Senior Team Lead, QA & Testing Automation Practice

Bridge 2 Partners is a boutique consulting firm focused on the Bank, Credit Union, and Financial Services market segment. We are partnering with leading technology providers to accelerate transformations via Digital, Data & Scalable Automation. Bridge 2 Partners was founded by proven practitioners with deep domain and technology expertise.

We are looking for a qualified QA / Testing Team Lead with work experience in delivering software solutions for internal and customer facing applications in the Financial Services industry. You will be an important ally to every organization that wants to invest in change and improvement and needs help as to where and how. You will also undertake projects on behalf of the client’s business when it lacks the resources or ability to perform them in-house.

• Serve as thought leader and practitioner, understanding the needs and constraints of the business, making complex decisions, and creating new and different approaches when necessary to achieve Quality of Delivery.
• Define testing scope, goals and deliverables that support the business goals in collaboration with Program Team and senior leadership.
• Determine the needs and conditions to be met by the Application to fulfill the business’ expectations and requirements.
• Evaluate the capabilities, performances, dependability, and predictability of the software application.
• Build and lead the team that will manage the testing and define the testbed / toolset to achieve the goals for the practice and each project.
• Define the scope and requirements of testing by Sprint, MVP, and overall deployment.
• Ensure systemic testing and engage with automation of testing whenever appropriate.
• Ensure that the testing of the application at each gate / iteration / milestone is sufficient to ensure quality and usability of the application.
• Verifies that the testing is effective and provide meaningful validation of quality and fitness.
• Orchestrate the testing between testing teams and associate partners (functional leaders, stakeholders, users).
• Coordinate / define the UAT approach, train, and coach Users on UAT protocols and provide infrastructure and support of UAT.
• Establish the foundation for continuous testing leveraging Dev Ops, CI/CD, and Release protocols.
• Provide guidance for the resolution of defects, dependencies, problems, and issues resulting from test runs or preventing testing to occur.
• Formulate concise recommendations and solutions with attention to a client’s needs, capabilities, and limitations.

• Participate in meetings, development of proposals, and other efforts related to Testing, Testing Automation and Quality Assurance.
• Contribute to the development of a world-class Testing and QA Practice, including advanced automation of testing tools and discipline.
• Collaborate with other practices to expand and share and promote the Testing Knowledge; help develop and nurture the Testing Team, including keeping up with new technologies, certifications, and market needs.
• Provide guidance to team members on the certifications, trainings and skillsets that would further their capabilities and value delivered to our Clients.
• Actively build a professional network and affiliate network in the local community.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent working experience).
• Superior understanding of large projects / program management, data, and workflow integrations with third parties and the complexity of business application testing and acceptance.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience as testing / QA Lead or UAT Manager.
• Knowledge of at least one programming / scripting language; working knowledge of Python.
• Knowledge of at least one database management system and EDW architecture, along with crisp understanding of data mapping.
• Familiarity with web design, UI and CX and workflow management.
• Familiarity with testing and test case management platforms / tools, e.g., Selenium, Practi Test, Load Runner, etc. and automation and obfuscation / anonymization tools.
• Operational fluency with project management software;…