Test Lead

Te Tūranga - The Opportunity

The RNZ Product & Development team is a small and supportive cross-functional team of designers, developers, support and project staff. Collectively, the team deliver and maintain accessible, modern, performant and user-focused digital experiences that RNZ's audience love. 

Your focus will be on testing the design and build for compelling digital products that make the most of the high-quality content RNZ produces. 

As Test Lead you will use your skills and experience to help the team implement appropriate changes that improve their approach to testing. Your work will include collaborating with the team to:

• Understand and adapt workflows, 
• Review and update issue and test tooling and templates, and 
  
• Mature the team’s approach to requirements gathering and documentation.
  

Ōu Pūkenga - About you

It is essential that you have:

• An International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundation Certificate 
  
• Any related degree-level qualification, industry qualification or equivalent experience in leading testing as part of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
  

We will also be looking for the following proven experience:

• Testing at a senior and/or leadership level.
  
• Analysing and influencing changes to team workflows, tooling and processes to mature testing practices.
  
• Flexibility in your approach to work, acknowledging the capability and capacity of your colleagues.
  
• Understanding of what good Requirements look like and can help gather and refine them to best support testing.
  
• Creating and working with appropriate Acceptance Criteria and Definitions of Done.
  
• Understanding of testing for usability and accessibility.
  
• Understanding of what good automated and performance testing looks like.

Ngā Hua - What we offer:

• An opportunity to apply your previous experience in an award-winning Public broadcaster.
  
• The ability for you to deliver strategically significant changes to RNZ’s digital offerings.
  
• Strong focus on work/life balance and wellbeing for our people including working from home initiatives.
  
• Access to regular training and professional development opportunities.
  
• Mahi in a small collaborative team, with close peer support.
  
• Competitive salary and your KiwiSaver contribution matched up to 4%.
  

Te Ahurea - Our Culture

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and constructive culture. This means creating a place where our people feel like they belong and can do their best work. We do this through our attitudes; Be Bold, Better Every Day and Extend Manaakitanga.

This is a one year fixed-term full-time role based in Wellington or Auckland. We can be flexible towards hours per week.

Applications close: Tuesday, 19th August 2025 unless filled prior

To apply for this role please complete your application on our careers site, including your covering letter and a CV. If applying through Seek you will be able to view and download a copy of the job description for this role after clicking Apply. 

If you have any enquiries about this role, please get in touch with the RNZ Recruitment team on jobs@rnz.co.nz

RNZ is committed to the principles and practices of Equal Employment Opportunity and welcomes applicants reflecting New Zealand’s cultural and ethnic diversity.