Test Lead

£40,000 - £50,000 per annum

Leek, St Edward Street

Hybrid/Flexible Working | Minimum 2 Days per Week in the Office

Full Time | 35 Hours per Week | Permanent

At Leek Building Society, we pride ourselves on being a force for good. We exist to help our communities grow, so they can do great things today and even better things tomorrow.

Our colleagues are one of the communities we support. That's why we've created an inclusive, engaging workplace where people have the freedom to be themselves, develop their skills and build rewarding careers.

We're proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work, based on feedback from our colleagues, and equally proud to have been recognised externally, winning Best Building Society and Best Specialist Mortgage Provider at the 2026 British Bank Awards.

As a mutual organisation, our members are at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague plays an important role in helping us deliver outstanding service to our customers and communities.

We believe great people deserve great benefits. That's why we offer:

• 35-hour working week
• 7.5% employer pension contribution
• Minimum 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase and sale scheme
• Free health screening
• 24/7 GP access for you and your close family
• Comprehensive mental health support, including counselling and Mental Health First Aiders
• Enhanced sick pay and family leave from day one
• Up to 6 months' guaranteed sick pay for major illnesses
• Life assurance worth four times your annual salary
• Workplace savings account with a £100 bonus for regular savers
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• Retail discounts and salary sacrifice schemes
• Onsite gym at our Head Office
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities

We're looking for an organised and delivery-focused Test Lead to coordinate and support testing across our projects and change initiatives.

This is a varied role combining test leadership and governance with practical test analysis and execution. You'll plan and coordinate testing activity, help create and execute test scripts, oversee defect management and maintain clear traceability between requirements, test cases, defects and outcomes.

Working with project teams and business colleagues, you'll ensure testing is structured, proportionate and appropriately evidenced. You'll also provide clear reporting on progress, coverage, quality, risks and implementation readiness.

This is a hands-on opportunity. You'll contribute directly to testing where needed, including preparing test data, writing scripts, executing tests, reviewing evidence and helping teams demonstrate that requirements have been appropriately tested before implementation.

We welcome applications from people who can demonstrate relevant testing experience or transferable capability gained across different projects, organisations or career paths.

• Developing test strategies, plans and approaches that reflect the risk, scope and complexity of each project
• Creating, reviewing and executing functional, integration, system, regression and user acceptance test scripts
• Supporting business teams to define test scenarios, expected outcomes and acceptance criteria
• Maintaining clear traceability between requirements, test cases, scripts, defects and outcomes
• Coordinating testing resources, schedules, environments and test data
• Managing defects from identification through to resolution, retesting and closure
• Facilitating defect triage sessions and ensuring issues are prioritised, assigned and escalated appropriately
• Agreeing and evidencing testing entry and exit criteria with project teams
• Providing clear reports on testing progress, coverage, quality, risks, issues and readiness
• Identifying gaps in test coverage and working with project teams to address them before implementation
• Supporting business colleagues with test preparation and execution where guidance or additional capacity is needed
• Ensuring testing evidence is maintained appropriately to support governance, audit and implementation decisions
• Working collaboratively with Project Managers, Business Analysts, business stakeholders, Application Support, developers and third-party suppliers
• Developing reusable testing templates, standards, processes and reporting approaches
• Contributing to lessons learned and continuous improvement of the Society's testing approach
• Supporting service handover and early-life support by ensuring known issues, defects and testing outcomes are clearly…