Automation Test Lead

Your role at a glance
We're looing for someone to join us as a Test Automation Lead You'll be responsible for developing, configuring and executing automated tests, as well as managing and maintaining the test automation framework.

You'll help define coding standards and working practices, ensuring that automation tests are written to the required standard and are aligned to the overall test automation strategy.

You work closely with other test and development professionals, as well as SMEs from the wider business. Serving as a champion for the discipline, ensuring that test automation is utilised effectively to reduce delivery timescales and safeguard software quality, aligned to DevOps practices where possible.

What you'll be doing
- Accountable for delivering test automation tasks for multiple concurrent work-streams. And responsible for ensuring the automation framework is functional and fit-for-purpose, with all software components kept up to date.
- Proactively collaborates with stakeholders at all levels, to ensure that automation tests are developed aligned to user stories and the appropriate test approach.
- Researches emerging trends and technologies in the test automation field, facilitating continuous improvement in the discipline and driving forward the test automation strategy.
- Provides clear, concise reporting for test automation progress, results and coverage, ensuring that Test Managers, Project Managers and other stakeholders are empowered with the required information.
- Manages, coaches and mentors other test professionals in the area of test automation (technical and conceptual aspects)

What we're looking for
- ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst certification or equivalent experience
- Have a good knowledge of BDD, TDD, automation tool sets and different test processes and methodologies
- Good understanding of a variety of test analysis techniques and their implementation
- Full understanding of a variety of test analysis techniques and their implementation
- Strong experience of test automation and automation strategy.
- Experience in coaching/training and mentoring junior members of automation teams.
- Experience using Test Management tools to manage test execution and reporting specifically JIRA and XRay plugins.

**Benefits**:
When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of - both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

About L&G
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

About the business area
For nearly 200 years we have provided financial services to customers across the UK, and now the US. As one of Europe’s largest insurance and asset management groups, with over £1 trillion in assets, we are experts in safeguarding people’s financial futures. Our ambitions are underpinned by five strong businesses, each of which is innovating and expanding globally, adding new products and solutions to their strategic goals. We aim to be leaders in four key areas: retirement, investment management, capital investment and insurance. Our businesses work together to deliver on our purpose and to drive synergies across the Group.

Our commitments to you
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