Test Lead

Job Description:

The person appointed will lead, guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of testing tasks. Being part of the IT Team, they will be responsible for collaborating with Change team, 3rd party IT providers, Business teams and internal IT Support teams to support all Test procedures and BAU test activities.

Job Duties:

Leadership

• To deliver initial estimates of the testing effort needed for new developments and functional enhancements.
• Participate in daily stand up meetings, defect triage calls
• Responsible for working with third party suppliers for defect management.
• Monitor, measure, control and report to management on Test progress, product quality, Test results and Test Completion.
• To provide leadership and guidance to the test team on best practice, mentoring and supporting development of team members with training and growth plans.
• Manage resources effectively to ensure utilisation is maximised, aligned to plan, budget and to timeframes.

Testing:

• To define, design and deliver all testing work, including Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression and support User Acceptance Testing (undertaken by subject matter experts situated within the business).
• Document queries and defects and provide adequate data to allow rapid resolution.
• To review testing requirement for change requests, assessing the impact on test plans and schedules.
• Improve and maintain an automation framework using selenium and gherkin • Creation of both manual and automated test scripts
• Ensure configuration management of all Testware artefacts produced and traceability of the tests to the test basis.
• Drive standards and best practices in QA and Testing, champion the adoption of continuous quality improvement through automation.
• Identify Test Automation opportunities, plan the effort, select the tools and ensure training to team.

Delivery & Quality Management:

Ensure performance is actively managed, work is prioritised effectively, individual/team objectives are consistently allocated, achieved and quality gate criteria is met.

Experience Required:

Essential

• Previous hands on experience as a Test Lead working with developers, product specialists, Business Analysts, Project Managers, testers and business stakeholders.
• Broad knowledge of software development lifecycle(waterfall/agile) Cloud technologies, functional and non-functional test methodologies.
• Experience of Testing websites and applications on large scale. • Deep knowledge of test automation framework
• Automation expert in Selenium and BDD (desirable) • Knowledge and experience in Performance testing, API test and cross browser testing
• Relevant and demonstrable experience of managing relationship with business and external stakeholders
• A proven track record in delivering on time.
• Test management and defect management tools Desirable
• An understanding of Financial Services

Key competencies:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Influence and negotiate
• Collaborative
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively
• Inquisitive
• Critical thinking
• Proactive
• Professional, flexible and highly motivated
• Organised and able to work under pressure
• Persistent and result oriented
• Problem solving skills.