QA Team Leader (IT)

Role: QA Team Leader (IT)

Have you got the right qualifications and skills for this job Find out below, and hit apply to be considered.
Location: Leeds, LS15 (with hybrid working after completion of training)
Salary: £60-£65k per annum plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: 40 hours pw, Monday to Friday
Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.
In this key role you will be responsible for hands on testing of Pharmacy2U core internal systems, web and mobile, writing and undertaking both manual and automated test cases for various projects. Responsible for a growing team of testers and undertaking core line management duties. We currently utilise a mixture of manual and automated quality assurance testing for our product suite, for this we utilise the following tools – Katalon studio, Browserstack and Postman.
What’s in it for you?
Occupational sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Contributory pension
Discounted insurance (Aviva)
Employee discount site
Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
Employee assistance programme
In-house mental health support
Free onsite parking
Health and wellbeing initiatives
Social events throughout the year
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme
Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
Long service bonus
Refer a friend bonus
Blue light card
Hybrid working
Commitment to CPD/training
25 days annual leave increasing with service
Annual leave buy and sell scheme
Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
What you’ll be doing?
Act as an escalation point for stakeholders/product owners/QA testers for any bug queries, helping to remove blockers and allow testing work to progress
Own manual and automation testing best practices, working with automation testers to make sure manual scenarios are automated for our regression packs
Mentor and advise other QA Testers on P2U testing standards
Work closely with the Head of Development and other technical leaders to help improve the Development departments ways of working
Work closely within project squads to push projects through to deadline
Who are we looking for?
Experience in test plan creation, test case development and execution using Gherkin Syntax or equivalent
Knowledge of Quality assurance best practices and testing methodologies
Experience with developing, executing, and maintaining automated test scripts using Groovy or equivalent
Experience with automated testing applications (Katalon Studio/Test Ops, Postman or equivalent)
Experience with commercial defect management systems (Katalon/Jira Software or equivalent, and of working within an Agile development environment
Experience working as either a manual or automated QA tester within an agile environment
Great at communicating and interacting with others
Looking forward to actively contributing to the life and growth of Pharmacy2U
Experience of working in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment with competing deadlines and priorities
Team player happy to collaborate and keep communication streams open with your peers and manager
Always has patients’ best interest in mind, professional integrity and is trustworthy
High attention to detail
What happens next?
Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.
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