QA Lead - VMWare to Google Cloud (GCE) Migration

The STP Lending Manager application is a greenfield initiative, giving you the rare chance to shape a platform from scratch within a highly motivated product team. Operating in close partnership with business SMEs and developers, the team thrives on Agile collaboration, short feedback loops, and strong ownership culture.

• Proven experience as a Test Manager or QA Lead on complex programmes
• Strong test management expertise, including test strategy definition and test planning
• Hands-on experience with functional and non-functional testing
• Experience in technology migration or conversion projects (e.g. on-premise to cloud)
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills across business and technical teams
• Ability to manage testing across multiple teams and workstreams in parallel
• Experience with test tracking, reporting, and quality metrics

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of VMWare environments
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other public cloud platforms
• Experience testing infrastructure, platform, or cloud-based solutions
• Familiarity with automation strategies and tools in a migration context

• Define, prepare, and own the end-to-end test strategy and test plans for the migration programme, including creation of a test framework for application test teams as pre-requisites before migration and post migration verification
• Lead and coordinate testing activities across all programme workstreams where relevant
• Lead and coordinate testing activities across all application testing teams during migration cutover
• Analyse requirements and ensure adequate test coverage, including functional and non-functional aspects
• Oversee test case design, preparation, and execution, including review and quality assurance of test artefacts
• Work closely with project, technical, and business teams to align testing activities with the overall project timeline and milestones
• Track, monitor, and report on test planning, test execution progress, defects, and quality metrics
• Manage dependencies and risks related to testing and proactively escalate issues where required
• Support business teams during testing phases and provide guidance on testing best practices
• Ensure testing aligns with agreed quality standards, governance, and compliance requirements
• Facilitate defect triage and support resolution in collaboration with development and infrastructure teams