Salesforce Test Lead Initial 6-month contract with view to extend Hybrid: occasional office days based in Dublin Rate: €550-600 depending on experience No sponsorship available As a Salesforce Test Lead, you'll work alongside highly skilled professionals, ensuring the quality and integrity of Salesforce solutions in the financial services industry. If you're a detail-oriented leader with a passion for quality assurance and a deep understanding of Salesforce, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity to make a significant impact. Your Key Responsibilities: Lead the design, development and execution of comprehensive test strategies and plans for Salesforce solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements. Collaborate closely with solution architects, developers and business stakeholders to define testable requirements and acceptance criteria. Develop and maintain robust test automation frameworks and scripts for Salesforce, covering Apex, LWC, Aura and complex configurations, including Health Cloud specific functionalities. Oversee the entire testing lifecycle, including unit, integration, system, performance, and user acceptance testing, for Salesforce implementations, with a focus on industry-specific clouds like Health Cloud. Conduct defect management, including logging, tracking and verifying fixes and provide recommendations for continuous quality improvements. Ensure the delivery of high-quality testing documentation, including test plans, test cases, defect reports and test summaries. Manage client relationships, effectively communicating testing progress, risks and quality metrics to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Drive innovation by exploring new testing tools, methodologies and best practices for Salesforce, enhancing quality assurance processes. To qualify for the role, you must have: A minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce testing and quality assurance, preferably within the financial services industry, demonstrating a track record of successful project delivery. Proficiency in testing Salesforce technologies including Apex, LWC and Aura components, and experience with Salesforce Health Cloud. Extensive experience with Salesforce configuration, complex Salesforce customisations and integrations from a testing perspective. Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify complex issues, define root causes and provide innovative testing solutions. A strategic mindset to align testing efforts with business goals and drive continuous quality improvement. Experience working with the Agile methodology in a testing capacity. Ideally, you will also have: Salesforce certifications (e.g., Certified Salesforce Administrator, Platform Developer I/II, or relevant testing certifications), especially those related to Health Cloud, are highly desirable. Familiarity with Agile, DevOps practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines as they relate to automated testing and quality gates. Experience working in or with international teams, understanding of global markets, and the ability to navigate cultural differences. Experience in negotiating with and managing third-party vendors and service providers related to testing tools or services. A good understanding of modern testing technologies and architectural patterns. Familiarity with cloud services, cybersecurity, and infrastructure testing is desirable. An understanding of financial services operations, regulatory requirements, and emerging FinTech trends from a quality assurance standpoint. Skills: Salesforce Test Lead Health Cloud Quality Assurance