Senior Test Manager / QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the overall QA and testing activities within the Agile Release Train
• Plan, coordinate and manage functional and non-functional testing across approximately 4–6 Scrum teams
• Drive integration, system integration and end-to-end testing across the initiative
• Ensure that all required testing types and levels are properly planned, executed, monitored and reported in accordance with internal processes
• Define and continuously improve the overall test approach, strategy, processes and tooling
• Coordinate QA activities in alignment with release and deployment plans
• Ensure availability and readiness of test environments and appropriate test data
• Ensure that sufficient test evidence is available before changes are approved for production
• Identify QA risks, dependencies, impediments and testing challenges and drive appropriate solutions
• Contribute to release readiness assessments and provide relevant quality metrics for release sign-offs
• Monitor testing progress and communicate QA status, risks and improvement initiatives to key IT and business stakeholders
• Work closely with ART Leadership, Product Management, Business, Architects, Release Management and Scrum Teams to align testing priorities
• Act as a trusted QA partner for ART Leadership and support continuous maturity of testing practices within the area
• Drive continuous improvement and introduce QA and testing best practices across the initiative
• Identify testing skill gaps and coach team members to improve QA capabilities and delivery quality
• Increase test automation coverage and related KPIs across design, development, maintenance and operations
• Escalate quality risks, dependencies and impediments when required

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in a QA leadership, Test Manager or similar role
• Proven experience leading QA activities for multiple teams in large and complex initiatives
• Experience within the financial sector, preferably within Mortgage, Lending or Home Finance
• Strong experience with functional and non-functional testing
• Strong experience with system testing, system integration testing, end-to-end testing and user acceptance testing
• Experience with test automation and managing automated testing initiatives
• Experience with test environment and test data management
• Strong knowledge of test management tools and QA reporting
• Experience preparing test dashboards, quality metrics, management reports and presentations
• Proven track record of acting as a key QA/Test Lead throughout the full lifecycle of large projects
• Experience coaching and developing QA teams and improving testing processes
• Understanding of legacy systems and their impact on modern testing environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Proactive approach, strong ownership and ability to drive QA activities independently
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)

Nice to have:

• Strong experience with non-functional testing
• Experience driving improvements in automated test coverage

Offer:

• Private medical care
• Co-financing for the sports card
• Constant support of dedicated consultant
• Employee referral program