Head of Quality Assurance

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Octopus Full time
Company Description


At Octopus Investments, we're experts in financial services and we're also a certified B Corp, meaning we care as much about the impact of our investments as the returns they generate.

Today we manage more than £12.4* billion on behalf of retail and institutional investors.
- _Funds Under Management data includes undrawn commitments, funds under advisory mandates, funds monitored and the Octopus Cash service as of 31st December 2021_

Octopus Labs
Octopus Labs is the tech division of Octopus group.

This role sits within the engineering team which comprises of 60 onshore and offshore engineers, testers, architects, development managers and technical leads.

Labs use the latest technology to build state of the art systems to support our business processes.

Our team are constantly looking for new technologies, and people at all levels of the function are encourage and expected to contribute with ideas on how we can improve our products.

We embrace diversity and have people from a wide range of backgrounds working both in the UK and from countries around the world.


Job Description:

Role Purpose


Reporting to the Head of Engineering, the Head of QA will provide strategic leadership to our test function, currently comprising of 11 onshore and offshore manual and automation testers.

This is a great opportunity for a QA leader from a technical testing background to define and develop the Test strategy for Octopus.

The Head of QA is not a people manager.

Instead you will mentor and support the testers deployed across each of the five delivery teams and ensure a consistent approach to testing, adding value through technical leadership.

This role will also play a key role in resource planning and recruitment.


You will work closely with the Product Managers and Software Engineering Managers on the delivery of our software and empower the team to deliver high quality, secure and scalable products.


What you'll do

  • Provide strategic oversight to the Octopus test function, mentoring and developing a chapter of 11 Testers
  • Nurtur a consistent approach to testing across the delivery teams.
  • Following Agile principles, you will assist the development managers in streamlining processes and removing blockers to the delivery process.
  • Review and sign off on the test plans of each of the teams and ensure that the quality and quantity of testing in each team is appropriate for the business needs.
  • Where we have introduced production bugs you will be performing root cause analysis on how those issues were missed in system and user acceptance testing; share and recommend improvements where required.
  • You will run the test chapter and will run workshops and team meetings for the function. You will hold regular 121's with the testers whilst collaborating with the development managers to resolve any issues.
  • You will continually review the test capacity and recommend where extra resource is required and will assist in the hiring of new manual and automation testers.
  • You will own the test strategy for both manual and automation testing, continually updating where appropriate and communicating that strategy to stakeholders at all levels.
  • You will be working closely with the test and engineering teams to produce and manage test data and recommend changes to the test environments where required.
  • We have a competency framework for the testers which you will own and update where appropriate. You will assist the development managers in their career discussions with the testers and contribute to year end performance and remuneration discussions.

Qualifications:

What you'll need

  • You will be experienced in following Agile delivery methodologies
  • Have experience mentoring/coaching/supporting teams or team members
  • You will have knowledge of offshore delivery models and experience of working with offshore teams
  • You are passionate about test automation
  • You will have created and owned organization level Test strategies
  • You will have experienced the challenges of working a function that sits across multiple delivery teams, and will be able to coordinate testing across those teams
  • You will have an excellent track record of ontime predictable delivery, with a real focus on execution and embracing accountability for your function
Additional Information

What we offer
A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan

Take what you need holiday

Flexible working

  • Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Sanctus, Parent Cloud, Digital GP, Shout & more
Enhanced family leave policies

Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection

Private medical insurance for you and your family

Electric vehicle leasing

The option to work overseas up to a month per year

Our Values
At Octopus we don't just focus on what we do but also how we do it. Everyone shares our values of being straightf

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