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# Tesco Bank Senior Programme Test Lead

- **Company:** Barclays Bank PLC
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Big Data, Data Migration, Data Warehousing, Strategies of Testing, Databricks
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840665259-tesco-bank-senior-programme-test-lead

## About the Role

* Test leadership with experience in large scale data migration programmes, preferably in Credit Risk and risk models
 * Strong communications skills - with a focus on influencing, and bringing together technical and business areas
 * Hands- on experience with AWS, Datawarehouse , Data migration, Databricks
 * Expertise in Test tooling - eg Jira
 * Experience in Banking sector
 * Agile

## Description

You will be joining as a Programme Test Lead for the internal project to help us deliver a large-scale integration programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for test strategy and co-ordination, interfacing with multiple teams across Business and IT. The role will require the ability to effectively communicate with all members of the team, ranging from technical personnel to programme leadership., * Generating Test Strategy, Designs and Reports, working with teams across Business and IT

 * Validating test scope by reviewing of requirements and design documentation, liaising with SMEs
 * Communication of testing strategy and progress to senior programme and business stakeholders
 * Defining Testing Roles and responsibilities, and ensuring agreement on dependencies
 * Working with each of the teams involved to ensure end to end testing
 * Reviewing test results and any defects/reporting progress, risks & issues
 * Investigating issues and working with test teams to identify root cause and resolution


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