Your new company
Working with a well-established higher education with multiple campuses based in the West Midlands.
Your new role
As the Test Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the testing activities in a project and ensuring the quality of the software or system being developed. This role requires both technical expertise in testing and strong leadership and communication skills.Key Accountabilities:
1. Responsible for the management of all testing activities within complex development or integration projects or programmes, combining effort as appropriate with IT staff, suppliers and clients/users. Monitors and controls the testing effort and records and publishes testing metrics required to manage the testing activities.
2. Lead on the practicality of testing process alternatives, including automated testing. Gives advice to both client/user and management to determine the most appropriate testing approaches for complex projects or programmes within the constraints and operational requirements of the organisation. Manages overall client relationships and sets expectations with respect to all testing matters.
3. Responsible for reporting on the effectiveness of testing for projects within the Transformation Programme and identifying improvements to the testing process.
4. Responsible for the pre-test phases e.g. Quality Assurance (QA) and pre-requisite planning, working with internal and exter...