The posting
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and Lead end-to-end testing activities across multiple banking applications and projects.
- Define and own Test Strategy, Test Plans, test estimation, test approach, entry/exit criteria and release readiness.
- Lead Functional, System Integration (SIT), Regression, End-to-End and UAT support activities.
- Establish and continuously improve testing processes, standards, governance and best practices.
- Provide technical leadership for test automation, including defining automation strategy and framework approach.
- Guide the design, implementation and enhancement of reusable automation frameworks for UI, API and regression testing.
- Identify suitable automation candidates and drive improvements in automation coverage and testing efficiency.
- Lead testing activities within Agile/Scrum delivery, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
- Manage testing across multiple projects/workstreams, including resource planning, test schedules, dependencies, risks and delivery commitments.
- Lead defect management and triage, including defect prioritisation, root-cause discussions and closure tracking.
- Define and monitor testing KPIs such as test execution progress, defect trends, test coverage, automation coverage and defect leakage.
- Lead and mentor Test Analysts, Senior Testers and Automation Engineers.
- Work closely with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, Architects, DevOps teams and business stakeholders.
- Provide clear testing status, quality assessments, risks and recommendations to project and senior management.
Required Skills &Experience
- 10+ years of overall experience, with at least 4–5 years in Test Manager/Senior Test Lead responsibilities.
- Strong experience delivering testing for Banking & Financial Services applications.
- Proven experience leading multiple projects/workstreams and testing teams.
- Strong knowledge of test strategy, test planning, estimation, execution, defect management and QA governance.
- Strong experience with Agile/Scrum and sprint-based delivery models.
- Good experience in test automation strategy and automation framework design/implementation.
- Working knowledge of automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or equivalent.
- Good understanding of API testing using Postman, REST Assured or equivalent.
- Good understanding of SQL and database/backend validation.
- Exposure to automation integration with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab or Azure DevOps.
- Experience with test/defect management tools such as Jira, Xray, Zephyr, ALM or Azure DevOps.
- Strong experience in test metrics, reporting, risk management and release quality assessment.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills.



