Test Lead

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For us, these are exciting times. There's a real potential for big thinkers to help us redefine what financial services could be. And turn our legacy into something even more positive and powerful for the future.

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If we do our job well, we genuinely add to the prosperity of our country and its people.

Purpose of the role

As a key technical leadership role, reporting to the Portfolio Lead, Transformations, the Test Lead is responsible for overseeing the testing activities across investment platform projects to ensure quality and alignment with business requirements. This role involves collaborating closely with business and project representatives, solutions architects, software engineers, and other stakeholders to develop and implement comprehensive test strategies. The Test Lead will work with the AMP Investment Platforms teams, other IT portfolios, and business stakeholders to ensure thorough testing, defect management, and quality assurance for investment platform systems. This role will also manage vendor relationships and coordinate testing efforts to support portfolio applications, manage escalations, and ensure the successful delivery of reliable and high-quality software solutions.

Focus areas

Delivery :

• Collaborate within the broader Wealth Technology Team and other Portfolios to ensure testing strategies align with business project objectives and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Manage key business stakeholder relationships to ensure that testing services align with key business priorities and expectations.
• Define and implement areas of opportunity to continually improve testing processes, including automation, innovation, and defect reduction.
• Work closely with the broader Wealth Technology team to ensure that testing changes are sustainable and supportable.

Test Management :

• Manage the development and maintenance of comprehensive test plans and test cases for Investments Platform systems.
• Lead the execution of system testing, including implementations, enhancements, maintenance, and upgrade projects, in collaboration with system business analysts, engineers, architects, and product support teams.
• Create estimations, proposals, and project plans for testing activities related to new system implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance projects.
• Provide strategic testing advice and lead the design and development of testing solutions that meet current and future needs.
• Responsible for technical ownership and delivery of testing activities, ensuring established testing methods and standards are followed.
• Continuously advance testing practices to meet business requirements, especially in automation, and streamline processes by eliminating manual steps.
• Contribute to the overall simplification of testing infrastructure, tools, and methodologies.
• Analyse, design, and propose testing solutions to meet the requirements of projects or component pieces for larger, complex programs of work.
• Stay abreast of new technologies and product improvements to enhance the service offering of testing processes currently in use.
• Build relationships and develop testing advocacy across a variety of stakeholders, including internal customers, vendors, and partners.
• Work within agile and traditional software development methodologies with a high degree of collaboration.
• Maintain testing documentation and contribute to the development of testing standards and practices.
• Lead testing reviews and audits as required to maintain testing quality.

People Leadership :

• Support and contribute to the leadership vision of AMP.
• Sponsor the testing team with key stakeholders and actively encourage professional development and innovative practices within the team.
• Act as a leader, manager, mentor, and coach to best develop a high-performing testing team.
• Ensure the right people are in the right roles to deliver AMP's technology vision.
• Manage employees, contractors, and work delivered by vendors through various engagement models, such as statements of work, time & material, and fixed price contracts.

Risk Management :

• Ongoing identification of key risks associated with testing services in the portfolio.
• Identification and implementation of mitigating controls, considering associated costs and benefits, to allow the business to make informed risk and control management decisions.
• Accountable for ensuring the effectiveness and documentation of key controls and the overall control environment in testing processes.
• Direct, own, and develop processes for initiating, managing, and summarizing audit and risk findings applicable for regulated entities.
• Accountable for achieving business and financial objectives linked to the testing platforms.
• Value and cost transparency of testing services, including service economics.

Experience and qualifications required

• 8+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance, with a focus on financial services or investment platforms.
• Proven experience in a lead role, managing testing teams and coordinating large-scale testing efforts.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and testing methodologies.
• Expertise in developing and implementing test strategies, plans, and cases.
• Experience with automation testing tools and frameworks, with a focus on enhancing testing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and project managers.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies and experience working within agile development environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically to address complex testing challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly and effectively to various stakeholders.
• Tertiary qualifications in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field

You'll thrive here if…

If you can adapt from BAU to the ambiguous with ease, you'll do well here. Change is never easy, so bring your commitment, grit and growth mindset.

Because we run lean, you'll be expected to jump in and deliver across a variety of areas. Meaning, you'll be closer to the action and executive decisions that influence where we go next.

If you're someone that can hold their own, you'll find AMP quite liberating.

Why we think you'll love working at AMP

Doing what we've always done is not an option, so your clever ideas will get airtime here. You'll be encouraged to speak up and try new things. If they don't work, we move on – better for it.

We know there's no one way of doing things. So, you won't have to sacrifice who you are or how you work to fit in here. We're inclusive and flexible in many of the ways you'd expect. And in some of the ways you wouldn't. As long as your health and wellbeing come first - at home and at work.

In fact, most of what makes AMP such a welcoming, enjoyable place to work are our people. Wherever you go, you'll find moments to connect, feel valued and do meaningful work.

Whether it's through our first-class leaders who are invested in you and your success. Through year-round opportunities to volunteer, fundraise and give back to the community. Or in the everyday challenges you face as we work together to strengthen this great organisation. Challenges that will stretch you, amplify your potential and compound the impact you have.

We believe in the power of inclusion and diversity

We're dedicated to fostering inclusion, diversity, and a warm feeling of belonging at AMP. It sparks creativity, ignites innovation, and turns up the dial on the quality of our decisions and performance. This not only makes our workplace more engaged, but also leads to better connections with our customers.

We're your allies in the search for the perfect fit - when you apply, let us know how we can support you to put your best self forward during our selection process.

We're also committed to enhancing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, so we enthusiastically encourage candidates from these backgrounds to apply and explore our Reconciliation Plan on our website

Ready to create your tomorrow?

If you're someone who sees opportunity where others see challenge, come and work with us in smart, progressive ways as we transform an iconic Australian brand for the future. And, through a series of career-defining moments, create your own tomorrow.

Don't procrastinate We review applications when we get them, and if we discover the ideal candidate, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date.

Looking forward to meeting you.