Test Lead

Bell Integration; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bell Integration is seeking a Test Lead based in the UK to define the overall testing strategy, coordinate test activities, and ensure delivery of high‑quality business and technical solutions. The role involves planning across functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing, leading Test Analysts, and communicating status and risks to stakeholders.

You will drive continuous improvement in testing processes, oversee regression packs, and ensure audit‑ready evidence and

Qualifications

• Strong experience in test leadership, planning, and reporting across multiple test phases.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies, test design techniques, and quality assurance practices.
• Excellent analytical skills to interpret requirements and assess testability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to influence and negotiate.
• Experience using test management tools and defect tracking systems.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and execution.
• Proactive, with strong problem-solving skills.
• Team player, able to collaborate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and project needs

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and communicate the overall test strategy, ensuring alignment with project objectives and delivery timelines.
• Develop and manage test plans, schedules, and resource allocations across functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance phases.
• Ensure testing activities follow agreed standards, processes, and quality frameworks.
• Collaborate with business and technical SMEs to optimise test coverage and ensure requirements are testable and complete.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of regression test packs and ensure they remain current and effective.
• Review and approve test scenarios, test cases, and test data requirements created by Test Analysts.
• Ensure environments and data are validated and ready for test execution.
• Coordinate and support execution across all test phases, ensuring blockers are removed and risks are managed proactively.
• Monitor progress, track defects, and ensure timely triage, prioritisation, and resolution.
• Provide quality assurance on test evidence, ensuring it is complete, accurate, and audit‑ready.
• Lead and mentor Test Analysts, providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure high‑quality output.
• Act as the primary point of contact for testing across the project, communicating status, risks, and issues to project managers and stakeholders.
• Facilitate defect review meetings, test readiness checkpoints, and go/no‑go discussions.
• Work closely with delivery teams to ensure smooth handover between development, testing, and deployment phases.

Skills

Test leadership

Planning & coordination

Stakeholder management

Quality assurance

Test design

Defect tracking

Tools

Test management tools

Defect tracking systems

Job description

Requisition ID731-Posted29/10/2026-Internal IT-Internal IT-GBR - London - York Road-Information Technology-Mid-Career

The Test Lead is responsible for defining the testing approach, coordinating all test activities, and ensuring high‑quality delivery through effective planning, leadership, and oversight of the testing lifecycle.

Based at:

UK. As per Job Offer

Scope:

All testing activity required

Purpose:

The Test Lead will oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of all testing activities to ensure high‑quality delivery of business and technical solutions. This role provides strategic direction for testing, manages test resources, and ensures that test coverage, quality standards, and governance processes are consistently met.

Role:

Test Preparation & Planning

• Define, maintain, and communicate the overall test strategy, ensuring alignment with project objectives and delivery timelines.
• Develop and manage test plans, schedules, and resource allocations across functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance phases.
• Ensure testing activities follow agreed standards, processes, and quality frameworks.
• Collaborate with business and technical SMEs to optimise test coverage and ensure requirements are testable and complete.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of regression test packs and ensure they remain current and effective.

Test Design & Execution

• Review and approve test scenarios, test cases, and test data requirements created by Test Analysts.
• Ensure environments and data are validated and ready for test execution.
• Coordinate and support execution across all test phases, ensuring blockers are removed and risks are managed proactively.
• Monitor progress, track defects, and ensure timely triage, prioritisation, and resolution.
• P rovide quality assurance on test evidence, ensuring it is complete, accurate, and audit‑ready.

Leadership, Co-ordination & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and mentor Test Analysts, providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure high‑quality output.
• Act as the primary point of contact for testing across the project, communicating status, risks, and issues to project managers and stakeholders.
• Facilitate defect review meetings, test readiness checkpoints, and go/no‑go discussions.
• Work closely with delivery teams to ensure smooth handover between development, testing, and deployment phases.

Person:

• Strong experience in test leadership, including planning, coordination, and reporting across multiple test phases.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies, test design techniques, and quality assurance practices.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret requirements and assess testability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate.
• Experience using test management tools and defect tracking systems.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery and execution.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in testing processes and tooling
• Methodical and detail‑oriented in approach.
• Proactive, with strong problem‑solving skills.
• Team player, able to collaborate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and project needs