Senior Test Lead

Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd seeks a Senior Test Lead with 10–15 years of software testing to drive end-to-end testing across multiple banking projects, define test strategies, plans and exit criteria, and lead SIT, regression and UAT in an Agile environment.

You will provide technical leadership for test automation, build reusable UI/API frameworks, and mentor Test Analysts and Automation Engineers while collaborating with DevOps and stakeholders to ensure quality delivery.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of overall software testing experience.
• 3–4 years in Test Lead/Senior Test Lead responsibilities.
• Proven ability to lead multiple projects and testing teams.
• Strong knowledge of test strategy, planning, estimation, execution, and QA governance.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and sprint-based delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing across multiple banking applications and projects.
• Define and own Test Strategy, Test Plans, test estimation, test approach, entry/exit criteria and release readiness.
• Lead Functional, System Integration, Regression, End-to-End and UAT support activities.
• Establish and continuously improve testing processes, standards, governance and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership for test automation, including defining automation strategy and framework approach.
• Guide the design, implementation and enhancement of reusable automation frameworks for UI, API and regression testing.
• Identify suitable automation candidates and drive improvements in automation coverage and testing efficiency.
• Lead testing activities within Agile/Scrum delivery, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Manage testing across multiple projects/workstreams, including resource planning, test schedules, dependencies, risks and delivery commitments.
• Lead defect management and triage, including defect prioritisation, root-cause discussions and closure tracking.
• Define and monitor testing KPIs such as test execution progress, defect trends, test coverage, automation coverage and defect leakage.
• Lead and mentor Test Analysts, Senior Testers and Automation Engineers.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, Architects, DevOps teams and business stakeholders.
• Provide clear testing status, quality assessments, risks and recommendations to project and senior management.

Skills

End-to-end testing

Test strategy & planning

Agile/Scrum delivery

Test automation leadership

Mentoring & team leadership

Stakeholder management & communication

Quality risk assessment

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

REST Assured

Jira

Xray

Zephyr

ALM

Jenkins

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Test Lead with 10–15 years of software testing experience. The candidate will be responsible for leading end-to-end testing across multiple projects, defining test strategies and processes, driving test automation, and ensuring quality delivery within an Agile/Sprint-based environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing activities across multiple banking applications and projects.
• Define and own Test Strategy, Test Plans, test estimation, test approach, entry/exit criteria and release readiness.
• Lead Functional, System Integration (SIT), Regression, End-to-End and UAT support activities.
• Establish and continuously improve testing processes, standards, governance and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership for test automation, including defining automation strategy and framework approach.
• Guide the design, implementation and enhancement of reusable automation frameworks for UI, API and regression testing.
• Identify suitable automation candidates and drive improvements in automation coverage and testing efficiency.
• Lead testing activities within Agile/Scrum delivery, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Manage testing across multiple projects/workstreams, including resource planning, test schedules, dependencies, risks and delivery commitments.
• Lead defect management and triage, including defect prioritisation, root-cause discussions and closure tracking.
• Define and monitor testing KPIs such as test execution progress, defect trends, test coverage, automation coverage and defect leakage.
• Lead and mentor Test Analysts, Senior Testers and Automation Engineers.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, Architects, DevOps teams and business stakeholders.
• Provide clear testing status, quality assessments, risks and recommendations to project and senior management.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10–15 years of overall software testing experience, with at least 3–4 years in Test Lead/Senior Test Lead responsibilities.
• Proven experience leading multiple projects/workstreams and testing teams.
• Strong knowledge of test strategy, test planning, estimation, execution, defect management and QA governance.
• Strong experience with Agile/Scrum and sprint-based delivery models.
• Good experience in test automation strategy and automation framework design/implementation.
• Working knowledge of automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or equivalent.
• Good understanding of API testing using Postman, REST Assured or equivalent.
• Good understanding of SQL and database/backend validation.
• Exposure to automation integration with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with test/defect management tools such as Jira, Xray, Zephyr, ALM or Azure DevOps.
• Strong experience in test metrics, reporting, risk management and release quality assessment.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills