Lead Test Engineer (Market Compliance - Energy and Utilities)

Who Are We

Hansen Technologies is a leading global provider of software and services that enable organisations to transform customer experiences and streamline critical business processes. With a rich history of innovation and a footprint that spans over 80 countries, Hansen empowers utilities, energy, and communications companies to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape. Our commitment to excellence, customer focus, and collaborative culture makes Hansen a place where passionate professionals can make a meaningful impact, drive real change, and help shape the future of industries worldwide.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Hansen prides itself on celebrating diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, even extending this to how we work with our customers, partners, and suppliers. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. If you require any adjustments or accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Why This Role Matters

Lead – Coach – Improve - Deliver.

At Hansen, quality is a shared responsibility, and the Test Lead plays a critical role in ensuring our products are delivered with confidence. As a Test Lead within the CIS-HU team, you'll provide testing leadership across the software delivery lifecycle, helping teams embed quality into every stage of development while delivering clear, evidence-based insights into product quality and release readiness.

If you're passionate about quality engineering, mentoring people, driving continuous improvement, and influencing software delivery outcomes, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact within a global organisation.

What You'll Do

Lead and Develop the Team

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 2-3 Test Engineers, supporting both performance and career growth.

• Set clear expectations, align priorities, and build testing capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and onboarding initiatives.

• Support recruitment, training, and continuous improvement activities across the testing function.

Drive Quality and Test Delivery

• Define and oversee testing approaches that align with delivery objectives, test strategy, and release commitments.

• Ensure effective test planning, test design, execution, reporting, and quality assurance activities.

• Lead both manual and automated testing efforts, ensuring reliable test evidence and comprehensive coverage.

• Manage testing scope, resources, dependencies, and estimates to support successful delivery outcomes.

Manage Risk and Support Releases

• Identify, assess, and communicate quality risks, testing risks, defects, and dependencies early.

• Provide evidence-based quality assessments and recommendations to support release readiness decisions.

• Collaborate with Developers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, stakeholders, and customers to ensure successful delivery outcomes.

Champion Automation and Continuous Improvement

• Promote automation and modern testing practices that improve quality, efficiency, and confidence in delivery.

• Support the adoption of AI-assisted testing approaches and quality engineering best practices.

• Drive continuous improvement of testing processes, tools, standards, and team capability.

What You Bring

• Proven experience as a Test Lead or Senior Test Engineer in a software delivery environment.

• Strong understanding of software testing principles, quality engineering practices, and the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

• Hands-on experience in test planning, test design, test case creation, and execution across both manual and automated testing.

• Experience leading testing activities within Agile and Scrum delivery environments.

• Strong capability in quality assessment, testing risk management, and release readiness evaluation.

• Experience working with Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and other delivery collaboration tools.

• Demonstrated people leadership skills, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and capability development.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in the energy and utilities sector, or within similarly complex and regulated environments.

• Fluent in both written and spoken English and comfortable working in an international environment.

Benefits and Perks

Join us for a rewarding career with competitive compensation, leave entitlements, health coverage, and financial security. Enjoy work-life balance, growth, and recognition for your exceptional performance. Our team will unveil the intricacies of our benefit package during the selection process.