QA Lead

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Global IT......................................................................................................................... 3

1.0 Role overview........................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Person specification/core competencies:...................................................................... 5

Global IT

Global IT transforms the way Dyson does business through world class IT Services and Systems. We demand the highest standards of performance from the technologies we engineer and our people expect the same from the technology that supports them. We are a community that appreciates and advocates better engineering. A community of pioneers. 

Our aim is to strategically partner to shape our future business, to provide exceptional IT service delivery and continuity whilst driving continuous improvement to deliver transformational change across the company. We are a team that drives operational excellence within IT to achieve exceptional results.

Dyson’s Global IT applications service has end-to-end accountability for the design, delivery and support of all business applications enabling Dysons global commercial, operational and enterprise business process. Forming a large proportion of the IT Function, the team are arranged into functional areas including Commercial and Connectivity, Corporate, Manufacturing Supply Chain, and Research and Development.

1.0 Role overview

QA Lead.

Reporting to the QA Manager, the QA Leads for Commercial and Connectivity will provide strategic and technical management to support the delivery of effective testing for their defined areas within Dyson’s Commercial and Connectivity function. This testing is delivered by 3rd party resource, so the role is a blend of supplier management, governance, and transformational delivery. This role requires extensive test management experience across multiple complex projects, programmes, and locations to provide subject matter expertise to team members and stakeholders.  

Your responsibilities in this role will include:

• Accountability for the successful delivery of QA for a defined area within Commercial and Connectivity, for all test phases and test types.
• Implementing QA policy as defined by the QA Manager.
• Delivering QA transformation projects and initiatives.
• Accountability for the testing scope of projects.
• Managing 3rd parties, including fostering a ‘one team’ culture.
• Establishing strong working relationships with stakeholders.
• Articulating risk to stakeholders.
• Being an escalation point for projects.
• Ensuring adherence to best practice.
• Demand management.
• Identifying and resolving QA risks.
• Implementing first class QA reporting.
• Sign-off on documents, estimates and overtime.

1.1 Person specification/core competencies:

• With a demonstrable background in the governance and delivery of testing in a variety of complex delivery landscapes, you will now use this wealth of experience to be an exceptional QA Lead.
• Ability to problem solve and review problem solving ideas from our test partners.
• Ability to articulate risk and drive for the minimum viable amount of testing.
• Excellent understanding of test automation with a focus on when to use it, not just what tools to use.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across both technical and non-technical people and teams.
• Exceptional understanding of technology and testing, including common solutions and architectures, emerging technologies and testing trends, as well as current test techniques/ technologies/ tooling. 
• Dynamic, self-motivated with a desire to produce the best solution possible.
• Comfortable working within a global, matrixed and managed service environment across multiple locations.
• A technologist as much as a tester, you will have the ability to work at the lowest levels of process/technical/tooling. 
• Ability to deliver under pressure whilst showing attention to detail.
• Ability to show sensitivity to the wider cultural differences across Dyson globally.
• Ability to influence others and communicate with impact at senior levels across the organisation.
• Ability to lead the resolution of Quality Assurance risks through a range of internal and external resources.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Outstanding interpersonal communication skills.
• A coaching attitude.
• Assertive.

1.1.1 Essential

• Experience of governance of 3rd parties.
• Experience of being hands-off as a Test Manager
• Experience of implementing and shaping test strategies.
• Experience of working collaboratively with a wide range of technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience of appropriate test tools
• First class written and verbal communication skills

1.1.2 Desirable

• Experience of improving Test Automation.
• Experience of Non-Functional Testing.
• Experience of implementing QA Environment strategies including infrastructure, test data, and CI/CD tooling.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.