Non-Functional Test Lead

Salary

£? - ? per year

• Proven experience leading non-functional testing on large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong background in performance, volume and Operations Acceptance Testing.
• Experience defining and implementing performance testing strategies.
• Hands‑on experience with JMeter and/or Load Runner.
• Experience monitoring application performance using New Relic.
• Strong understanding of performance analysis, bottleneck identification and optimisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.

• Define and own the end‑to‑end non‑functional testing strategy across our programme.
• Lead the Volume & Performance Testing and Operations Acceptance Testing (OAT) teams.
• Establish performance test plans, scenarios and success criteria aligned to business and technical requirements.
• Monitor, analyse and report on performance metrics, providing clear recommendations to stakeholders.
• Drive performance optimisation by identifying bottlenecks and working with engineering teams to resolve issues.
• Champion resilience testing, including the adoption of chaos engineering practices.
• Ensure operational readiness through effective OAT planning and execution.
• Work closely with development, infrastructure and Dev Ops teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Produce regular reporting on testing progress, risks, defects and quality metrics.

• Dev Ops
• JMeter

We are offering a Non-Functional Test Lead opportunity on a large-scale enterprise transformation programme. This is a contract role paying £700/day inside IR35, running until March 2027, based in Leeds with three days per week onsite and an ASAP start. You will work closely with engineering, architecture and delivery teams in a key leadership position, driving performance, operational readiness and continuous improvement across the programme lifecycle.

last updated 28 week of 2026