Test Lead

Gurgaon/Bangalore, India

The Test Lead will be responsible for driving quality engineering strategies, processes, and standards for company’s diverse suite of business applications, ensuring they meet the high-quality standards. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams consisting of both AXA XL staff and vendors.. Additionally, they will promote the adoption of automation tools and best practices to optimize testing processes. This role requires excellent stakeholder management, technical expertise in test automation, and a keen focus on delivering high-quality, reliable software releases across complex insurance platforms

The role holder will also demonstrate a best-in-class level of expertise in test management and testing best practices.

• What you’ll be DOING
  
  

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• • Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies that align with organizational goals and industry best practices
  • Take responsibility for all types of testing performed by the testing teams including functional and non-functional as well as user acceptance testing, when required.
  • Collaborate with our testing vendor partners as well as our AXA XL delivery team members to make sure comprehensive testing coverage and the timely delivery of software changes/enhancements
  • Act as the primary point of contact for all testing-related inquiries, escalations and coordination with AXA XL stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with project managers, business analysts, and development teams to define UAT scope and objectives, particularly in relation to property and casualty insurance products.
    
    

• • Facilitate UAT testing, including training end-users and gathering feedback on the product and coordinate the UAT Cycle ensuring its timely completion
    
    

• • Work with the TCoE team to understand best practices and effectively implement them on the applications to achieve our expected quality results.
  • Oversee the planning, execution, and reporting of end-to-end system integration testing, ensuring thorough validation of software applications.
  • Drive test automation initiatives, including in-sprint and intelligent testing, automation frameworks to improve coverage and reduce test cycle completion time
  • Review testing artifacts created by testing teams such as test strategy, test plan, test summary report etc. to make sure they meet industry standards.
  • Identify the opportunities to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency using automation , virtualization and integration with CI/CD pipeline
  • Identify, communicate & track testing risks and issues then help develop mitigation plans to bring them to closure
  • Help estimate new testing work requests and manage estimates against actuals to make sure change controls are appropriately managed
  • Define, collect, and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) & metrics to evaluate testing effectiveness and drive improvements.
  • In collaboration with Procurement, manage RFI/RFPs, contract negotiations and delivery of contract terms and validate them against the established KPI/SLAs
  • Oversee the QA Budget and make sure the high quality products are delivered within the budget
    

What You Will BRING

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • robust understanding of software development methodologies, including agile
  • Proven track record managing complex QE engagements with multiple teams,vendors, and releases
  • Effective knowledge of the various types of software testing - static, smoke, system, system integration, regression, UAT, performance, compatibility etc.
  • Effective hands-on technical background in test automation across UI,API and performance testing
  • Extensive experience in designing and development of test automation frameworks.
  • Understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and microservices architecture.
  • Experience with testing tools such as Selenium, Apache JMeter, Gatling, UFT & Performance Center
  • Well versed with latest test automation tools and technologies with an aim for continuous improvement
  • Proven leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide diverse teams.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience with property & casualty insurance lines of business and products will be preferred
  • Experience in implementing the GenAI based solutions to optimize testing processes(Good to have)
    

You will report to TCoE Lead

Who WE Are

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

What We OFFER

Inclusion

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
  
  

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides dynamic compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day - the Global Day of Giving.
  
  

For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability