Test Lead

Overview

Hours:

Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week).

Location:

Hybrid role – 104 Dalton Avenue, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6YF
& remote. Grade: CM40. Competitive salary available on request.

The Test Lead will be responsible for the oversight and deliverables of one or more project test teams for testing software components in line with company guidelines and standards. The role must provide support for the planning and execution of test activities, working within the agreed IT processes, to ensure robust and high-quality solutions to the end-user community.

• Report into the Test Manager for updates, risk and issues
• Lead the project test team and ensure they are fully utilized and achieving project goals
• Create testing artifacts such as test approaches, test reports and closure reports
• Ensure the project test team are adhering to testing processes and standards
• Lead the SIT, UAT and Live Proving test phases to agreed quality gates and timelines
• Triage defects and chair triage calls
• Estimate all aspects of testing to be completed within the project
• Peer review of test cases/scripts
• Identify and communicate blockers and risks
• Utilises testing knowledge and experience to assess, advise and implement the best test approach for a particular set of acceptance criteria
• Identifies opportunities for test automation, work in conjunction with other TAs to bring test automation into the process
• Hands on testing when required

• Proven experience working as a Test Lead
• Previous hands-on experience as a tester
• Strong experience of Testing Methodologies
• Experience in leading different testing phases
• Experience writing manual and automated test scripts
• Well-practiced in cloud-based solutions
• Experience with SQL/Postman/C#/Spec Flow
• Skilled with scrutinising data and generating test data
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Good automation knowledge with the ability to automate UI, Database and API testing, via various tool sets
• Strong technical background knowledge and experience of Visual Studio, JIRA, Confluence, Zephyr, Azure Dev Ops

• Knowledge of Salesforce
• Experience using Playwright
• Finance or cash management experience
• An understanding of object models and workflow, configuration management tools, and .NET development environments would be a plus

We are a Living Wage employer with Investors in People Platinum status, and as such have a great range of benefits:

• A generous company pension auto-enrolled 4% employee 10% employer
• Competitive holiday allowance of 25 days with an option to purchase additional holidays each year
• Group life assurance 4 x salary
• Group income protection - 75% salary less £5000
• Vaulte Xtra discounts on retailers, cycle to work, childcare vouchers, gym membership, cash back on purchase, eye tests and many more
• Employee Assistance Programme – a free service for legal advice and counselling
• Robust Learning and Development team and opportunities for career progression
• Performance-based yearly bonus
• One day paid volunteering opportunity each year
• Mentorship programmes
• Access to Peppy – a digital health platform for healthcare support
• Access to Aviva Digicare+ for annual health checks, nutritional consultations, mental health support, bereavement support and more
• Access to Zurich’s Virtual GP service
• Charles Cameron – free access to independent mortgage advice

Vaultex acknowledges every person’s right to feel valued, respected, and fairly rewarded for what they do. We foster a collaborative environment where everyone is encouraged to share their views and shape Vaultex’s future. We are committed to transparency and progress as a Work
180 endorsed employer. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace where everyone is supported to be their best. If you’re excited about any of our roles but you don’t tick every box, we still encourage you to apply.

Vaultex UK Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We strongly encourage applications from those with disabilities, are culturally & linguistically diverse, veterans and LGBTQIA+. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know. Upon submitting your application via the Workday link, you will receive an email notifying you of the outcome of your application when this has been reviewed.

For successful candidates, the next stage will be a phone interview with the Vaultex recruitment team. If you would like to check the status of your application, please contact a member of the recruitment team. Due to the secure nature of our business, all successful candidates will need to provide a five-year traceable work history and complete a criminal record and credit background check.