About this role

QA Lead / Test Manager

Role Purpose

Owns end-to-end execution of System Integration Testing (SIT) for the UBA Mobile Banking App and holds broader quality-oversight responsibility across the full programme, including phases executed by other teams and partner organisations.

Own the Master Test Strategy and keep it current as programme understanding evolves.
Chair daily defect triage; own defect severity and root-cause classification discipline.
Maintain full traceability from source requirement through test case to defect resolution.
Deliver weekly status reporting with RAG status and top risks to the CTO and Product Owner.
Lead formal sign-off against Exit Criteria before User Acceptance Testing (UAT) begins.
Lead UAT execution across business participants from partner organisations, via a dedicated UAT Coordinator.
Provide quality oversight of programme phases outside direct execution — customer experience review, migration, performance/load testing, security penetration testing, compliance checks, environment stabilisation, and go-live.
Own selection and ongoing validation of vendor-sourced specialist roles (security, architecture and code review, performance, DevSecOps).
Chair a weekly cross-phase coordination sync with all phase owners.
Required Qualifications & Experience
Proven track record leading QA/test management for digital banking, fintech, or large-scale financial-services platforms.
Experience with concurrent/continuous testing models — testing alongside active development, not gated behind a code-freeze milestone.
Demonstrated ability to own both hands-on execution and cross-team quality oversight simultaneously.
Experience managing vendor/contractor relationships for specialist technical roles.

Required Skills & Tools:

Test management, banking/fintech domain knowledge, stakeholder communication, defect-tracking tooling administration (e.g. Jira), release governance.

QA Lead / Test Manager