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Senior Test Lead

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Job Description & Details

Senior Test Lead for a Houston‑based insurance team. The role is purely local—no remote or relocation options—so you’ll be in the office every day, steering QA for annuities products.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

You’ll own the end‑to‑end testing strategy for fixed, variable and indexed annuities. That means writing test plans, coordinating manual and automated suites, and making sure releases meet strict regulatory timelines. You’ll also act as the bridge between product owners, developers, and external auditors, translating business rules into test cases and reporting defects with enough detail to keep compliance happy.

The Core Tech Stack

The non‑negotiable knowledge is the annuities domain—understanding how life insurance policies translate into cash‑flow calculations, surrender charges, and tax treatment. On the tooling side, you’ll need solid experience with test management platforms (e.g., qTest, Zephyr) and a strong grasp of automated frameworks like Selenium or RestAssured because the team is pushing for more CI/CD coverage. Stakeholder management is another must; you’ll be presenting test metrics to senior leadership and negotiating scope with developers.

Interview Expectations

  1. “Walk me through how you’d design a test strategy for a new indexed annuity product that must comply with NAIC regulations.” They want to see you break the problem into risk‑based test design, coverage of edge‑case scenarios (e.g., market downturns), and how you’d embed regulatory checkpoints into automated pipelines.
  2. “Explain a time you had to convince a skeptical developer to adopt a QA process you introduced.” The hiring manager is probing your stakeholder‑management chops—look for a concrete example, metrics of improvement, and how you framed the change in business value terms.

Application Advice

Tailor your resume to hammer the exact keywords the JD repeats: Annuities Domain, Life Insurance, Fixed/Variable/Indexed Annuities, Test Leadership, QA Strategy, and Stakeholder Management. Put those phrases in your professional summary and bullet points describing past projects. If you have experience with specific test tools (qTest, Selenium, RestAssured), list them prominently; the ATS will likely be scanning for both domain and tooling terms. Also, note that the role is local‑only—make sure your address or “Houston, TX” appears somewhere on the resume to clear the location filter.