Automation Test Lead
Posted 5 days ago by Project Recruit
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Liverpool, UK
Summary: The Automation Test Lead role involves leading testing efforts for a global IT services supplier, primarily focusing on both automation and manual testing. The position is hybrid, requiring attendance at the Liverpool office once a week, and is a temporary contract lasting over six months. The ideal candidate will possess strong testing skills, adaptability, and the ability to mentor junior testers while ensuring high-quality deliverables.
Key Responsibilities:
- Adaptability & Initiative: Thrives in ambiguous or rapidly changing project environments, quickly learning new systems and domains. Takes initiative to drive testing forward without needing close supervision.
- Pragmatic & Strategic Testing: Applies an analytical, risk-based approach to test planning, making practical decisions on coverage and prioritization.
- Ownership & Lead-by-Example: Takes end-to-end ownership of product quality. Leads by example with hands-on involvement in testing (both manual and automation) when needed, setting high standards through actions rather than just directives.
- Collaborative Communication: Communicates clearly and credibly with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Articulates test strategies, risks, and results in business terms, while collaborating with developers and product owners to embed quality from the outset.
- Mentorship & Team Development: Invested in elevating the team's skills through coaching and knowledge-sharing. Mentors' junior testers, foster a culture of continuous learning and quality, and guides the team in adopting best practices.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset: Constantly refines testing processes, tools, and frameworks using lessons learned and industry best practices to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness. Champions a culture of ongoing improvement and stays current with emerging QA techniques to continuously enhance the QA function.
Key Skills:
- Automation: Hands-on expertise in any Test Automation tool preferably in Ranorex with C#. Must have a solid understanding of OOPs concepts and building/maintaining automation frameworks.
- BDD: Practical experience implementing BDD practices (SpecFlow/Gherkin).
- Manual Testing: Mastery of functional, regression, and exploratory testing techniques.
- Tooling: Regular, proficient use of Jira for defect management and Git for version control.
- Domain: Prior experience with Wealth management systems is strongly preferred.
- Minimum 5+ years in a lead or senior QA role.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Liverpool
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Automation Test Lead
Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires Automation Test Lead to be based at their client's office in Liverpool/Glassgow, UK.
This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Liverpool/Glassgow office 1 day per week .
This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start ASAP
Day rate: Competitive Market rate
Senior Tester with proven experience who can be proactively deployed and interchanged across projects. You will operate with minimal supervision and demonstrate strong ownership & initiative over the quality life cycle.
The successful candidate must be a "hybrid" expert, capable of shifting between high-level Test Automation and deep-dive manual testing - (functional, regression, exploratory) based on immediate delivery needs. You will be expected to master application flows quickly and lead testing efforts independently.
Senior tester is expected to quickly understand application flows, independently identify testing risks, guide execution priorities, and flex between automation and manual activities based on delivery needs. Prior experience working on investment systems is strongly preferred. Upskilling period of 15 days to 1 month will be provided for domain and environment onboarding.
Key Responsibilities
- Adaptability & Initiative: Thrives in ambiguous or rapidly changing project environments, quickly learning new systems and domains. Takes initiative to drive testing forward without needing close supervision.
- Pragmatic & Strategic Testing: Applies an analytical, risk-based approach to test planning, making practical decisions on coverage and prioritization.
- Ownership & Lead-by-Example: Takes end-to-end ownership of product quality. Leads by example with hands-on involvement in testing (both manual and automation) when needed, setting high standards through actions rather than just directives.
- Collaborative Communication: Communicates clearly and credibly with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Articulates test strategies, risks, and results in business terms, while collaborating with developers and product owners to embed quality from the outset.
- Mentorship & Team Development: Invested in elevating the team's skills through coaching and knowledge-sharing. Mentors' junior testers, foster a culture of continuous learning and quality, and guides the team in adopting best practices.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset: Constantly refines testing processes, tools, and frameworks using lessons learned and industry best practices to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness. Champions a culture of ongoing improvement and stays current with emerging QA techniques to continuously enhance the QA function
Key Requirements
- Automation: Hands-on expertise in any Test Automation tool preferably in Ranorex with C#. Must have a solid understanding of OOPs concepts and building/maintaining automation frameworks.
- BDD: Practical experience implementing BDD practices (SpecFlow/Gherkin).
- Manual Testing: Mastery of functional, regression, and exploratory testing techniques.
- Tooling: Regular, proficient use of Jira for defect management and Git for version control.
- Domain: Prior experience with Wealth management systems is strongly preferred.
- Minimum 5+ years in a lead or senior QA role
Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately we cannot respond to everyone.
If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.