Agile Tester

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com

Role Summary and Impact

In this role, you will be driving quality throughout the development lifecycle - especially upstream - while interacting daily with external client stakeholders. You will be baking quality in early via User Stories – that can drive Automated User/Test Acceptance Criteria, this, in turn, will increase the frequency of feedback, reliability and therefore increasing product quality & team delivery efficiency.

You must have a keen desire to constantly learn. apply and share new skills as part of your delivery team, resulting in a more self-organizing delivery team.

Role and responsibilities...

You will work as part of a cross-disciplined product delivery team, taking responsibility for the quality of the deliverable, but ensuring that you help all team members understand how to act in an Agile Test Analyst capacity so the team could self-manage.

You will help create User Stories with the Delivery Manager, Developers & Client ensuring all have a clear, shared view of the feature. User Stories then need to have well-defined Acceptance Criteria & Success Criteria/Value for measurement.

With support from your Agile Test discipline colleagues across Code, you will also be responsible for driving improvements through improvement in practice, process, standards, testing & automation within your team.

You will relish challenges, taking opportunities to learn & take an active part in team lean/agile work practices/processes improvements to reduce inefficiencies.

You will understand and improve your commercial effectiveness by hitting & exceeding billable targets & working towards test KPI’s to help improve team efficiencies

 Skills and Experience

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

• A Professional or QA/Test Analyst, confident in modern test processes (Not just test at the end!)
• You can identify and drive improvements on how to apply test processes and improvements in a team delivery environment.
• You have a questioning nature, along with meticulous attention to detail.
• Confident communicator, able to articulate clearly and build relationships across a range of disciplines in a product team, including clients.
• Able to continually adapt, modify and improve your & your team's skillset, tools and processes? One size doesn't fit all.
• Perhaps you are actively part of QA/Test community groups in the North West.  

 Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.  

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location

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