Lead Test Analyst
Test Lead Analyst
Location: Remote or Hybrid (UK)
Reports to: Head of Software Engineering & Application Support
Direct reports: All Test Engineers / SDETs within Technical Delivery
About HF
People. Not just lawyers
We’re not your typical law firm – we’re people with a passion for helping our clients and each other achieve the best possible outcomes. We are leading legal advisers to the insurance and commercial sectors across the UK & Ireland, known for our innovation, client focus, and long-lasting relationships. We do things differently, with a forward-thinking approach built around our clients’ needs, supported by cutting-edge technology and a culture built around people from a wide range of backgrounds who are taking an equally wide range of routes to building their careers in law.
We’re hiring a Test Lead Analyst to own our testing strategy and lead a multi-discipline test team across our digital products, internal case management platforms, and our cutting-edge AI initiatives. Build and lead a high-performing test function, elevate process maturity, and embed automation and quality engineering practices that measurably improve time-to-market, reliability, and customer outcomes.
What you’ll be doing
As a Test Lead Analyst, you will:
- Define and own the testing strategy, standards and roadmap across our digital delivery teams, ensure traceability from requirements to defects.
- Drive effective defect triage, root-cause analysis, and prevention with engineering teams.
- Deliver faster, safer releases with robust automation and reliable pipelines.
- Build and line-manage the test function; mentor testers/SDETs and grow capabilities.
- Drive automation adoption and increase maturity though quality gates in CI/CD.
- Own test environments and data strategy to enable fast, reliable testing at scale. Coordinate cross-team dependencies, test data, and environment scheduling for parallel initiatives
- Champion shift-left/shift-right, observability and risk-based release decisions.
- Oversee UAT, regression and sign-off on release quality, with clear quality metrics and executive reporting; confident go/no-go decisions.
- Collaborate with information security teams to support non-functional testing (performance & security) and compliance.
What You'll Need:
- Leadership of multi-team testing functions, including line management and hiring.
- Expert knowledge of testing processes and modern quality engineering practices.
- Comfortable reporting and interacting with senior stakeholders, act as the quality authority and provide clear risk/quality narratives.
- Strong automation background and CI/CD integration experience.
- Experience across web, APIs, data platforms and AI/ML products.
- Excellent stakeholder management and crisp, risk-based communication.
- ISTQB Advanced (or equivalent) desirable; Agile delivery experience essential (SAFe preferred).
Our Current Landscape:
- Jira for delivery management and reporting.
- Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
- Typescript, BrowserStack, Cypress, Selenium, Postman.
What’s in it for you?
Apart from the competitive salary you’d expect, our package of benefits reflects our values of partnership, innovation, and being real people. We’re committed to creating a dynamic workplace where everyone feels supported, empowered, and part of our success.
You’ll enjoy:
- 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + Holiday Buy Scheme
- Life Insurance & Income Protection
- Private Medical Insurance & Healthcare Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme & Digital GP services
- Pension Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave
- Hybrid & Flexible Working Options
- Discounted Gym Membership & Employee Discount Hub
- Flu & Eyecare Vouchers – and more!
What next?
If HF sounds like a place where you could belong, we'd love to learn more about you!
Submit your CV here and we’ll be in touch if we have any opportunities that match your experience and interests. If we don’t have something right now, we’ll keep your details on file and may reach out in the future as part of our talent pipeline.