At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead end-to-end testing for a commercial insurance programme and ensure quality across teams.
- Company: Dynamic IT solutions provider in the UK and EU market.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced environment while honing your testing skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in integration testing and strong stakeholder management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60750 - 74250 £ per year.
We provide end-to-end IT solutions and services including Applications services, Data & Analytics services, AI/ML Technologies and Professional services in the UK and EU market.
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Test Lead to take end-to-end ownership of testing across multiple component teams for a commercial insurance program. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in integration testing, API/web service testing (JSON/SOAP), and excellent stakeholder management skills. A solid understanding of commercial insurance concepts is essential, and experience with Selenium automation will be considered an advantage.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end test strategy, planning, execution, and release readiness across multiple component teams.
- Define and implement the integration testing approach between services and systems, ensuring comprehensive cross-team test coverage.
- Design, develop, and execute functional, regression, and integration test suites.
- Ensure defects are logged, tracked, triaged, and resolved efficiently.
- Validate APIs and message formats using JSON and SOAP, leveraging SoapUI or equivalent tools.
- Collaborate closely with product owners, architects, developers, and operations teams to identify and resolve system-level issues and manage dependencies.
- Establish and maintain test metrics, dashboards, and quality gates to inform release decisions and promote continuous improvement.
- Mentor and guide both manual and automation testers, reviewing test artifacts to ensure adherence to best practices.
- Participate in release planning, risk assessments, and post-release validation activities.
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven experience leading end-to-end and integration testing across multiple teams in a complex program environment.
- Strong hands-on expertise in API/web service testing using JSON and SOAP protocols.
- Proficiency in tools such as SoapUI (or similar) for REST and SOAP API validation.
- Solid understanding of commercial insurance concepts, workflows, and common product flows.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and cross-team coordination skills.
- Demonstrated experience in test planning, strategy definition, and driving execution to meet delivery timelines.
- Familiarity with defect lifecycle management and test management tools such as JIRA, TestRail, or HP ALM.
Good to Have
- Experience with S360 or other commercial insurance platforms.
- Hands-on experience with test automation using Selenium and related frameworks.
- Exposure to JSON schema validation, contract testing, or API mocking tools.
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