Senior Test Manager / QA Lead

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Test Manager / QA Lead

• Scope: Lead QA and testing activities across an Agile Release Train for ~4–6 Scrum teams

Description

You will lead end-to-end QA and testing activities within an Agile Release Train, coordinating functional and non-functional testing across multiple Scrum teams. You will drive integration, system integration, and end-to-end testing, ensure test readiness (environments, data, evidence), and provide quality metrics for release sign-offs. You will also continuously improve the test approach, automation coverage, and QA capabilities through coaching and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall QA and testing activities within the Agile Release Train

• Coordinate and manage functional and non-functional testing across ~4–6 Scrum teams

• Drive integration, system integration, and end-to-end testing across the initiative

• Plan, execute, monitor, and report all required testing types and levels per internal processes

• Define and continuously improve test approach, strategy, processes, and tooling

• Align QA activities with release and deployment plans

• Ensure availability and readiness of test environments and appropriate test data

• Ensure sufficient test evidence is available before production change approvals

• Identify QA risks, dependencies, impediments, and testing challenges; drive solutions

• Contribute to release readiness assessments and provide quality metrics for release sign-offs

• Monitor testing progress and communicate QA status, risks, and improvement initiatives to IT and business stakeholders

• Collaborate with ART Leadership, Product Management, Business, Architects, Release Management, and Scrum Teams

• Act as a trusted QA partner to support maturity of testing practices

• Drive continuous improvement and introduce QA/testing best practices

• Identify test skill gaps and coach team members

• 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 QA leadership, Test Manager, or similar

• Experience leading QA activities for multiple teams in large, complex initiatives

• Financial sector experience, preferably mortgage, lending, or home finance

• Strong background in 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

• Knowledge of test management tools and QA reporting

• Ability to prepare test dashboards, quality metrics, and management reports

• Track record acting as key QA/Test Lead across 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 and strong ownership to drive QA independently

• Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Benefits

• Private medical care

• Co-financing for the sports card

• Ongoing support from a dedicated consultant

• Employee referral program