Test Lead - Enterprise Data Platform

About M&G India

We are M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G. Established in 2003, we have offices in Mumbai and Pune.

Our teams work closely with colleagues across the Group worldwide to drive transformation, build digital capability, and support sustainable growth. By leveraging technology, AI, automation, and process excellence, we bring new ways of thinking to improve outcomes for both customers and colleagues.

Grounded in a vibrant culture with strong foundations, we are central to how M&G is transforming as a business.

About M&G

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

• Plan & govern test phases (ST/SIT/UAT) using our internal approach and artifacts (test plan, traceability matrix, test progress dashboards, defect triage, test completion report). Manage entry/exit criteria, evidence, and sign‑off.

• Design test scenarios & scripts from requirements, mapping rules and process walk‑throughs; maintain traceability from requirement to test to result.

• Execute data/ETL testing: write SQL to validate transformations, reconciliations and data quality across finance data stores and interfaces.

• Champion Test Automation: Follow “automated by default” test approach and create automation test scripts & frameworks.

• Ensure Requirements Completeness: Working with Business/ Analysts to ensure testability of Requirements and Acceptance Criteria

• Test Data Planning: Defining test data requirements to ensure full coverage back to requirements

• Validate reconciliations and controls end‑to‑end (e.g., bank/ledger, ledger validation, including defect isolation, root‑cause input, and re‑test.

• Support UAT readiness & execution with business SMEs: prepare data, coordinate user walkthroughs, manage daily progress & defect triage (JIRA/Zephyr).

• Report clearly: produce concise MI (coverage, pass/fail, defect density/leakage, risk hotspots) ST and SIT Test Completion Reports and recommend go/no‑go with rationale.

• Continuously improve: propose optimizations (test data strategy, automation candidates, regression packs, dashboards) and help standardise reusable test assets across Finance Data change.

Knowledge & Skills (Must Have) :

• Strong technical background with hands on experience writing automated testing frameworks to support data testing.

• Expertise in Industry standard Testing/ Test Management & Test Automation tools

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and credibility in front of stakeholders

• Self-motivated, quick learner who is able to acquire a strong technical understanding of a complex system area

• Able to set out an on-going test strategy for a system area taking into account technology, resource constraints and user engagement

• Able to define and manage the testing scope per iteration for a continuous pipeline of development

• Maintaining independence whilst handling diverse and conflicting pressures

• Detailed knowledge on testing best practices, strategies, and processes.

• Working knowledge of financial services industry

Experience:

• 6-10 years of experience with 5+ years as a Senior Automation Engineer

• Familiarity with JIRA/ Zephyr

• Experience with Test Automation Frameworks & Tools is must

• Experience with Programming Languages Python (PySpark),SQL, Scala is must

• Experience with Azure Cloud & Databricks Platform Knowledge is must

• Experience with Agile development (Scrum/Kanban) is must

• Experience with task tracking systems like Jira is must

• Should have worked on Data delivery projects

Educational Qualification:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT

• Azure Data platform certifications is a plus

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.