The Team You Will Join
This position sits within the Group Benefits Agile Development team supporting our Dental Organization. The role is aligned to the System Team supporting testing efforts across the Agile Release Train with a goal of ensuring we are meeting business expectations and delivering solutions that meet the definition of done. From a reporting standpoint, the individual will be a part of the Shared Services Testing Organization.
The Opportunity
The Feature Level Test Lead will represent the business and be accountable for validating developed solutions within the ART Team(s) ensuring they meet the business needs. They will be responsible for planning and execution of all (Cross) Team Feature Level testing within the ART through the definition of done, inclusive of one up one down testing and Capability Level Test efforts, ensuring defined success criteria is met with an automation first mindset enabling continuous execution before and after releases. This role will also assist in ensuring release readiness through completion of Team testing activities, participation in Epic and Capability Level test planning and execution, provide demos and make contributions to release checkout preparations. This role will review scope materials, work with Development and Testing partners as well as Product Management Associates and Subject Matter Experts to conduct test planning meetings, document and communicate testing plans for Features as well as manage and report progress of the execution of the plan through completion.
The Feature Level Test Lead is an analytical thinker with business process and system testing knowledge, and the ability to interpret this knowledge into business scenarios, data needs and testing plans. Through team interactions and deliverables, you understand the User Stories, Features and Epics that the ART is trying to deliver to the business and ensure the features are properly validated within the Team(s). Leveraging test management and relationship management skills, you bring the right partners to the table from technology, product, business, operations, and other areas, and ensure the timelines for test planning and execution are met. Being you are the most familiar with the testing efforts of what is being released in production, you will be responsible for preparations for release checkout plans including defining validation areas, types of data and resource plans.
As a Feature Level Test Lead, you partner directly with the agile team(s), gaining an understanding of the vertical end-to-end solution, a deep understanding of your team’s deliverables and contributions to the overall solution and the direct impacts to the business. You proactively identify and address risks, being empowered to drive the right conversations and the right work.
