Head of Test - Nottingham, United Kingdom - MHR INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED

MHR INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

As a Head of Testing for People First, everyday should be rewarding and mentally challenging.

We believe there is nothing more rewarding than leading the highly skilled and successful MHR Testing Teams developing the next generation of new and exciting products shaping the world of work.

Working with several teams and direct reports, you'll be responsible for leading all aspects of quality and testing.

You will define and implement the testing strategy that underpins the wider software goals of high-speed development, short lead times and high release frequency.

You'll be one of the senior leaders looking to keep MHR at the forefront of the market through high quality, well tested and a well monitored product, as well as understanding the diverse needs of our customers.

Our Product Teams are optimised for speed with quality and agility at the heart of what we strive for.

At MHR we are proud of the products we develop, and we work hard to ensure we are on the leading edge with the processes & technologies we utilise to deliver our services.

Responsibilities:

Accountable for defining and implementing the Automated Testing Strategy for the entire People First Product.
Ensure the proper usage of available tools to gain the maximum benefit of the QA effort. This includes testing tools for functional, performance, automation, etc.
Strong communication skills to ensure the vision is communicated to all key stakeholders
Provide leadership and direction to all automation and quality engineers
Provide technical guidance and expertise to team members, colleagues and/or customers
Provide authoritative advice and leadership on any aspect of automation, testing and execution
Be an advocate of Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement and industry recognized Best Practices.
Motivate the teams, recognize good talent, and bring out the best out of everyone.
Be an escalation point for all matters related to testing and quality assurance and operate as a primary point of contact for the QA teams

About you:

Proven experience of implementing, using, and developing automated test capabilities and tooling
Familiarity with highintegrity realtime systems.
Experience of working with largescale and complex integration programmes, including integrating 3rd party systems or components
Experience managing testing departments or testing functions, managing large and complex activities and processes.
Excellent understanding of the Testing Lifecycle and the different types of testing
Experience leading teams in Agile DevOps environment
Knowledge of working with, and testing Microservices

What you will get in return:
With a great working environment and amazing colleagues, we will support you professionally and personally through our learning and wellbeing programmes

In addition, we offer:

Competitive salaries
Option to buy additional holiday days
Voluntary benefits scheme, ranging from private medical insurance to dental schemes
Access to over 60 internal training courses, plus the ability to study for professional qualifications
Coaching and mentoring programmes
Discounted gym memberships
Access to a GP 24/7, via SmartHealth
Discounts and cash back on leisure, travel, technology, fashion, and food
Employee recognition programme
Social events, including running clubs, 5aside football teams and more
Subsidised restaurants across all sites, with a choice of fresh meals from our chefs each day

Be part of our mission, join MHR and help shape the world of work.

We are on a mission to improve the world of work, technology, and people, building products and services to help solve our customers' people-related challenges now and in the future.

We design software to make processes easier, create apps to foster engagement, support organisations to get better insights from their data and much more for over 1200 organisations across the UK and Ireland.

Our 4-core values Sustainability, Trust, Collaboration, and Innovation have been the drive to MHR's success. This starts internally within our business by putting our colleagues and customers at the forefront of everything we do.

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