Test Team Lead in Croydon

Location: Bromley/Croydon (Mostly work from home)

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: QA/Test

Due to the industries we work in, we require the successful candidate to be able to obtain high level security clearance. To qualify for this, you must be a British citizen and have lived permanently in the UK for the last 5 years.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Test Team Lead to guide one of our QA teams and ensure the delivery of our services. In this role, you’ll lead and develop a team of testers, providing direction, support, and mentorship to drive excellence across all testing activities. You’ll collaborate with developers, business analysts, and product owners to define effective test strategies and ensure testing is aligned with business and technical objectives. While this is not a hands-on testing role, it requires strong technical understanding to make informed decisions, assess risks, and ensure robust quality practices throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support the QA team to ensure effective and consistent testing practices.
• Oversee day-to-day testing activities and ensure projects meet agreed quality standards and timelines.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and product owners to ensure clear understanding of requirements and test coverage.
• Review and validate test deliverables, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Track and report on testing progress, risks, and quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in QA processes and team performance.

Skills & Experience

Required:

• Proven experience leading or managing a QA/test team in an agile environment.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and QA processes.
• Ability to guide teams in both manual and automated testing approaches (awareness of automation tools such as Selenium).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build trust across teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Extensive experience with both Jira & Confluence.

Preferred

• Knowledge of API testing (e.g., Postman, SoapUI) or database testing (SQL).
• Experience in testing web, mobile, or enterprise applications.
• Familiarity with performance or security testing concepts.
• Experience with Java, Selenium, AWS, Jenkins.

Why Apply?

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Up to 5% employer pension contribution
• Educational allowance, training programmes, certifications, conference attendance, and other activities to help employees stay current with new technologies and industry trends.

CACI is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Embracing the diversity of our people, we are on a journey to build a truly inclusive work environment where no one is treated less favourably due to ethnic origin, age, gender, veteran status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, and disability or health condition, actively working to prevent discrimination.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will; Provide reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process where requested (contact a member of the recruitment team on 020 7602 6000 to discuss individual requirements further). Offer people with health conditions and disabilities, meeting the minimum criteria for a role, an interview.