and CI quality gates.

• Review quality risks with delivery managers and clients.

• Build the QA team's skills and career paths.

Requirements

• Experience shaping QA strategy.

• Ability to lead quality initiatives across multiple projects.

• Strong judgement in setting and maintaining quality standards.

• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills.

• 10+ years in software quality assurance, including QA leadership roles.

• Strong experience with test automation strategy and tools.

• Experience setting up quality processes for multiple teams or projects.

• Excellent communication with engineering and business stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• ISTQB Advanced or Expert certification.

• Experience testing hardware-integrated or IoT systems.

• Experience in a services or nearshore company.

How You Will Work

• Fractional freelance (B2B) engagement, about 1–2 days per week.

• Fully remote: you can work from anywhere, with working hours that overlap with Central European Time.

• Remote Labs SRL does not offer visa sponsorship or visa support.

Skills we're looking for

Technical skills

• Quality Assurance
• Automation Testing
• Test Planning
• Operational Readiness
• Continuous Integration

Interpersonal skills

• Team Leadership
• Strategic Thinking
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Stakeholder Management
• Mentoring