X-Team International Pty Ltd - Sydney CBD NSW
We are looking for an expert Program Test Manager to join X-Team and lead a mission-critical quality engineering initiative for one of our major media & publishing clients. You will be our key representative, driving the quality strategy for a large-scale transformation of a complex, event-driven web authoring platform for a leading Australian destination for news, lifestyle, sport, and business content. This is a highly technical role where you'll sit at the intersection of team leadership, automation architecture, and cutting-edge AI governance.
Your Impact
Lead & Architect: Manage 15-20 engineers (onshore/offshore) and design automation frameworks from scratch using Playwright and Karate DSL.
Innovate with AI: Pioneer AI quality governance by implementing adversarial red-teaming, auditable prompt trails, and LLM observability pipelines to verify AI-generated code.
Modernize Delivery: Own CI/CD quality gates within GitHub Actions and ensure system integrity through consumer-driven contract testing and event-driven architecture validation.
Strategic Enablement: Coordinate testing estimates and execution across 42+ systems while embedding performance, resilience, and security testing into the development lifecycle.
What You Bring to X-Team
To be successful in this role, a candidate must meet the following criteria:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
5+ years of experience as a Program Test Manager, successfully leading large-scale, multi-year program testing.
Proven experience managing onshore and offshore resources.
Technical Skills & Coding:
A strong understanding of and experience with unit testing, integration test scripting, manual and automated regression testing, and general testing methodologies.
Framework Design from Scratch: Proven ability to architect frameworks from first principles, not just write tests within existing, pre-built frameworks.
Hands-on mastery of Playwright (framework development, trace capture, screenshot attachment, CI integration).
Hands-on mastery of Karate DSL (data-driven scenarios, mock servers, pipeline integration).
Modern CI/CD & Delivery:
Experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD gates, blocking PR checks, and environment promotion.
Strong understanding of REST APIs (contract testing, schema validation) and event-driven asynchronous architectures (message queues, pub/sub, handling race conditions).
Stakeholder Management: Expert communication skills with a track record of coordinating with program, technology, and business teams.
Why X-Team?
At X-Team, we build teams of extraordinary people. You'll be joining a community of driven, resilient, and curious individuals committed to world-class work. If you're ready to solve complex challenges, pioneer AI governance, and help our clients deliver scalable technology solutions, we want to hear from you.
Program Test Manager in Sydney employer: X-Team International Pty Ltd
X-Team International Pty Ltd is an exceptional employer, offering Senior Android Engineers the opportunity to work on impactful projects at one of Australia's largest banks in the vibrant Melbourne CBD. With a strong focus on innovation and collaboration, employees benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages professional growth through hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies like Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. The company values work-life balance and provides unique advantages such as flexible working arrangements and the chance to contribute to meaningful banking solutions used by millions.
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