Team Leader

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Hampshire
Posted on: January 25, 2023

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.U.S. Remote Work Eligible

What the Technology Quality Team does---.

The Technology Quality team is responsible for automating functional, performance and regression testing of firm critical applications. These systems are custom built, and vendor supported applications, used daily by our home office associates, 12,000 branch teams and clients to help clients achieve their financial goals. We are seeking an exceptionally talented person to innovate and collaborate with our team to generate creative solutions and new ideas that will change the way we test these applications. This opportunity affords a high degree of visibility within the firm and the opportunity to make a significant impact that will benefit our branches and clients. Candidates who wish to make a difference and be part of our dynamic organization should apply.

What you'll do---.
You'll lead one of our teams of Quality Assurance professionals who serve on delivery teams in one of the firm's many portfolios of digital products. You'll play a key role in supporting the delivery of extraordinary experiences to the firm's clients, branch teams, and associates. Successful candidates will be able to:

• Lead - Align team activities, strategies, responsibilities and objectives with the firm's strategic direction. Co-create and execute on strategy and objectives with the team and leaders. Develop and execute on-going improvements for processes related to the team (e.g. resource management, succession planning). Provide leadership, development and mentoring to associates on the team
• Plan - Assist with defining, measuring and meeting business requirements, and providing program or system level resource estimates
• Develop - Provide functional testing capabilities, performance test APIs and provide infrastructure support to the automation testing process.
• Mentor - Provide guidance, training and mentorship on technical systems design, development of best practices, and Technology processes and tools
• Learn - Manage and develop self while internalizing leadership feedback
• Communicate - Establish and maintain effective communication and relationships across teams, departments, divisions and vendorsWhat you'll need---
  6-7+ Years of Hands-on Leadership experience6-7+ years of Hands-on Experience in software development and support of applications in Web environment and/or in automated testing development using Selenium, Java, RestAssured, & QE Best PracticesBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, etc. preferred or equivalent experience in information systemsWhat will set you apart...

  Knowledge of Agile Methodology FundamentalsExcellent communications and interpersonal skillsExcellent organizational and time management skills

  • 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2022, published Fortune July 2022, Great Places to Work - data as of March 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
    • Edward Jones was recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. The privately held firm ranked No. 2 overall, in its fourth appearance on the list.2022 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women, published September 2022, research by Great Places to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
      Edward Jones has been named to the 2022 Best Workplaces for Women list by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine, ranking No. 45.2022 Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, published April 2022, research by Great Place to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

      For the 23rd time, Edward Jones has earned a spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For - ranking by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. Edward Jones ranked No. 35 on the prestigious 2022 list.2022 Best Places to Work For LGBTQ+ Equality, Great Place to Work - in partnership with Human Rights Campaign Foundation, published Equity Magazine January 2022, data as of July 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

      Edward Jones scored 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The ranking designated Jones as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+Equality.Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
      Salary: $106916 - $182047
      Category: Headquarters

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