We are seeking an experienced Test Lead-Consultant to own test strategy, planning and delivery for our client and Point of Sale (POS) solutions. The role requires strong domain knowledge, stakeholder management and hands-on performance testing experience, preferably with JMeter.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead test strategy, planning and execution of POS applications.
- Define test scope, scenarios, cases, acceptance criteria and quality metrics.
- Manage functional, integration, system, regression, API and performance testing.
- Coordinate with business, product and engineering teams throughout delivery.
- Lead defect triage, risk management, reporting and quality governance.
- Support UAT, release readiness, production validation and deployment.
- Mentor test engineers and drive consistent quality practices.

Required Skills

- Robust experience in test management, strategy and governance for large programs.
- POS knowledge, including transactions, payments, pricing,



promotions, returns, reconciliation and integrations.
- Expertise in functional and non-functional testing, API testing, defect management and impact analysis.
- Hands-on experience with JMeter and API performance testing.
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, SDLC, STLC and UAT processes.
- Occasional early morning shift (As needed)
- Should be ready to work 2 weekends a month.

Preferred Qualifications - Experience with store platforms, store applications and large transformation programs.

- Experience leading distributed test teams across multiple workstreams.
- ISTQB, Agile, Scrum, SAFe or performance-testing certification.

Education Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

📌 Test Lead Consultant (Melbourne)
🏢 Accenture
📍 Melbourne