Test Lead

**Test Lead**

**What can you expect?**

Global Tech QA team is the COE for testing and quality assurance for the whole MMC group and is collocated across various countries. As a Test Lead, the position will act as the single point of contact for all QA related activities for the BT Super program. The position will have a major focus on manual and automated testing striving for continuous improvement of the quality and framework of the developed software products, which are inclusive of complex back-end systems and client facing solutions.

**What is in it for you?**

At Mercer, we recognise that our most important asset is our people. We offer benefits and programs that support career development such as professional development support, exam and study assistance and global rotation opportunities which will support and nurture you with every opportunity to reach your full potential. We also recognise the value of healthy, happy colleagues and promote a culture of care and wellbeing, offering benefits such as flexible working and much more
- Latest innovative technologies to expand the testing horizon
- Benefits and programs that support career development
- Health reimbursements
- Flexible working
- Dress to suit policy
- 35 hour working week
- Office next to Southern Cross Station
- Great global Team environment with energetic and supportive colleagues.

**We will count on you to**:

- Ensure that consistent quality and completion of testing process is achieved through Automation
- Understand Business requirements and develop test strategy
- Investigate technical problems and needs and determine possible solutions
- Complete product upgrade and release testing, monitoring and controlling
- Communicate effectively with team members and stake holders
- Help drive Pacific GT QA test transformation initiatives for Registry system
- Actively seek out and manage Client expectations
- Liaise with the onshore stakeholders and offshore QA team, Squads and Development team on a daily basis
- Complete status reporting to all stakeholders
- Coordinate and work with the scrum team and stakeholders
- Drive test planning and delivery for all functional scrum teams in offshore
- Manage day to day tasks for execution of test scripts (Manual and Automated) and reporting test results to stakeholders
- Document test results, defect logs and issue logs wherever possible
- Develop strategies for test automation
- Participate in the development of technical documentation where possible
- Provide technical assistance/coaching to other team members
- Train and mentor other members of the team
- Work with other test leads to improve ROI of overall functional test.
- Effectively communicate with team members, internal and external customers relating project
- status, delivery dates and project risks in a professional manner
- Delegate tasks and make team members accountable for their work assignments.
- Provide Coordination support to key project manager by managing day to day activities for team members
- dentify and resolve issues and problems that will affect accuracy of the technical
- specification. Manage modifications based on specific client needs.
- Ensure technical specifications include testing, documentation and instructions.

**What you need to have**:

- Excellent knowledge and experience of Manual testing techniques including planning, executing, monitoring and controlling
- A strong understanding of Superannuation & Wealth Management domain is a must
- A strong understanding of Registry systems and expected user experience
- Strong SQL skills
- Knowledge of Confluence/JIRA
- Strong knowledge of MS-Office and associated functionality
- Test Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling
- Experience in managing and driving Automation
- End to end experience of the project lifecycle and experience of RAD/Agile/Hybrid and Waterfall methodologies
- Strong relationship building & customer focus
- The ability to multitask in multiple initiatives / implementations simultaneously
- Excellent communication skills both upstream/downstream
- Strong leading skills with focus on strategic goal alignments
- A high degree of problem solving skills to resolve problems in a multi-product/service environment.

**What makes you stand out?**
- Strong understanding of Superannuation, legislative, compliance, admin, trustee requirements
- ISTQB, Agile, Superannuation Certifications.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.