Test Lead

QBE Europe is currently recruiting a Test Lead to join our Technology & Transformation function in our London office. The purpose of this role is to oversee the implementation and delivery of application testing, including planning, coordination and management of service strategy with outsourced vendors. This involves liaising with internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance and effectiveness of processes, and guiding vendors to achieve service level agreements through scoping, planning, and managing testing activities.

Your new role

• Creating and implementing strategic plans across the testing function for the team.
• Creation and oversight of functional and performance test strategies, plans, scenarios, and test cases for projects.
• Coordinating testing activities, including estimation, planning, team management, and reporting.
• Mentoring and coaching the team for development.
• Managing stakeholder relationships throughout the testing cycle.
• Documenting and verifying test results, incidents, bugs, and issues in alignment with QBE testing methodology.
• Ensuring regression testing packs are continually kept up to date to maintain currency.
• Contributing to the delivery of all test artefacts accurately and efficiently.
• Collaborate with peers in other areas of the department to develop improved strategies for the wider testing function.
• Identifying, communicating, and managing risks and issues as they arise.
• Ensuring stakeholder feedback is effectively addressed for quality outputs.
• Supporting the transition of testing processes to third-party vendors and managing vendor relationships effectively.

Necessary Work Experience includes:

• Extensive experience using testing methodologies and tools.
• Some experience leading testing teams.
• Thrives on taking ownership of a function and being proactive.

Preferred Work Experience includes:

• Experience of using any of the following an advantage:

• Tosca
• Selenium
• Postman
• LoadRunner
• JMeter
• Playwright
• Python
• Jira
• PowerBI
• Dynatrace
• Sumologic

Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.

Pension - you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.

Private medical insurance - we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.

Family friendly policies - we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.

Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.

Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own. Cycle-to-Work - benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that's why we have created "At My Best". It's our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn't fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It's in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA. We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.? QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/). With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind. To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website. At My Best - QBE Benefits You are more than your work - and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. FOR UK ONLY: As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!