Test Strategy Lead

We’re looking for an experienced Testing Lead to take ownership of the quality strategy across a range of delivery projects. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys setting standards, developing people and embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle - rather than simply overseeing testing at the end of a project.

You’ll work closely with engineering, product, business analysis and DevSecOps teams to ensure quality is built into everything that gets delivered.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and evolve the organisation’s overall testing strategy, standards and approach.
• Lead and coordinate testing across multiple delivery projects.
• Manage and develop testers working across delivery teams, supporting performance and career growth.
• Ensure test environments are ready and work closely with DevSecOps to resolve issues.
• Partner with Business Analysts, Developers and Product teams to ensure requirements are clear, testable and built with quality in mind.
• Monitor and report on testing performance, defects, risks and release readiness.
• Help shape the automation strategy, including the evaluation and adoption of appropriate tooling.
• Lead root-cause analysis for significant defects and quality issues.
• Champion a culture where quality is owned across the entire engineering and delivery lifecycle.

• 5+ years’ experience within software testing, including 2+ years in a leadership or senior testing position.
• Strong experience across test planning, execution, regression testing and UAT.
• Experience leading testers across multiple projects or delivery teams.
• Good understanding of test automation frameworks and modern QA practices.
• Experience with JIRA, Xray or similar test management platforms.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to quality, with the confidence to challenge and improve existing processes.

Nice to Have

• Experience within financial services, FinTech or another highly regulated environment.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps and secure software development practices.
• Experience within blockchain or digital asset environments.
• ISTQB or equivalent testing qualification.
• Experience with tools such as Selenium, Cypress or Playwright., If you’re a Testing Lead who wants to move beyond simply managing test execution and have a real influence on engineering quality, delivery and people, this is an opportunity worth exploring.

A leading financial services organisation is entering an exciting new phase of growth, with a wave of technology hires supporting the next generation of its digital platforms and services., This is an opportunity to join a major financial services organisation at an exciting point in its technology journey. As part of a new wave of strategic hires, you’ll have genuine scope to influence how quality is delivered across the organisation, shape testing standards and help build a modern, high-performing engineering function.