Test Lead

Company Description

Evelyn Partners is the UK’s leading integrated wealth management and professional services group, with over 186 years of experience in helping generations of people and businesses to thrive. We offer an extensive range of financial and professional services to individuals, family trusts, professional intermediaries, charities and businesses.

We provide an award-winning service for our clients by employing the best people. Join us on our mission to place the power of good advice into more hands because we believe that everyone deserves access to good advice, regardless of where they’re at in their financial journey.

An exceptional track record of growth and innovation is driven by our core values of: Personal, offering advice based on a true understanding of what matters to our clients; Partnership, working with our clients in a joined-up, collaborative way; and Performance, demonstrating a breadth and depth of advice expertise to deliver first-class results.

Read more about us and available career opportunities here:

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Job Description

Job purpose

Our strategy is to put the power of good advice into more hands.  To deliver on this promise we are building new wealth management services for next generation clients; to help them plan and manage their financial future. These services will combine the best of great digital product design and wealth management expertise.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Test Lead to join our team in delivering innovative, reliable, and robust solutions along with managing all aspects of the software testing processes. The Test Lead will build and manage the testing team, processes, and tools to ensure our software meets quality standards before release. This is a hands-on role for someone passionate about quality assurance and test automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop & maintain an overall test strategy and detailed test plans that cover functional, integration, system, performance, and regression testing
• Manage a team of test automation engineers and manual testers
• Implement and oversee test automation frameworks, tools, and processes 
• Perform hands-on complex test case design and test scripting
• Review product requirements and track test coverage and gaps
• Triage, isolate, replicate and report software defects
• Analyse test results and create detailed problem reports
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams throughout the development process
• Stay up-to-date with QA processes, tools, and best practices

Qualifications

Key Skills and Experience

• Experience in software QA leadership roles
• Strong experience with test automation tools like Playwright
• Good experience with test management tools like Zephyr
• Proficiency with defect tracking tools like JIRA
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Strong technical background with working knowledge of the SDLC
• Knowledge of SQL and experience with database testing
• Experience testing APIs and web services
• Familiarity with mobile/tablet testing

Additional Information

As a colleague here at Evelyn Partners, you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependant)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients.  At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation.  It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment. 

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process.  Please let your Recruiter know.