You’ll be a part of a very dynamic and fast-paced environment that promotes diversity of opinions and helps in collaboration. Together, we will help our clients to drive transformational change in the way the client delivers application testing services within its organization. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us. Everything you’ll do will come back to providing exceptional testing subject matter expertise and solving complex problems that make a difference for our clients. Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.
Your key responsibilities:
- Accountable for ensuring the quality is built into development of all solutions at all stages within the development lifecycle
- Define and develop projects’ test strategies and plans and associated deliverables
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise team members. Provide expert practice advice and guidance to junior colleagues.
- Develop test capabilities and increase knowledge and understanding of the importance of building in quality across the wider development community
- EY.AI - in this role, your capabilities are augmented by artificial intelligence. With AI-powered solutions your analyses, insights and innovative ideas will reach a higher level. Starting with a series of training sessions, you will then use EYQ - your virtual assistant, along with other unique tools often available exclusively at EY. We continuously invest in innovation to provide you with a work environment where you can focus on the most interesting aspects of your job and create the best solutions for clients.
To qualify for the role you must have:
- Significant experience in software testing, preferably in London Market area.
- Proven team leadership experience in quality assurance (both online and offline)
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools (defect tracking and test management) and processes
- Ability to plan, track and report the status of the deliverables
- Experience in working in agile methodologies
- Master’s degree
- 5+ experience as a QA Lead, Test Lead or Test Manager in large, international projects,
- Very good English verbal and written communication,
- Flexibility and willingness to travel to customers locations on an “as-needed” basis.
Ideally, you’ll also have:
- Experience with performance, automation and/or security testing,
- Testing/QA certifications such as ISTQB Certified Tester, ISTQB Certified Test Manager
- Experience with Guidewire products
- Technical knowledge in programming, scripting and related standards (Python, bash, Perl, Java, XML, JavaScript, HTML etc.)
What we look for:
We look for test specialists and experts with excellent organisational and time management skills, able to multi-task and work with demanding users in a high pressure environment. You can expect plenty of autonomy and variety in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to be nimble, take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and prioritize participation in practice initiatives that will generate a long term pipeline of projects for the firm.
What we offer:
- Professional and financial support in obtaining recognised qualifications and certificates,
- EY Badges- global certification of your competencies and the opportunity to earn an MBA title from the prestigious Hult University
- Career Counselor- professional, one-to-one guidance on career building and development
- Innovate EY- unique programmes where you can create your own start-up using our know-how and funding
- Psycho-educational platform- a package of free consultations with specialists in the broad field of mental health and personal development and access to educational activities
- A convenient hybrid working model
- Benefit programme