Test Team Lead

Parvana; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned financial services provider in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Test Lead to oversee their testing strategy within Agile teams. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in technology-specific development and a strong understanding of the Life Insurance sector. Responsibilities include managing test engineers, defining test objectives, and advocating for test automation. Excellent proficiency in tools like Postman and JIRA is essential for delivering high-quality testing processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technology-specific development experience.
• Strong understanding of the Life Insurance sector.
• Able to lead, mentor, and support test analysts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee test engineers to optimize sprint efficiency.
• Create and maintain an Agile test strategy.
• Define test objectives and manage defect tracking.

Skills

Automation testing

Manual testing

Performance testing

Security testing

API testing

Regression testing

SQL

JIRA

Agile methodologies

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Postman

Bug management tools

Job description

About our client :

Our client offers financial service solutions helping their clients achieve their dreams. With an emphasis on culture fit, they boast a dedicated team of over 600 employees, many with over a decade of tenure. They have built their culture on a feeling of togetherness, trust, and respect, and are always looking to support employees' continuous learning. Using Agile, they provide diverse services with a focus on research, innovation, and improvement.

What you will be doing :

• Oversee test engineers, ensure alignment with Agile principles, and optimize sprint efficiency.
• Create and maintain an Agile test strategy, covering automation, manual, performance, and security testing.
• Define clear test objectives, scope, resource allocation, and schedules for each sprint.
• Proactively identify and mitigate quality and testing risks at both project and sprint levels.
• Ensure seamless communication across development, business analysts, and testing teams.
• Collaborate with DevOps and developers to embed testing into CI / CD pipelines.
• Verify comprehensive test case coverage for all requirements (functional, non-functional, edge cases) and act as a liaison for bug resolution.
• Track testing progress within sprints, execute test cases, manage defects, and provide metrics and status reports.
• Advocate for and implement test automation, promote practices like BDD / TDD, and ensure the team uses optimal and current test tools.
• Provide feedback on code quality, ensure the team adapts quickly to changing Agile requirements, and continuously improve testing effectiveness through metrics.

What our client is looking for :

• A relevant tertiary qualification would be beneficial, but not essential.
• 5+ years of technology-specific development experience.
• A strong understanding of the Life Insurance sector.
• Proficient in regression, performance, and security testing (including Postman for authentication, Pilotfish, and Hyphen), with the ability to create comprehensive test plans, test cases, and regression scripts.
• Strong in Postman for API testing, JIRA for bug and project tracking, and capable of writing SQL queries with foundational code-based testing skills.
• Experienced with test management tools, familiar with Scribe and Gherkin syntax, and committed to continuous learning and adopting new testing techniques.
• Able to lead, mentor, and support test analysts, ensuring effective workload management and deadline adherence.