Delivery-Focused Functional Test Lead for Implementations

State Street; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street in Edinburgh seeks an Implementation Functional Test Lead to own end-to-end functional testing for a designated Alpha implementation. You will coordinate with the Test Manager, manage test execution, defect tracking, risk reporting, and milestone alignment.

You will lead collaboration with business, technology and integration teams to ensure scope and data readiness, while partnering with the System Performance and Automation teams to drive testing effectiveness and reuse.

Qualifications

• End-to-end testing experience across complex programs.
• Ability to own test strategy, planning and execution.
• Strong defect management and risk-based decision making.
• Experience leading defect triage and governance across stakeholders.
• Project and delivery coordination skills in multi-team environments.
• Experience with agile or hybrid delivery models (JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a global, multi-vendor setting.
• Knowledge of front, middle, and back-office workflows (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Implementation Test Manager to oversee all test execution for an assigned function within a specific Alpha implementation.
• Own function-level test delivery, including strategy, detailed planning, and day-to-day execution across test phases.
• Provide governance for defect management, triage, prioritization, tracking and closure across test cycles.
• Coordinate with business, technology, and integration teams to align scope, data readiness and environments.
• Support performance testing planning and execution with the System Performance team.
• Drive automation adoption with the Automation team to enhance coverage and reusability.
• Lead end-to-end defect management and ensure traceability to business processes and test scenarios.
• Produce clear test status reporting for leadership and stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing approaches and assets.

Skills

End-to-end testing

Test leadership

Defect management

Triage governance

Delivery coordination

Agile/JIRA/Confluence

Analytical skills

Global multi-vendor

Front/middle/back-office

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

State Street in Edinburgh seeks an Implementation Functional Test Lead to own end-to-end functional testing for a designated Alpha implementation. You will coordinate with the Test Manager, manage test execution, defect tracking, risk reporting, and milestone alignment.

You will lead collaboration with business, technology and integration teams to ensure scope and data readiness, while partnering with the System Performance and Automation teams to drive testing effectiveness and reuse.