How to Lead Quality and Testing Management in 2026
Watch three QA and delivery leaders discuss how testing leadership works within an organisation, from execution and oversight to transformational management and sustainable workload planning.
What You’ll Learn
- When testing should really start on a project and why it makes sense
- How QA leadership forms a sense of safety and trust within the team
- How quality discussions prevent issues before they reach production
- Why “testing everything” is not realistic and what risk-based QA is
- What transformational leadership looks like within testing teams
Our Expert Speakers
Stephen Platten
A professional and speaker
Award-winning QA professional and speaker, known for combining deep testing expertise with Stoic leadership principles, resilience, and decision-making under pressure.
Gladys Tapia
QA engineer and Coach
QA engineer and coach with extensive experience in API and performance testing, AI integration in QA, and growing quality-first thinking within agile teams.
Bruce Mason
Delivery Director, TestFort
Senior delivery leader with 20+ years of experience building QA and engineering teams, managing complex projects, and matching quality to business expectations.
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