Test Lead

Synechron; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a senior Test Lead in Auckland to manage end-to-end data migration testing for complex migrations across banking platforms. You will define the testing strategy, develop plans, and coordinate SIT/UAT, recon, and production validation with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 10+ years in software testing with 5+ years in data migration, and strong experience in financial services. You will ensure defects are resolved with formal sign-off and drive governance across

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software testing and quality assurance experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data migration testing.
• Proven experience leading testing activities for large-scale data migration programmes.
• Strong experience in banking or financial services environments.
• Practical experience with cards, payments, customer, account, transaction, or related banking data.
• Strong experience in data migration testing, reconciliation testing, data validation and integrity testing.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira, ALM, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, planning, and reporting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the overall data migration testing strategy and approach.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and execution schedules.
• Establish clear testing entry and exit criteria for each migration cycle.
• Plan and manage SIT, UAT, regression testing, reconciliation testing, and production validation.
• Define data validation and reconciliation approaches across source, transformation, staging, and target systems.
• Coordinate mock migrations, trial conversions, dress rehearsals, cutover testing, and production migration validation.
• Manage end-to-end testing activities across business, technology, data, and third-party teams.
• Coordinate defect identification, logging, triage, prioritisation, root-cause analysis, and resolution.
• Track and report testing progress, risks, issues, dependencies, defect trends, and quality metrics.
• Ensure all defects are appropriately assessed and resolved or formally accepted before migration go-live.
• Validate migration results against agreed business and technical acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate post-migration checks, data verification, and production assurance activities.
• Prepare test status reports, dashboards, readiness assessments, and go/no-go recommendations.
• Facilitate test governance meetings, defect triage sessions, and stakeholder reviews.
• Ensure appropriate test evidence and documentation are maintained for audit and regulatory purposes.
• Obtain business and technology sign-offs for migration readiness and production deployment.
• Support continuous improvement of migration testing processes, tools, controls, and standards.

Skills

Test leadership

Data migration testing

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Planning and reporting

Test strategy development

Communication skills

Test governance

Tools

Jira

ALM

Azure DevOps

Job description

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our Synechron Labs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 55 offices in 20 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our website:www.synechron.com.

The Test Lead will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, data migration leads, project managers, vendors, and production support teams to manage testing activities and secure business sign-off for migration readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the overall data migration testing strategy and approach.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and execution schedules.
• Establish clear testing entry and exit criteria for each migration cycle.
• Plan and manage SIT, UAT, regression testing, reconciliation testing, and production validation.
• Define data validation and reconciliation approaches across source, transformation, staging, and target systems.
• Establish validation rules to verify data completeness, accuracy, integrity, consistency, and uniqueness.
• Coordinate mock migrations, trial conversions, dress rehearsals, cutover testing, and production migration validation.
• Manage end-to-end testing activities across business, technology, data, and third-party teams.
• Coordinate defect identification, logging, triage, prioritisation, root-cause analysis, and resolution.
• Track and report testing progress, risks, issues, dependencies, defect trends, and quality metrics.
• Ensure all defects are appropriately assessed and resolved or formally accepted before migration go-live.
• Validate migration results against agreed business and technical acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate post-migration checks, data verification, and production assurance activities.
• Prepare test status reports, dashboards, readiness assessments, and go/no-go recommendations.
• Facilitate test governance meetings, defect triage sessions, and stakeholder reviews.
• Ensure appropriate test evidence and documentation are maintained for audit and regulatory purposes.
• Obtain business and technology sign-offs for migration readiness and production deployment.
• Support continuous improvement of migration testing processes, tools, controls, and standards.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall software testing and quality assurance experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data migration testing.
• Proven experience leading testing activities for large-scale or complex data migration programmes.
• Strong experience in one or more banking or financial services environments.
• Practical experience with cards, payments, customer, account, transaction, or related banking data.
• Strong experience in:Data migration testing
• Reconciliation testing
• Data validation and integrity testing
• Mock migrations and dress rehearsals
• Production migration testing
• SIT and UAT management
• Experience defining test strategies, test plans, entry and exit criteria, and acceptance criteria.
• Demonstrated experience managing defect lifecycles and coordinating resolution across multiple teams.
• Experience working with business users to support UAT execution and obtain formal sign-off.
• Strong understanding of migration cutover, rollback, contingency, and production validation processes.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira, ALM, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, planning, and reporting abilities.