Hire a Quality Assurance Manager
Pre-screened Quality Assurance Managers matched to your product, process, and team in as little as 3 days. No recruiter fees, no full-time overhead.
When to hire a Fractional Quality Assurance Manager
If any of these situations sound familiar, it is time to bring in a Quality Assurance Manager.
Bugs are reaching production too often
Your engineering team is shipping fast but quality is slipping. Defects are surfacing in production and customer trust is starting to erode.
You have no formal QA process
Testing is ad hoc, undocumented, and inconsistent across teams. You need someone to build a repeatable, scalable QA framework from the ground up.
A product launch or compliance deadline is approaching
You have a hard deadline and no dedicated QA leadership to coordinate test planning, risk assessment, and sign-off before you ship.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Quality Assurance Manager
Access experienced Quality Assurance Managers on a flexible engagement model that matches your stage, budget, and timeline. No lengthy recruiting cycles, no full-time salary commitment.
Cost Efficiency
Get senior QA leadership and process expertise without the full-time salary, benefits, and overhead. Pay for the hours and outcomes you actually need.
Speed to Hire
Pre-screened operators are ready to match in as little as 3 days. Skip the months-long recruiting process and get quality coverage when your team needs it most.
Pre-Screened Expertise
Every Quality Assurance Manager in our network is pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters on track record, references, and hands-on leadership across industries and tech stacks.
How to hire a Fractional Quality Assurance Manager
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Quality Assurance Manager is easy with Go Fractional.
Discovery Call
Book a free 20-minute discovery call with one of our executive recruiters to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Within days, we'll introduce you to a short-list of pre-screened Fractional Quality Assurance Manager candidates to interview, each pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters before you meet them. Our match success rate is 98%.
Start Work
Finalize contract details with Go Fractional and get working within less than a week of your discovery call.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Quality Assurance Manager
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Quality Assurance Manager on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
Fractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Quality Assurance Manager leadership, and where each one wins.
| Factor | Fractional QA Manager | Full-Time QA Manager | Agency or QA Dev Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days | 2-4 months | 1-3 weeks |
| Engagement model | Monthly retainer, scoped SOW | Salary + benefits + equity | Project markup or hourly billing |
| Cost structure | Pay for what you need | Fixed overhead regardless of workload | Markup on every hour billed |
| Best for | Flexible QA leadership, process builds, and ongoing oversight |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“It was a refreshing process and I thought it was super high quality. I really couldn't have asked for anything more given everybody is pressed for time and especially where I sit in the organization, I don't have a lot of time to pour into this as I'm running the business.”
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