Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop

Phone

Training resources

Discounts

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services UK is seeking a hands-on Test Lead in a hybrid London-based role. You will manage test analysis, design, execution, and defect management across multi-stakeholder teams, with a strong emphasis on UAT and governance.

You will collaborate with Test Management, Project Managers, BAs and technology teams to plan testing, track progress, and ensure quality outcomes across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Previous experience leading a team of test professionals and/or technology professionals.
• Strong hands-on experience across test analysis, test design, test execution, defect management, and reporting.
• Solid understanding of investment management back-office data and processes.
• Experience with JIRA or similar test management and defect-tracking tools such as Quality Center or Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Expert understanding of SDLC and QA concepts, methodologies, processes and tools aligned with ISTQB principles.
• Strong analytical skills, including creating test scenarios and test cases from requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed test plans using approved templates, covering scope, approach, roles and responsibilities, governance, processes, and testing activities.
• Review business and technical requirements and provide feedback to ensure they are clear, complete, and testable.
• Analyse project documentation to quickly understand the proposed technology solution and contribute effectively to project discussions.
• Lead testing activities with a strong focus on UAT, while remaining hands-on with test execution where required.
• Develop test scenarios and test cases based on business and functional requirements.
• Maintain accurate records of test execution results within JIRA or the designated test management tool for governance and audit purposes.
• Produce end-of-phase testing reports summarising results and providing information to support sign-off decisions.

Skills

Test lead

JIRA

Quality Center

Azure DevOps

ISTQB

Tools

Quality Center

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Type: (Hybrid - 4 days in Office and 1 Days work form home)

Location: London, UK

Number of hours: 40 hours per week - full time

Ready to utilize your experience and expertise in Test Lead?

We have an exciting role for you - Test Lead!

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Be part of an exciting team where you will be challenged every day.
• Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products to life.
• Work with customers and identify opportunities to support their strategy and improve their processes across functions.

The Role

We are looking for a hands-on Test Lead with strong experience across test analysis, test design, defect management, and stakeholder engagement, with a primary focus on User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

The successful candidate will work closely with Test Management, Project Managers, Business Analysts, technology teams, and business stakeholders to ensure testing activities are effectively planned, executed, monitored, and reported.

The Test Lead will be responsible for understanding key programme/project testing requirements and success criteria and applying the organisation’s test strategy, governance framework, and documentation standards.

This is a business-facing role, requiring excellent communication and relationship-building skills alongside strong testing expertise. The successful candidate should be comfortable engaging with both business and technology stakeholders and advocating for the importance and value of effective testing throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed test plans using approved templates, covering scope, approach, roles and responsibilities, governance, processes, and testing activities.
• Review business and technical requirements and provide feedback to ensure they are clear, complete, and testable.
• Analyse project documentation to quickly understand the proposed technology solution and contribute effectively to project discussions.
• Work closely with Programme and Project Managers to develop testing schedules and determine the resources required to support testing activities.
• Lead testing activities with a strong focus on UAT, while remaining hands-on with test execution where required.
• Develop test scenarios and test cases based on business and functional requirements.
• Maintain accurate records of test execution results within JIRA or the designated test management tool for project governance and audit purposes.
• Ensure defects are properly documented, analysed, prioritised, tracked, and managed through to resolution.
• Produce regular reporting on testing progress, defect statistics, defect resolution, risks, and issues for project leadership.
• Coordinate release schedules to minimise disruption to testing activities and the overall project timeline.
• Proactively identify testing and project issues, determine appropriate corrective actions, and escape where necessary.
• Produce end-of-phase testing reports summarising results and providing the information required to support project sign-off decisions.
• Actively participate in project phase-end reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of testing activities.

Essential Skills and Experience

The successful candidate should have:

• Previous experience leading a team of test professionals and/or technology professionals.
• Strong hands-on experience across test analysis, test design, test execution, defect management, and reporting.
• Solid understanding of investment management back-office data and processes.
• Strong experience with JIRA or similar test management and defect-tracking tools such as Quality Center or Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Expert understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Quality Assurance concepts, methodologies, processes, and tools aligned with ISTQB principles.
• Strong analytical skills, including hands-on experience creating test scenarios and test cases from requirements documentation and executing those tests.
• Experience working collaboratively across business and technology teams.
• A proactive and solution-focused approach, with the ability to contribute positively to resolving project issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to be assertive while remaining diplomatic and professional.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with business stakeholders quickly.
• A self-motivated and organised approach, with the ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple testing priorities.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Extensive testing experience within the Financial Services industry, particularly Asset Management.
• Experience with fund accounting.
• Experience supporting the migration of services, systems, and data to a Third-Party Administrator (TPA).
• Experience with data acquisition, data transformation, data-quality validation/checks, and data presentation.
• Previous experience leading or supporting complex UAT programmes involving multiple business and technology stakeholders.

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at [e-mail] if you would like to opt in.

If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at [e-mail] with the subject line: "Adjustment Request" or call TCS London Office 02031552100 / [phone] to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.

Due to the high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.