End-to-end testing lead, Transformation program

The client is looking for an end-to-end testing manager who has actually defined the testing strategy for a transformation program themselves, not just someone who executed it. The latest version tightens this point: the role requires a QA lead who designs strategy, which rules out senior profiles who have only worked within frameworks defined by others. The position is still a leadership role: overseeing the strategy, planning validation waves, coordinating dependencies between teams and vendors, and producing progress and risk indicators for management. Salesforce is now seen as a plus, with the ecosystem still needing to be understood but without requiring development expertise. The multi-team, multi-vendor context puts coordination and influence with business and IT stakeholders at the core of the profile. In short, the profile is clearly aimed at a true test strategist, which is harder to find.

The multi-team and multi-vendor context makes the ability to coordinate and influence business and IT stakeholders central to the profile.

Qualification Table Requirements

• 10 years or more as a QA lead who personally defined the testing strategy
  
• Experience as End-to-End Testing Lead for a complex transformation program
  
• Multi-system integrated testing
  

Requirements

PREFERRED

• Experience in Salesforce environments
  
• Understanding of data, integration, and test environment challenges
  
• Multi-team coordination and ability to influence business and IT stakeholders
  

ASSET

• Experience in Financial Services or Insurance
  
• ​Ability to identify and recommend test automation opportunities
  

WHAT WE DON'T WANT

▸ Profile whose experience is limited to executing test cases, without responsibility for test strategy or governance.

▸ Senior QA profile who applied a test strategy defined by someone else, without having designed it themselves.

▸ Test automation specialist profile without experience leading end-to-end testing at the program level.

▸ Coordinator or project manager profile without a foundation in quality assurance and test strategy.

▸ Profile with less than 10 years in quality assurance and test strategy.

▸ Profile limited to a single system or application, without integrated multi-system testing.