Job Description
Looking to recruit an EBA Test Lead for an international insurance and financial services company based in Dublin city centre. Very flexible working from home model
Role: EBA Test Lead
Location: Dublin
WFH Model: Hybrid Model (Very Flexible)
Package: Competitive Salary, Bonus and Benefits
Role Description
Seeking a talented Test Lead who is passionate about Software Quality and has a proven track record leading effective QA teams. This role involves leading the Enterprise Business Applications (EBA) QA team for upcoming releases, assessing the current test strategy and approach in use and devising a plan to optimise this approach going forward. A proven ability optimising the overall test approach and strategy is a key requirement for this role.
Role/Responsibilities
1. Lead the EBA QA team responsible for the testing of policy administration system & integrated systems across multiple technologies and platforms.
2. Manage the full systems test lifecycle using best practice methodology.
3. Identify and drive opportunities for test excellence to maximise test coverage and reduce execution times.
4. Drive QA process improvements within the EBA QA team
5. Develop and maintain excellent relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
6. Coaching and mentoring the team to ensure they have clear objectives and are motivated to achieve maximum potential.
7. Support the QA planning and estimation for test activities for subsequent EBA releases.
8. Provide key EBA stakeholders with regular QA status updates.
9. Support regulatory/audit/security QA internally and with external partners as needed.
Key Strengths
10. Proven ability to assess inefficiencies in testing strategies and the successful execution of the associated improvement initiatives
11. Excellent understanding of QA Best Practices
12. Proven ability leading effective QA teams
13. Ability to influence the Delivery Team on Software Quality best practices and ensuring testable high-quality software
14. Previous experience leading/mentoring junior members of a QA team
15. Agile tester mindset and approach that has experience defining test approaches
Technologies & Frameworks
16. Confluence
17. Jira
18. Oracle/MS SQL Server
19. Selenium
20. Test Rails
Essential Skills
21. Deep understanding of modern QA tools and best practice standards
22. Experience devising effective test strategies for complex systems
23. Strong Web-application testing experience
24. Expert at leading and managing a team of dispersed QA Engineers
25. Experience leading both manual and automation engineers
26. Experience working closely with Automation team members to devise efficient test strategies leveraging automation to decrease the manual testing effort
27. Proven ability to improve and refine on existing test strategies
28. Previous experience working in Financial Services
29. Experience managing the coordination of UAT test effort to ensure there an efficient overall test approach
Necessary Qualifications / Skills
30. 5+ years' experience in a similar role
31. 3rd level qualification (honours degree), preferably in a related discipline
Behavioural Competencies
32. Communication and Influencing
33. Leadership
34. Problem Solving and Decision Making
35. Planning and Organising
36. Team Working and Cross Functional Collaboration
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