Salesforce Test Lead - Morgan McKinley

Salesforce Test Lead

Initial 6-month contract with view to extend

Rate: €550-600 depending on experience

No sponsorship available

As a Salesforce Test Lead, you'll work alongside highly skilled professionals, ensuring the quality and integrity of Salesforce solutions in the financial services industry. If you're a detail-oriented leader with a passion for quality assurance and a deep understanding of Salesforce, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development and execution of comprehensive test strategies and plans for Salesforce solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements.
• Collaborate closely with solution architects, developers and business stakeholders to define testable requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain robust test automation frameworks and scripts for Salesforce, covering Apex, LWC, Aura and complex configurations, including Health Cloud specific functionalities.
• Oversee the entire testing lifecycle, including unit, integration, system, performance, and user acceptance testing, for Salesforce implementations, with a focus on industry-specific clouds like Health Cloud.
• Conduct defect management, including logging, tracking and verifying fixes and provide recommendations for continuous quality improvements.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality testing documentation, including test plans, test cases, defect reports and test summaries.
• Manage client relationships, effectively communicating testing progress, risks and quality metrics to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Drive innovation by exploring new testing tools, methodologies and best practices for Salesforce, enhancing quality assurance processes.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce testing and quality assurance, preferably within the financial services industry, demonstrating a track record of successful project delivery.
• Proficiency in testing Salesforce technologies including Apex, LWC and Aura components, and experience with Salesforce Health Cloud.
• Extensive experience with Salesforce configuration, complex Salesforce customisations and integrations from a testing perspective.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify complex issues, define root causes and provide innovative testing solutions.
• A strategic mindset to align testing efforts with business goals and drive continuous quality improvement.
• Experience working with the Agile methodology in a testing capacity.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Salesforce certifications (e.g., Certified Salesforce Administrator, Platform Developer I/II, or relevant testing certifications), especially those related to Health Cloud, are highly desirable.
• Familiarity with Agile, DevOps practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines as they relate to automated testing and quality gates.
• Experience working in or with international teams, understanding of global markets, and the ability to navigate cultural differences.
• Experience in negotiating with and managing third-party vendors and service providers related to testing tools or services.
• A good understanding of modern testing technologies and architectural patterns. Familiarity with cloud services, cybersecurity, and infrastructure testing is desirable.
• An understanding of financial services operations, regulatory requirements, and emerging FinTech trends from a quality assurance standpoint.