Role : Functional Test Lead – Retail Domain

Duration: Permanent

Location: Melbourne

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Functional Test Lead with strong hands-on functional testing expertise and proven Retail domain experience . The candidate will lead end-to-end testing activities, drive test planning and execution, manage defects, and work closely with business and technical stakeholders to ensure high-quality releases.

Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end functional testing activities across retail applications and business processes.
Analyse business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.
Define test strategy, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and test data .
Lead SIT, UAT, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Validate retail business processes including POS, sales, returns, pricing, promotions, inventory, orders, payments, loyalty, and store operations .
Coordinate testing across multiple applications and system integrations.
Review test cases and ensure adequate functional and business-process coverage.
Manage defect lifecycle, conduct defect triage, and work with development/business teams for resolution.
Track test progress, risks, dependencies, defects,



and provide regular testing status reports.
Support release readiness and provide quality/risk assessments to stakeholders.
Mentor and guide QA team members and ensure adherence to testing standards.
Collaborate closely with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Developers, and business stakeholders.
Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, test coverage, and testing methodologies.

Mandatory Skills
8+ years of overall software testing experience , with strong functional testing background.
Proven experience as a Test Lead / Functional Test Lead .
Strong Retail domain experience .
Robust understanding of retail business processes such as:
POS / Store Operations
Sales & Returns
Pricing & Promotions
Inventory / Merchandising
Order Management
Payments
Loyalty
E-commerce / Omnichannel
Robust experience in SIT, UAT, Regression, Integration and E2E testing .
Solid test planning, test case design, execution, defect management, and reporting skills.
Experience with JIRA / Azure DevOps / ALM or similar test management tools.
Good understanding of Agile/Scrum, SDLC and STLC .
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

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