Head, Quality Assurance & Testing Centre at Polaris Bank Limited

Polaris Bank was established by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on September 21, 2018 to offer commercial banking services to the Nigerian public. The bank commenced services on the same day, having purchased the assets and assumed certain liabilities of the defunct Skye Bank.With a footprint of over 350 branches across the country, Polaris Bank prides itself in delivering exceptional customer experience, leveraging best in class/state of the art Information Communication Technology (ICT). By focusing on ICT solutions across multiple service delivery channels (mobile banking, ATMs, POS and online platforms) Polaris Bank maintains a pivotal role in the Nigerian banking industry, providing customers with simple, convenient and secured banking services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Quality Assurance & Testing Centre

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

About the Role

• The Head, Quality Assurance & Testing Centre ensures Polaris Bank's software ships reliably, performs under load, and is free of critical defects and security vulnerabilities before reaching production.
• This role directs four testing disciplines — Functional, Automated, Performance, and Security Testing — through specialist leads and engineers.

Key Responsibilities
Functional Testing Oversight:

• Ensure comprehensive functional, regression, and system integration testing across all releases
• Set test case design and defect tracking standards

Automated Testing Oversight:

• Direct the build-out and maintenance of test automation frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Drive toward the bank's target automation coverage to enable faster, safer release cycles

Performance Testing Oversight:

• Ensure systems are validated for performance, scalability, and load capacity before major releases
• Oversee performance monitoring practices that catch degradation before it affects customers

Security Testing Oversight:

• Ensure security assessments, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing are performed on all releases
• Escalate and track remediation of identified vulnerabilities in coordination with security architecture and engineering teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field; ISTQB or equivalent certification an advantage
• Demonstrated track record leading QA/testing functions in a fast-release software environment, ideally banking or fintech

Core Competencies:

• Test strategy and quality leadership across manual, automated, performance, and security testing disciplines
• CI/CD-integrated automation practices
• Working knowledge of application security testing methodology (OWASP)
• Cross-functional coordination with engineering, architecture, and security teams

Familiarity With Tools (used by the function's teams):

• JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr; Selenium, Cypress, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, Postman, RestAssured, Jenkins, GitHub Actions; JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, BlazeMeter; Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Nessus, Snyk, Veracode.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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