Senior Testing & Delivery Lead for Alpha Implementations

State Street; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking a senior testing leader to partner with Implementation Test Leads and delivery stakeholders to manage end-to-end test execution for Alpha implementations. This role provides governance, oversight, and cross-functional coordination to ensure high-quality, scalable delivery across complex client programs involving front, middle, and back-office operations.

You will partner with performance and automation teams to align testing with program milestones and delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Technology, Finance, Management, or related fields.
• 15+ years overall experience in large-scale financial or technology transformation programs.
• 8+ years leading cross-functional delivery teams in client-facing environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Implementation Test Leads to manage end-to-end test execution for Alpha implementations, ensuring alignment with milestones and delivery objectives.
• Own and govern all aspects of testing execution, including test strategy, planning, and scheduling.
• Manage execution across test phases and defect governance, triage, and resolution.
• Provide status reporting, risk management, and executive communications.
• Oversee testing workstreams with dependency management, issue escalation, and change control.
• Interface with Implementation Leads, PMO, business stakeholders, and technology partners.
• Coordinate with System Performance for performance testing integration.
• Drive automation adoption and alignment with timelines.
• Ensure consistent testing standards, governance, and best practices across implementations.
• Coordinate globally distributed teams and vendors for delivery discipline.

Skills

End-to-end test execution

Project management

Defect governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile delivery

Leadership of global teams

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Technology, Finance, Management, or related fields

15+ years overall experience in large-scale financial or technology transformation programs

8+ years leading cross-functional delivery teams in client-facing environments

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

State Street is seeking a senior testing leader to partner with Implementation Test Leads and delivery stakeholders to manage end-to-end test execution for Alpha implementations. This role provides governance, oversight, and cross-functional coordination to ensure high-quality, scalable delivery across complex client programs involving front, middle, and back-office operations.

You will partner with performance and automation teams to align testing with program milestones and delivery