Job Reference: 19526
Band: D
SDD24
Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Office Base is Glasgow or Salford - This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits: We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.
Job Introduction
BBC Mobile Apps are looking for a Test Team Lead who is passionate about testing and developing people. As a Test Team Lead, you will lead the testers embedded in the engineering teams to deliver a world-class mobile experience.
The ideal candidate would be someone who excels in people management and engagement, values communication, and collaborative approaches in finding the right solution, is willing and excited to learn new skills, and to share their knowledge with others. You will have a real opportunity to influence the future of mobile at the BBC.
Reporting to the Test Manager and working with others in the Test Leadership group, you will be responsible for recruiting, managing, leading, setting direction, and coordinating tests across a group of product test teams or a program of work. You will also be responsible for managing, coaching, and mentoring direct line reports by supporting and helping them to develop their strengths and invest in their talents.
We are self-organizing and highly collaborative teams of engineers, testers, UX designers, technical architects, and product owners. We value our people, offer regular training and development opportunities, as well as '10% time' - allowing dedicated time for self-improvement, learning, and innovation. We promote a healthy work-life balance with opportunities for flexible working hours, in a friendly and inclusive working environment.
Interview process
One stage interview process combining a 20-minute presentation followed by interview questions.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
* Accountable for the design and implementation of test approaches across a group of product test teams or programmes of work.
* Recruit, lead, mentor, coach, develop and manage 6+ test engineers embedded in multidiscipline teams.
* Provide test expertise and support to stakeholders at all levels in communicating strategy, product fit, and effectiveness.
* Own testing across complex, multi-team, distributed technology programmes.
* Advocate and implement agile and lean development and testing principles, encourage continuous improvement, and ensure efficiency of the test process and practices.
* Ensure troubleshooting and resolution of issues throughout the product life cycle is carried out.
* Implementing test management and reporting frameworks across multiple teams.
* Define risk-based test scopes, from a combination of product knowledge, user reach analytics, and technical variation between devices/platforms.
* Ensure automated tests and tools are used appropriately and are effective.
* Work with other test leaders in the broader organisation to share best practice and standards.
* Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies and help introduce them where appropriate.
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
The ideal candidate: You may have experience of some, but not necessarily all, of the following:
* Experience of leading software testing - designing and implementing test approaches for complex online products in a fast-changing environment with rapid release cycles.
* Experience in people management, including recruiting, leading, mentoring, coaching, and career development.
* Experience of innovating in testing technology and processes.
* Knowledge and experience of automation testing frameworks.
* Experience in testing mobile applications - iOS and Android.
* Leadership and collaboration inside and beyond the team. The ability to influence diverse and senior stakeholders effectively.
* Expertise in agile software development methodologies including behaviour and test-driven development.
* Expertise in problem-solving and providing creative solutions.
* Good written and spoken communications skills; comfortable engaging at all levels in the organization.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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