{"id":3683778,"url":"https://alion.io/job/msig-europe-qa-test-lead","title":"QA & Test Lead","company":{"id":2518297,"name":"MSIG Europe","domain":"msig-europe.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/msig-europe","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":79,"open_postings":7,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.857,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":50,"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"}},"role":"QA","role_family":"QA","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Rotterdam, Netherlands"],"countries":["NL"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T14:09:58Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-03","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T10:14:10Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"About MSIG Specialty Marine\nMSIG Specialty Marine NV is part of the Japanese MS&AD Insurance Group and operates in the global marine and specialty insurance market.\nAcross our international locations, we provide underwriting and claims-handling services to clients worldwide. Our specialist areas include cargo, hull, liability, shipowners’ P&I, specie, political violence and yacht insurance.\nWe are an entrepreneurial, open and collaborative organisation with short lines of communication. We encourage colleagues to take ownership, share knowledge and develop in line with their strengths and ambitions.\nThe opportunity\nWe are looking for an experienced QA & Test Lead to develop and strengthen our quality assurance capability across Business Change.\nThis is a senior, hands-on role combining portfolio-wide QA leadership with direct responsibility for testing across selected change initiatives. You will establish proportionate, risk-based testing standards and ensure business validation is effectively connected with technical testing, data, environments, defects and release dependencies.\nWorking closely with business owners, Project Managers, Business Analysts, IT teams, technical specialists and external suppliers, you will create greater consistency across testing and provide stakeholders with a clear, evidence-based view of quality, risk and release readiness.\nThe role does not have formal line-management responsibility. You will lead through expertise and influence by setting standards, coaching colleagues, reviewing test approaches and constructively challenging gaps in quality or evidence.\nWhat you will do\nDevelop and improve our QA capability\nDefine and continuously improve proportionate, risk-based QA standards, templates and evidence requirements.\nEstablish clear expectations for test strategy, planning, execution, defect management, completion and sign-off.\nPromote traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, key risks and test results.\nDevelop reusable testing assets, regression coverage and practical guidance.\nIdentify opportunities to simplify testing and make appropriate use of automation.\nMaintain a prioritised QA improvement roadmap alongside delivery commitments.\nProvide functional leadership\nGuide and coach QA colleagues, business testers and delivery teams.\nReview test strategies, plans, scenarios and evidence based on project risk and significance.\nProvide clear, practical feedback and ensure material gaps are addressed or escalated.\nIdentify testing capability, capacity and resource needs.\nEncourage teams to take ownership of quality while providing the structure required for effective delivery.\nImprove requirements and test readiness\nEngage early with Project Managers, Business Analysts and business owners to assess requirements, acceptance criteria and testability.\nConstructively challenge unclear requirements, assumptions and insufficient evidence.\nIdentify critical processes, controls, user outcomes, data needs, environments and dependencies before testing begins.\nEnsure risks and dependencies are reflected in the test approach.\nMaintain awareness of DORA and Solvency II requirements, working with Risk, Compliance and IT specialists where relevant.\nLead testing across change initiatives\nFor assigned initiatives, you will:\nDevelop integrated, risk-based test strategies and plans.\nDefine test scope, responsibilities, resources, environments, data requirements and dependencies.\nEstablish appropriate entry and exit criteria.\nLead or coordinate user acceptance testing and end-to-end business validation.\nDesign and, where appropriate, execute functional, exploratory and business tests.\nCoordinate testing across business teams, developers, technical testers and external suppliers.\nEnsure test outcomes are traceable to requirements, acceptance criteria and identified risks.\nWork across system, integration, API, regression, data migration and end-to-end testing.\nCoordinate specialist input relating to performance, security, resilience and other non-functional requirements.\nManage defects and release readiness\nLead defect triage with business and technical stakeholders.\nAssess defect severity and business impact, establishing clear ownership and resolution priorities.\nMonitor critical, disputed or overdue defects and escalate where necessary.\nReport clearly on test coverage, progress, defects, evidence gaps, untested scope and residual risk.\nAssess completion against agreed entry and exit criteria.\nEnsure business acceptance and specialist conclusions are appropriately documented.\nProvide evidence-based readiness recommendations to Project Managers, sponsors, the Change Advisory Board and other governance forums.\nDrive continuous improvement\nAnalyse recurring defects, requirement gaps and production issues to identify underlying causes.\nWork with business and delivery owners to agree and monitor improvement actions.\nShare lessons learned and embed stronger practices across future initiatives.\nImprove the effectiveness of test tools, reporting, regression coverage and reusable assets.\nWhat you bring\nThis is an experienced-practitioner role requiring recent and directly relevant experience leading complex testing activities and improving QA capability.\nEssential experience\nSignificant hands-on experience in quality assurance and software testing, typically gained over at least seven years.\nProven experience leading complex user acceptance and integrated testing activities.\nExperience developing risk-based test strategies and detailed test plans.\nStrong capability in structured test design, exploratory testing, functional execution and regression testing.\nExperience managing defects, traceability, test evidence and release-readiness reporting.\nA track record of establishing and improving QA standards across multiple projects or change initiatives.\nExperience coaching colleagues and influencing outcomes without formal line-management authority.\nThe ability to balance portfolio-wide QA improvement with hands-on delivery.\nStrong understanding of APIs, integrations, data, environments and test-data requirements.\nSufficient knowledge of performance, security, resilience and other non-functional testing to coordinate specialists and challenge evidence.\nExperience using test-management and defect-tracking tools.\nStrong stakeholder-management skills across business, technology and external supplier environments.\nQualifications\nA relevant higher-education qualification in software engineering, computer science, information systems, quality assurance or a related discipline is preferred.\nCandidates with substantial relevant professional experience demonstrating equivalent knowledge, analytical ability and judgement will also be considered.\nA recognised testing qualification, such as ISTQB or an equivalent certification, is strongly preferred. Regardless of qualifications, candidates must be able to demonstrate the practical application of their testing knowledge.\nDesirable experience\nExperience within insurance or the wider financial-services sector.\nAwareness of DORA and Solvency II and their implications for technology change and testing.\nExperience coordinating suppliers and third-party technology partners.\nExposure to test automation and assessing suitable automation opportunities.\nExperience working across international teams and locations.\nYour approach\nYou will:\nCombine a strong quality and control mindset with practical, proportionate delivery.\nConstructively challenge weak assumptions and insufficient evidence.\nCommunicate technical findings in terms of clear business impacts, options and decisions.\nLead and coach through expertise, credibility and influence.\nDistinguish between confirmed facts, evidence gaps and untested assumptions.\nRecognise when specialist input is required and involve the appropriate experts.\nManage competing priorities transparently and make capacity constraints visible.\nTake ownership while respecting the accountabilities of business, delivery and technical teams.\nOur cultural behaviours\nOur culture is reflected in how we work together:\nClient-centric: We keep clients, business users and intended outcomes at the centre of our decisions.\nInnovative: We look for practical improvements in delivery, governance and technology-enabled change.\nEmpowering: We create clarity, encourage ownership and help colleagues perform effectively.\nCollaborative: We work across Business Change, IT, control functions and external partners to achieve shared outcomes.\nAccountable: We take responsibility for our commitments, transparency, quality and follow-through.\nDisciplined: We apply proportionate structure, control and evidence to our work.\nWhy join us?\nThis is an opportunity to shape and strengthen QA practices across an international marine and specialty insurance organisation.\nYou will have the scope to establish sustainable testing standards, introduce meaningful improvements and directly influence the quality of important business and technology changes. At the same time, you will remain close to delivery through hands-on involvement in selected high-impact initiatives.\nYou will join an open and entrepreneurial organisation where expertise is valued, communication is direct and colleagues are encouraged to take ownership of their development and contribution.\nApply\nIf you are an experienced QA professional who combines hands-on testing expertise with the ability to establish standards, coach others and influence senior stakeholders, we would be pleased to hear from you.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9575,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-03T14:09:58Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"NL","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"Recognised sponsor of the Dutch immigration service (IND)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Highly skilled migrants and regular labour","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-10T11:34:35+00:00","sources":["IND: public register of recognised sponsors (work)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":50,"reasons":["conf:7","velocity","win:early","comp:attention"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/msig-europe-qa-test-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/msig-europe-qa-test-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T17:41:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6667,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2518297},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2518297"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmsig-europe-qa-test-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmsig-europe-qa-test-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmsig-europe-qa-test-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/msig-europe-qa-test-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmsig-europe-qa-test-lead"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3683778}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"msig-europe.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3683778},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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