Team Lead, Software Quality Assurance at First Bank of Nigeria Limited

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Job Title: Team Lead, Software Quality Assurance

Job Objective

To define and drive the overall quality assurance strategy, ensuring the Lab’s software deliverables meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and compliance.
To establish and enforce best practices, processes, and methodologies for software testing and quality assurance.
To lead and mentor the QA team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and proactive defect prevention.
To collaborate with cross-functional teams to align quality assurance efforts with business and technical objectives.
To ensure effective risk management by identifying, assessing, and mitigating software quality risks
To provide stakeholders with accurate and timely quality metrics and insights to support informed decision-making
To ensure compliance with contractual, legal, regulatory, and industry standards, verifying test objects against these requirements.
To drive automation, efficiency, and innovation in software testing practices to improve product quality and delivery timelines.

Duties & Responsibilities

Define and implement the overall QA strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and best practices.
Oversee requirement clarifications, acceptance criteria, and test coverage to maintain high software quality
Establish, enforce, and continuously improve QA standards, processes, and automation strategies
Supervise test execution across all levels, ensuring defects are identified, documented, and resolved.
Track and report key QA metrics while managing risk identification and mitigation.
Lead API testing, SIT coordination, and post-implementation validation.
Evaluate third-party software for compliance with quality standards.
Mentor and guide the QA team, fostering continuous learning and process improvement.
Maintain confidentiality of all Information entrusted while delivering projects.
Comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook.
Performs other functions as may be required for the business to achieve its strategic objectives.

Job Requirements
Education:

Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in computing or related disciplines
Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

Minimum experience – 5+ years of experience in IT quality management

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

Proven experience in testing medium-high complexity IT systems
Proficient knowledge of structured system analysis and design
Proficient knowledge of quality management best practices and standards (ISO9001, TS16949, etc.)
Proficient knowledge of core IT (Infrastructure, Applications)
Working knowledge of quality management methods and tools
Knowledge of test automation tools
Understanding of the agile development process (Scrum)

Skill / Competencies Core SFIA 5 Skill Requirements:

Testing (Test 4)
Process Automation
User Experience Analysis (UNAN 4)
User Experience Evaluation (USEV 3)
Service Acceptance (SEAC 4)
Quality Management (QUMG 5)
Quality Assurance (QUAS 4)
Quality Standards (QUST 3)
Conformance Review (CORE 4)

Other SFIA 5 Skill Requirements:

Learning Delivery (ETDL 3) Other Required Knowledge and Capabilities
Good strategic planning and management skills
Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with business stakeholders
Sound conflict management skills

Application Instructions

The application deadline is 7th March, 2025; 11:45 PM. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:

Official Job Website: https://www.firstbanknigeria.com