Quality Assurance Lead

Nordea is a leading Nordic universal bank.

Job ID: 19315
Now we are looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) Lead with experience of quality assurance and test management. We are building a strong quality assurance culture within our business unit Group Function Technology. You are invited to become a vital part of our Quality Assurance Capability team, that supports a vast number of IT initiatives that are building and maintaining our IT solutions.
We need someone that has hands-on experience of software development, quality assurance and especially test management.
Who are we
The Group Function Technology supports business with regulatory reporting, financial risk management, fraud and anti-money laundry management, accounting management, just to mention a few examples. QA and Testing team is a highly engaged group, motivated by our passion for quality assurance. Our ambition is to efficiently secure high quality in all changes to our IT landscape. We continuously strive to improve our way of working with support from standards, methods, tools and automation. We strive to be agile and innovative throughout the product lifecycle, with a culture of courage, ownership and collaboration. We appreciate and value the key factors for achieving successes.

What will you do
As the Quality Assurance Lead, you will work with hands-on management of quality assurance in Agile Release Trains (ARTs), establishing and governing the test processes, test people, test enablers and test automaton solutions, this in compliance with Nordea Quality Assurance standards. You are working strategically with continuous test improvements, test resource management, stakeholder management and quality assurance uplift in the daily deliveries.
You will be responsible for providing test- and technical leadership support, advocating Nordea quality standards and establishing quality as the whole team approach by knowledge sharing. You will assuring the focus on high quality of deliveries throughout the agile teams, securing great collaboration with stakeholders and effective QA communication within the initiative.
Some more specific tasks that you will do are:
* Plan and run QA and test management for both functional and non-functional testing,  in concurrence with multiple and versatile scrum teams in a SAFe agile release train setup
* Identify and escalate the need of test people to the project
* Secure test enablers such us, test environments and test data management
* Secure the test scheduling in alignment with release- and deployment plans
* Secure that the test evidence to changes are provided before go live decisions
* Identify impediments, risks and challenges corresponding to QA and test management and derive solutions to enable efficient QA and test progress
* Actively spearheading test automation design, development, maintenance and operations
* Proactively communicate and report to key IT and Business stakeholders regards QA risk status, testing progress, and improvement activities
* Continuously explore opportunities for test automation improvements and ensure establishment of test automation solutions
* Proactively advocate QA and test. Ensure continuous learning of team members and stakeholders in the agile release trains
* Resource management of QA and test skills

Who you are
To succeed in this role, we believe that you:
* Are passioned in quality assurance and software testing
* Have strong communication and coaching skills
* Show courage and ownership for the work to be done
* Are comfortable to work with stakeholders both on strategical and hands-on level. 
* Take a proactive and independent approach to ongoing project tasks
* Are curious of learning new techniques and you are efficient in using tools for manage quality assurance and testing activities
* Apply QA-related expertise and technology
* Have a professional and innovative approach to challenging situations
* Have an continuous improvement focus when delivering results

Your experience and background: 
* Have worked with complex systems consisting various technologies and diverse types of interfaces
* Have experience managing functional- and non-functional testing, E2E-testing, test automation, test environment and test data management
* Have at least 5+ years of experience in QA Lead (or similar) role for various size of teams
* Are experienced in working with an agile mindset. Experience of SAFe is an advantage
* Have good English language skills to freely communicate with stakeholders (also native speakers)

If this sounds like you, get in touch!
Next steps
Submit your application no later than 15/10/2023.
For more information, you’re welcome to contact, the QA manager annica.johnsson@nordea.com.
For union information, please contact finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACONordea@nordea.com.