Quality Engineering Lead, China Technology Centre
Sun Life Financial2 days ago
Beijing, ChinaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain end-to-end testing strategy, quality standards, test scope, estimates, environments, test data requirements, quality gates, and reporting.
- Lead and govern manual testing across system, integration, end-to-end, regression, exploratory, usability, and user acceptance testing.
- Ensure requirements and acceptance criteria are traceable to test coverage, execution evidence, defects, and release outcomes across mobile, web, API, and SaaS solutions.
- Define the test automation roadmap and guide development and maintenance of reliable automated test suites.
- Promote continuous testing, reusable quality assets, and automated quality checks in delivery pipelines.
- Own defect triage, severity and priority alignment, root-cause analysis, retesting, and closure.
- Assess quality risks, monitor defect and coverage trends, and provide quality status and go/no-go recommendations.
- Lead, coach, manage, and coordinate internal, external, distributed, and vendor-based testers.
- Collaborate with product owners, Scrum Masters, project managers, business analysts, developers, architects, security specialists, operations teams, and vendors in Agile delivery.
- Drive testing capability development and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 7 years of progressive software testing or quality assurance experience.
- At least 2 years in a Test Lead, Quality Assurance Lead, or comparable testing leadership role on complex software development projects.
- Experience owning test strategy, planning, estimation, scope, governance, execution, defect management, quality reporting, and release-readiness assessment across the full testing lifecycle.
- Experience leading testers and coordinating cross-functional, distributed, or vendor-based teams in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
- Hands-on experience testing mobile, web, APIs, integrations, and SaaS platforms using both manual testing and test automation.
- Experience with test management, defect tracking, API testing, and automation tools or frameworks.
- Highly desirable: ISTQB Advanced Test Manager, Test Automation Engineer, or equivalent professional certification.
- Desirable: financial services or insurance experience and knowledge of regulated technology delivery.
- Excellent written and spoken English and Cantonese are required; Mandarin is an advantage.
Benefits
- The role is with Sun Life’s China Technology Centre and supports an inclusive, caring, collaborative, and high-performance culture.
- Posting end date: 30/05/2027.
Tech Stack
AppiumCucumberCypressPostmanSelenium
Categories
About Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial provides life and health insurance, group benefits, retirement solutions, and asset management services for individuals, employers, and institutional investors. It generates revenue from insurance premiums and investment management fees, including through MFS Investment Management and SLC Management. Founded in 1865 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Sun Life operates across North America and Asia, and its shares trade on the TSX and NYSE under the symbol SLF.