Description
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.
As the Testing and Release Lead in People Technology, you will bridge the gap between technical system configuration and end-to-end business process integrity across global People Tech initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Define & Own E2E Strategy: Define, own, and execute the overall People Tech testing strategy, methodology, and test approach across implementation and enhancement projects.
- Lead Lifecycle Testing: Lead end-to-end testing activities across project phases, including System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, and post-production validation.
- Develop Test Artifacts: Develop comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, test data, and traceability matrices based on business and technical requirements.
- Provide Hands-On Guidance: Provide direct, hands-on guidance to non-technical business stakeholders, handholding them through test execution and bridging functional and technical requirements in the absence of dedicated Business Analysts.
- Drive Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis: Lead defect management from initial identification through triage, resolution, retesting, and closure using Jira.
- Partner with Functional & Technical Teams: Collaborate directly with Workday functional consultants, People Tech engineers, and technical teams to validate fixes, resolve issues, and ensure all requirements are met.
- Establish Signals & Quality Metrics: Establish quality metrics and signals to monitor test progress, evaluate software quality, and communicate testing risks and status to project leadership.
- Enforce Governance & Maintain Standards: Define and enforce strict entry and exit criteria across project testing phases while coaching team members and maintaining comprehensive test repositories and runbooks in Confluence.
Qualifications
- Test Leadership & Adaptability: Proven background in QA coordination or technical test leading, specifically defining test scope and entry/exit gates for large enterprise projects.
- Self-Service Framework Setup: Proven ability to establish test script frameworks, quality benchmarks, and self-service testing guidelines.
- Stakeholder Management & Orchestration: Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with hands-on experience actively guiding and handholding non-technical stakeholders through structured testing execution.
- People Platform Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of HRIS/ATS application workflows and sensitive HR business processes (specifically Workday, SmartRecruiters, Absorb, or Visier).
- Defect Management & Tooling Proficiency: Deep hands-on experience managing testing workflows and defect lifecycles via Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Confluence.
- Leadership Scope: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional IT/People initiatives, manage project quality risks, and coach junior team members on testing practices.