Test Lead

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the department

Aberdeen's Corporate Tribe sits within the Corporate Technology Office; this is responsible for managing Aberdeen's core applications across Finance, Risk, Legal, Audit and HR. We have an exciting roadmap ahead of us to further enhance our systems architecture over the next 3 years and embed and enhance ways or working.

About the role

The Test Lead in the Corporate Tribe is responsible for managing relationships with third-party test providers, leading automation and AI-driven testing strategies, maintaining the test environment, and collaborating across teams to ensure smooth integration of testing processes. The role also involves improving methodologies, setting technical standards, and coaching team members to foster a collaborative and high-performing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage relationship with internal and third-party providers for test management.
• Lead the development and implementation of testing automation strategies.
• Implement AI solutions to enhance testing processes and outcomes.
• Oversee the management and maintenance of test environments, ensuring they are properly configured, stable, and aligned with project requirements, while coordinating updates and troubleshooting issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of testing processes.
• Monitor and report on testing progress, issues, and outcomes.
• Continuously improve testing methodologies and practices.
• Provide Tribe leadership across Testing
• Define and maintain technical standards for development and testing.
• Foster a collaborative environment among chapter members and other Chapter Leads.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in test management and automation.
• Practical experience of environment management.
• Proven experience in management of internal and 3rd party services.
• Excellent relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A proactive and innovative approach to testing.
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development, including various programming languages, frameworks, tools, and best practices.
• Commitment to driving continuous improvement in testing processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Flexibility and adaptability to stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in the testing domain.
• Familiarity with other disciplines within the organization to ensure seamless integration and collaboration between teams

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits

here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients' changing needs. You can find out more about what we do

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An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we'd like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we've adopted a 'blended working' approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture

, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we'll be happy to help.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.