About the Company
Our client is a leading organisation within the financial services and wealth management sector, currently undertaking a significant technology transformation across its customer and advice platforms.
As part of this transformation, they are strengthening their internal technology capability and are looking for an experienced QA / Test Manager to take ownership of testing across a complex program of work.
About the Role
The QA / Test Manager will lead the end-to-end test strategy and delivery across a major technology transformation, providing technical and functional leadership to a team of QA Engineers and Test Analysts.
You will establish testing standards, governance and ways of working across the team, while coordinating testing across multiple systems, integrations, business areas, delivery teams and vendors.
Responsibilities will include owning the overall test strategy and plan across system, integration, end-to-end, UAT and regression testing; managing test environments, data and dependencies; leading defect management and triage; and providing clear reporting around quality, risks, issues and release readiness.
This is a highly visible role requiring someone who can work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders, anticipate issues and take genuine ownership of quality outcomes.
About You
- Demonstrated experience as a Test Manager, QA Manager, Quality Engineering Manager or senior Test Lead within a complex transformation environment.
- Previous experience within financial services, wealth management, superannuation, banking, investments or financial advice is essential.
- Strong experience developing and owning end-to-end test strategies, plans, governance and quality standards.
- Extensive knowledge across system, SIT, integration, end-to-end, UAT and regression testing.
- Experience leading QA Engineers, Test Analysts and business testing resources within project or matrix environments.
- Strong defect management and triage experience, including assessing business impact and driving issues through to resolution.
- Experience working across integrated platforms, customer-facing technology and complex business processes.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Proactive and commercially minded, with the ability to anticipate issues and drive outcomes rather than simply execute assigned tasks.
- Experience with test management tools such as JIRA, Xray, Zephyr or Azure DevOps.
Please submit your current resume to apply. If you'd like a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Dylan Tasker on dylan.tasker@davidsonwp.com , quoting reference JN -092026-44385. To learn more about Davidson, visit davidsonwp.com.
