Senior Program Test Lead

Neurho Solutions; Brussel; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurho Solutions in Belgium seeks a Senior Program Test Lead to coordinate end-to-end testing across distribution, gaming, digital services and payments. You will translate quality strategy into a risk-based test approach and provide evidence for release readiness and Go/No-Go decisions.

You will lead cross-team test planning, coordinate SIT/UAT and non-functional testing, and manage schedules, data, and environments. Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Ten years+ as a Test Coordinator, with recent work in the last 12 months.
• Proven Program Test Lead or Senior Test Lead in multi-domain transformations.
• Ten years' ISTQB methodologies experience, including recent use.
• Strong command of risk-based testing or equivalent methodologies.
• Extensive experience with Jira and Xray in testing projects.
• Ability to coordinate several teams and suppliers without direct authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.
• Evidence-based approach to decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Develop the overall programme test plan with the Quality Assurance Manager and translate it into coordinated operational plans.
• Coordinate system testing, SIT, end-to-end testing, UAT, regression and non-functional testing across teams and suppliers.
• Maintain an integrated schedule covering campaigns, environments, test data and resources.
• Prioritise testing according to business, operational, technical and regulatory risks.
• Align test methods and consolidate progress, results and evidence across workstreams.
• Lead cross-team defect triage and report risks and decisions to stakeholders.
• Plan validation of data and system migrations, dry runs and cut-over scenarios.
• Present quality reporting to governance and support Go/No-Go decisions.

Skills

End-to-end testing

Jira

Xray

Risk-based testing

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Decision-making

Tools

Jira

Xray

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Program Test Lead to coordinate end-to-end testing across a complex transformation covering distribution, gaming, digital services, payments and operations. You will turn the quality strategy into an integrated, risk-based test approach across multiple workstreams and suppliers. Working closely with the Quality Assurance Manager, you will provide the evidence needed to assess release readiness and make informed Go/No-Go decisions.

Your role

• Develop the overall programme test plan with the Quality Assurance Manager and translate it into coordinated operational plans.
• Coordinate system testing, SIT, end-to-end testing, UAT, regression and non-functional testing across business teams, IT teams and suppliers.
• Maintain an integrated schedule covering campaigns, dependencies, environments, test data and resources. Anticipate capacity conflicts and cross-domain impacts, and propose trade-offs.
• Prioritise testing according to business, operational, technical and regulatory risks. Maintain traceability between requirements, risks, scenarios, results, defects and evidence, and identify gaps in coverage.
• Align test methods, common criteria and operational indicators across workstreams. Consolidate progress, results, defects, risks and supporting evidence.
• Challenge supplier test plans, results and conclusions. Assess whether the evidence demonstrates the expected quality, document gaps and residual risks, and report them to the Quality Assurance Manager.
• Lead cross-team defect triage, align severity and priority classifications, coordinate correction and retest priorities, and escalated critical risks and decisions outside your mandate.
• Plan and coordinate validation of data and system migrations, dry runs and cut-over scenarios, including data reconciliation, recovery mechanisms and entry and exit criteria.
• Assess release readiness from consolidated indicators, coverage, open defects and residual risks. Prepare Go/No-Go recommendations with the Quality Assurance Manager and follow up conditions, waivers and actions.
• Present clear, decision-focused quality reporting to programme governance. Work closely with the Program Manager, workstream leads, Business Owners, UAT leads, architecture, integration and operations teams.

You have

• At least ten years' experience as a Test Coordinator, including work in the role within the last 12 months.
• Proven experience as a Program Test Lead or Senior Test Lead in complex, multi-domain, multi-supplier transformation programmes.
• At least ten years' experience applying ISTQB test methodologies, including use within the last 12 months.
• Strong command of risk-based testing or equivalent test methodologies.
• At least ten years' experience in test management, including practice within the last 12 months.
• At least ten years' experience with Jira, including use within the last 12 months.
• At least ten years' experience with Xray, including use within the last 12 months.
• Extensive experience in end-to-end testing.
• Extensive experience with integrated test environments.
• Extensive experience with data and system migrations.
• Extensive experience with dry runs.
• Extensive experience with cut-over preparation.
• A good understanding of distribution processes.
• A good understanding of gaming processes.
• A good understanding of digital processes.
• A good understanding of payment processes.
• A good understanding of operational processes.
• Strong command of consolidated test reporting.
• The ability to coordinate several teams and suppliers without direct line authority.
• The ability to constructively challenge stakeholders' test results and supporting evidence.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent ability to summarise complex information.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Excellent judgement when resolving competing priorities.
• A strong focus on results.
• A strong focus on risks.
• An evidence-based approach to decision-making.
• The ability to retain a programme-wide view while understanding the operational challenges of test campaigns.
• Dutch or French at C2 level.
• English at C1 level.

Working at Neurho

Founded in 1998, Neurho is a Belgian IT and business consultancy. For more than 25 years, we have been helping banks, insurers, energy companies and public institutions in Belgium and Luxembourg with their transformation projects. At Neurho, you work on varied and challenging assignments, where your expertise is recognised and your growth encouraged. On top of your salary, you enjoy many extra-legal benefits, designed to suit your role, your needs and your personal wishes.

Neurho is committed to equal opportunity and welcomes every application, regardless of age, origin, nationality, gender, social background, beliefs or disability.