Senior Test Lead

Join our Testing Practice, and support key long-term programs of work!

FinXL Skilled Services is a leading IT consultancy that partners with clients to bridge the gap between business needs and technology capabilities. Since 2003, we've been delivering high-value ICT services across government, finance, telecommunications, and enterprise sectors.

FinXL is seeking a Senior Test Lead to join our Testing Practice and be deployed with a leading Banking client on a 6+ months contract in Norwest. This role combines deep hands-on test management expertise with strategic leadership across a major infrastructure and network uplift initiative. You will be leading functional and non-functional testing to ensure a seamless replacement and consolidation of core infrastructure across multiple data centres.

Responsibilities

- Oversee comprehensive end-to-end assurance activities, schedules, and key delivery milestones across multiple active workstreams.
- Establish robust quality frameworks, overarching execution strategies, and streamlined defect resolution workflows.
- Identify delivery risks, operational bottlenecks, and cross-project dependencies while driving effective mitigation strategies.
- Serve as the primary operational link between technical teams, external vendors, and key business stakeholders.
- Secure timely access to required test environments, data sets, and underlying infrastructure support services.
- Guide, mentor,



and review work products for testing personnel while stepping in as Test Manager delegate when required.
- Track execution metrics, evaluate defect trends, and present executive status updates to support go/no-go decisions.

Key Skills & Experience

- Extensive background steering quality delivery on enterprise-scale IT infrastructure and application migration initiatives (IT infra and network).
- Proven expertise structuring functional and non-functional testing across performance, failover, and security domains.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead testing teams, enforce standards, and act as a delegate for senior test management.
- Proficient in managing testing governance, defects, and traceability using tools like JIRA and QMetry.
- Exposure to modern performance and automated testing tools such as JMeter and Playwright is highly regarded.
- Strong track record of managing cross-functional dependencies, environment readiness, and technical risk registers.
- High-level communication capabilities with a track record of effectively influencing and aligning senior stakeholders.

Engagement Details

- 6+ months contract with a Banking client.
- Hybrid working model with 50% in the office in Norwest.

Next Steps

- Apply now highlighting relevant skills and experience and address your application to Julia Leung. Due to the high volume of applications only shortlisted candidates can be contacted.

📌 Migration Senior Test Lead (Norwest)
🏢 FinXL IT Professional Services
📍 Norwest