Software Test Team Lead

• Annual Salary: £45,000
• Location: UK (Remote) - Occasional visits once per quarter
• Job Type: Full-Time, 3-year Fixed Term Contract

A new exciting Fixed Term Contract opportunity has become available to join a leading UK housing care provider. They're seeking a Testing Team Lead to support the delivery of high-quality digital products across there agile teams. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys a hands-on approach while providing leadership and is motivated by enabling others to succeed.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Team Leadership and Line Management:

  • Provide day-to-day leadership, support, and coaching to a small team of testers.
  • Conduct 1:1s, objective setting, and performance reviews.
  • Build capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and skill development.
  • Support wellbeing and workload balance within the team.

• Testing Delivery and Quality Assurance:

  • Lead planning and execution of test activities within agile teams.
  • Ensure test approaches are risk-based and aligned to product scope.
  • Oversee functional, regression, and exploratory testing.
  • Support test automation, where appropriate.
  • Ensure defects are raised clearly and resolved efficiently.

• Agile and Cross-Team Collaboration:

  • Work closely with Product Owners and Delivery Managers to align testing with sprint goals.
  • Participate in backlog refinement, estimation, sprint planning, and team ceremonies.
  • Support a shared understanding of acceptance criteria and quality expectations.
  • Help embed consistent testing practices across agile teams.

• Continuous Improvement and Standards:

  • Identify opportunities to improve test processes, techniques, and tooling.
  • Maintain and improve test documentation, test cases, and reusable assets.
  • Promote a culture of quality, collaboration, and proactive problem solving.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Background as a software tester or senior tester within agile delivery teams.
• Experience coordinating testing activities across multiple workstreams.
• Experience in line managing or mentoring testers is advantageous.
• Exposure to risk-based testing, exploratory testing, or structured test design is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of testing practices and QA principles.
• Clear communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Familiarity with test management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar.
• Experience with test case management and defect tracking tools.
• Experience of using API testing tools and automated testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Playwright and Appium).
• UK Security Clearable.

Benefits:

• Named in the Top 10 Best Big UK Companies to Work For 2023 & 2024.
• Inclusive culture, committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Meaningful work with a tangible impact on people’s lives.
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays, and an additional 2 days for volunteering/social impact.
• Comprehensive benefits package including discounts, green car scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, holiday trading, share options, and an employee assistance programme.

To apply for this Testing Team Lead position, please submit your CV to be considered immediately.