Test Team Lead I

**Purpose of the Job**:
The purpose of the Testing Team Lead is to lead and drive quality software testing practice for system or software development solutions, through efficient test planning and delivery within the software testing life cycle (STLC) and software development life cycle (SDLC) processes. This includes defining, measuring, and enforcing testing quality, coverage, and traceability through to closure, whilst ensuring testing team delivery of pre-agreed testing schedules with relevant stakeholders and delivery managers, and managing and reporting progress, issues, constraints, dependencies and applicable resources.

The Testing Team Lead provides technical leadership and mentorship to the testing team pertaining to various types of testing, processes, testing techniques and delivering high-quality performance for both individual and collective outputs, whilst driving technological advancement, continuous improvement and contributing to the overall Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE) practice standards. Furthermore, this role leads the testing team’s collaboration with functional and projects teams and key stakeholders in delivering efficient, high-performing, quality systems or software.

**Job Objectives**:
Test Planning:
Collaborate with Project Team and Stakeholders.

Coordinate all activity and all testers during each testing phase of a project and/or program.

Determine which tools and utilities work best.

Develop, modify, and ensure that software testing plans are executed.

Provide accurate and precise estimates for assigned task duration.

Defining test strategy and test plans and reviewing them with stakeholders.

Identify the testing scope required for each release based on the requirements.

Ensure optimal test coverage and improve the test coverage where needed

Identify the testing effort required by calculating the sizing needed for the given release.

Identify the tools to be used for test reporting, test management, test automation, etc.

Estimate the testing resources and time required and negotiate with management to acquire the necessary resources.

Publish the test plan after discussions with the test team and have it reviewed and approved by the management/ development team.

Test design and execution:
Analyse test results to ensure existing functionality and recommend corrective action.

Integrate test suites into the test management system and custom test harnesses.

Propose required functions, tools or scripts to management for approval based on complexity and coverage of solution.

Select and develop appropriate test automation tools.

Update test execution status following agreed-upon processes as part of regularly scheduled test status updates.

Lead and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases and test procedures.

Ensure proper configuration management of the test ware produced and traceability of the tests to the test basis.

Manage the building of required test environments.

Manage test environments, test devices and technology versions required for testing.

Test monitoring and evaluation:
Assist in the creation of test project status reports and metrics.

Consult with developers to resolve issues and provide feedback for the technical appraisal of the tested software program(s).

Ensure that quality standards are maintained in the team.

Test completion:
Review software design and change specifications.

Trace test cases and results back to specific quality risks.

Schedule the tests for execution and monitor, measure, control and report on the test progress.

Review new or modified tests and introduce improved testing techniques.

Write and present summary reports on test status for each test execution cycle.

Technical Test Process Management:
Keep pace with new industry trends, approaches, tools, and techniques for testing.

Provide technical guidance to junior-level test engineers and/or test technicians.

Work closely with development and test to review use cases, requirements, workflows, and technical specs needed to create automated scripts and tools.

Work with the Development team to capture and reuse automated Unit Test Cases, Test Stubs and Drivers, and other Development test objects.

Work with the Release Management team to create and maintain an automated nightly build verification test.

Test Lab management:
Ensure the Test Lab assets are in place or planned for.

Liaise with the Test Lab Manager in the event there is new equipment required.

Plan Resource Access to the Lab.

Team Management:
Propose work assignments to delivery teams for test team members based on the skills and abilities of each member.

Lead a team of quality analysts and testers including task identification, monitoring progress and issue resolution.

Ensure that testing resources are properly skilled to execute their testing duties.

Ensure that the testing team is educated on the TCoE’s standards, processes, and selected tools.

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