Test Lead

Kennedy Pearce Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kennedy Pearce Consulting is seeking a hands-on Test Lead to own quality across internal systems and SaaS products. You’ll write and review C# test automation while leading testers and delivering testing across multiple teams, suppliers and stakeholders, keeping timelines on track for go/no-go decisions.

You will define test strategies, run testing workstreams, coordinate end-to-end testing, manage defects and reporting, and collaborate with project managers, developers and business users to

Qualifications

• 5+ years in test automation with C# seniority.
• Hands-on leadership of QA teams.
• Experience with web and API testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor testers across multiple teams.
• Design and develop automated tests in C#.
• Define test strategy, plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate end-to-end testing across systems and suppliers.
• Oversee UAT and issue management.
• Report testing progress and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

C# automation

Lead testers

API testing

Web testing

Test frameworks

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SpecFlow

Playwright

RestSharp

Postman

Job description

We’re looking for a hands-on Test Lead to own quality across a range of internally developed systems and SaaS products. This is a player-coach role: you’ll be writing and reviewing C# test automation yourself, while also leading testers, running testing delivery across multiple teams, suppliers and business stakeholders, and keeping everything aligned to programme timelines through to go/no-go.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of testers, setting standards and day-to-day priorities
• Hands-on design and development of automated tests in C# across web and API layers
• Defining test strategy, plans, schedules, quality gates and acceptance criteria
• Planning and running delivery for testing workstreams, including scope, estimates, dependencies, risks and timelines
• Coordinating end to end testing across multiple integrated systems and platforms
• Managing UAT and supporting business testing teams
• Overseeing third party and supplier QA, ensuring deliverables meet agreed requirements and standards
• Managing defects, test reporting, risks and mitigation activity
• Working closely with Project Managers, BAs, developers and business stakeholders
• Supporting test environments, tooling, CI pipelines and test data
• Producing clear reporting and closure documentation to support go/no-go decisions

Required Skills

• Strong commercial C# experience, ideally building and maintaining test automation frameworks
• Test automation across web and API using tools such as SpecFlow/Reqnroll, Playwright, RestSharp or Postman
• Experience leading testers or QA teams while staying hands-on
• Project management experience running or coordinating delivery teams: planning, tracking progress, reporting and balancing competing priorities
• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile delivery
• Experience across functional and non-functional testing, including unit, integration, system and UATExperience coordinating complex delivery involving multiple systems and third party suppliers
• Strong defect management, test reporting and risk management experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Skills

• Financial services experience, particularly private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real assets or investment management (not essential)
• eFront, DealCloud or similar investment management platforms
• Databricks / Power BI
• Exposure to performance or security testing