Quality Assurance Test Lead
Posted Today by Amdaris
£58 Per hour
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The QA Test Lead role involves overseeing the testing of AI solutions, particularly in the financial services sector, ensuring compliance with non-functional requirements such as transparency and explainability. The position requires strong stakeholder communication skills and proficiency in test management tools, alongside a solid understanding of automation processes. The role is fully remote and is expected to last for three months. The candidate will manage a test team and coordinate testing activities across various business units.
Key Responsibilities:
- Testing of AI solutions generated in Pega and Azure and using AIS/Integro for integrations.
- Develop end-to-end Test Strategy accounting for downstream regression tests, SIT, UAT etc.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure testing requirements are met.
- Manage the test team and ensure efficient preparation and execution of test cases.
- Firm understanding of all the project level integrations and ensuring the SIT & UAT environment includes all required systems, components, and test data.
- Ensure all prerequisites for SIT & UAT execution are met, and execution proceeds in accordance with the SIT & UAT schedule.
- Define the SIT & UAT Schedule which will support delivery against the defined project outcomes.
- Produce SIT & UAT Schedule in alignment with the Project Plan, whilst ensuring availability and buy-in.
- Co-ordinate SIT & UAT execution activities across all lines of business, as well as business units (i.e. Operations, Claims & Finance), as per the SIT & UAT Schedule.
- Management of defects raised during SIT & UAT execution until resolution, in accordance with the agreed SIT & UAT Management Process.
- Track progress of SIT & UAT execution and produce Daily Status Reports for circulation amongst Project and Business Stakeholders.
- Implementation of SIT & UAT Entry/Exit Quality Gates, including the facilitation of any remedial tasks/actions.
- Chair regular SIT & UAT Progress Meetings with the delegated Business Testers, IT Rep and Business Analyst.
- Regular updates to Project Manager on progress to plan.
Key Skills:
- AI testing experience, ideally within financial services.
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
- Experience with industry standard test management tools (MS Azure DevOps).
- Proficient at defect management workflows and processes.
- ISEB/ISTQB or equivalent certification in testing.
- Strong understanding of low-code or script-assisted automation using tools like Katalon.
- Ability to validate non-functional aspects with performance Lead.
- Tracks KPIs and integrates automation and NFT checks into quality governance reporting.
- Understand CI/CD tools such as ADO, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.
- Experience with automation planning, automation-first strategies, or low-code/no-code automation tools.
Salary (Rate): £58.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Role: QA Test Lead
Rate: Up to £500 per day
IR35: Outside
Location: Fully Remote
Duration: 3 months
Amdaris are looking for a QA Test Lead with experience testing AI technology, verifying the correctness of an AI solution. Additionally, this includes the need to test new non-functional requirements such as transparency and explainability of AI agents.
Experience Required:
- AI testing experience, ideally within financial services.
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills, able to summarise a complicated data set into meaningful progress reports.
- Experience with industry standard test management tools (MS Azure DevOps).
- Proficient at defect management workflows and processes.
- ISEB/ISTQB or equivalent certification in testing.
- A strong understanding of how teams build and maintain low-code or script-assisted automation using tools like Katalon.
- Ability to validate non-functional aspects with performance Lead (performance baselines, resilience under load, platform constraints).
- Tracks KPIs and integrates automation and NFT checks into quality governance reporting.
- Understand CI/CD tools such as ADO, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.
- Experience with automation planning, automation-first strategies, or low-code/no-code automation tools.
Responsibilities:
- Testing of AI solutions generated in Pega and Azure and using AIS/Integro for integrations.
- Develop end-to-end Test Strategy accounting for downstream regression tests, SIT, UAT etc.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure testing requirements are met.
- Manage the test team and ensure efficient preparation and execution of test cases.
- Firm understanding of all the project level integrations and ensuring the SIT & UAT environment includes all required systems, components, and test data.
- Ensure all prerequisites for SIT & UAT execution are met, and execution proceeds in accordance with the SIT & UAT schedule.
- Define the SIT & UAT Schedule which will support delivery against the defined project outcomes.
- Produce SIT & UAT Schedule in alignment with the Project Plan, whilst ensuring availability and buy-in.
- Co-ordinate SIT & UAT execution activities across all lines of business, as well as business units (i.e. Operations, Claims & Finance), as per the SIT & UAT Schedule.
- Management of defects raised during SIT & UAT execution until resolution, in accordance with the agreed SIT & UAT Management Process.
- Track progress of SIT & UAT execution and produce Daily Status Reports for circulation amongst Project and Business Stakeholders.
- Implementation of SIT & UAT Entry/Exit Quality Gates, including the facilitation of any remedial tasks/actions.
- Chair regular SIT & UAT Progress Meetings with the delegated Business Testers, IT Rep and Business Analyst.
- Regular updates to Project Manager on progress to plan.