TPM QA Lead
Role: TPM QA Lead
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Location: London, 2-3 days per week
Duration: 12-month contract
Rate: £600.00 - £670.00
A leading global financial services organisation is looking for an experienced TPM QA Lead (Assistant Vice President level) to support the quality assurance of a Third-Party Management (TPM) platform within a large-scale technology and risk environment.
This is a hands-on QA leadership role where you will be responsible for ensuring quality across complex workflows, integrations, and regulatory-driven systems. You will work closely with product, engineering, vendor management teams, and external vendors to ensure solutions are thoroughly tested and delivered to a high standard.
What you'll be doing:
- Creating and executing test plans, test cases, and regression packs
- Performing functional, regression, integration, workflow, UI and basic API testing
- Validating data flows, business rules, and system behaviour across complex workflows
- Managing defects, test cycles, and traceability using Jira and Xray
- Participating in requirements reviews and refining acceptance criteria with product teams
- Supporting UAT planning and execution
- Coordinating with external vendors, leading daily calls, and tracking delivery of fixes
- Ensuring consistent test coverage across system enhancements and regulatory requirements
What we're looking for
- Strong hands-on QA experience in complex systems or enterprise platforms
- Solid understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC/STLC, and end-to-end testing processes
- Experience using Jira and Xray for defect and test management
- Ability to translate requirements into clear, testable scenarios
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail
- Experience validating data using SQL or data reconciliation techniques
- Comfortable working in Agile / Scrum environments
- Experience coordinating with vendors or external delivery teams
Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered please click the "apply" button.
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