qa manager London, England
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Full Time
London, England
73352 - 59737 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Role Summary
Status
New Role
Role Purpose:
Senior Manager, Quality Assurance will be accountable for the overall delivery quality assurance for the platform and services streams across Index refactoring programme supporting the strategic objectives of FTSE Russell Index business.
Reports to: Head of Platform and Portfolio Services
Direct Reports: Quality Assurance Managers
Key relationships & committees: Index Platform TLT, Investment Solutions TLT,
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for the setup of quality assurance teams, policies, processes and controls
- Collaborate with wider technology teams and support the definition of a scalable and efficient test automation strategy
- Lead and mentor a high-performing global QA team of internal and external resources.
- Own risks and issues around testing processes, tools and resources
- Lead the creation of strategic and tactical quality plans to support the strategic initiatives of the Index business
- Build a QA mindset, focussing on effective test assurance framework to enable rapid delivery
- Accountable for end-to-end quality assurance across shared tech index platform organisation
- Work with the wider shared tech index platform organisation to articulate key deliverables and milestones
Critical deliverables
The role with be responsible for a key set of deliverables within the index platform refactoring programme focussed on refactoring existing and building new target state systems
Impact
The role will focus on building an effective quality engineering team to support the strategic objectives of index business
KPIs
Achieve committed delivery targets and milestones
Knowledge & Behaviours
Technical/ job functional knowledge
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- Significant experience in software engineering and Agile based delivery
- Expertise in effective test automation strategies required
- Experience in leading and managing quality engineering teams
- Experience in building a quality engineering teams that focus on end-to-end code quality and support rapid change with confidence
- Experience in test driven development, continuous integration and automation preferred
- Experience in AWS or Azure preferred
- Experience in large-scale project delivery is essential
Business / Sector expertise
- Experience in financial services with a good understanding of financial and related market data would be preferred
Leadership & management experience
- Experience in professional people management / thought leadership in testing and quality engineering
- 5+ years’ experience in managing quality engineering teams
- Experience in managing third party delivery team would be preferred.
Personal skills & capabilities
- Strong team and stakeholder management, problem solver, a self-sufficient individual with an ability to be constructively address issues
- Track record for developing and retaining high performing teams
Diversity & Inclusion
People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our colleagues thrive personally and professionally through our shared values of Integrity, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence are at the core of our culture. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We are always looking at ways to become more agile, so we meet the needs of our teams and customers. We believe that an inclusive collaborative workplace is pivotal to our success and supports the potential and growth of all colleagues at LSEG
At LSEG, we believe that creating a diverse and inclusive organisation is fundamental to the way we deliver on our promise of creating essential partnerships and open opportunities. Our open culture is central to how we deliver our purpose – driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth – in everything we do.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 70 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
Please take a moment to read this
privacy notice
carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject
.If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.
