We are recruiting a Quality Engineering Manager (Data) to lead and evolve the quality engineering capability across OSB Group's data platforms, pipelines and reporting solutions. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining people leadership with deep technical involvement across multiple strategic data programmes. You'll lead a team of up to 20 Quality Engineers across the UK and India whilst remaining close to delivery, shaping quality engineering practices, driving automation, and providing technical leadership across our Azure-based data estate.
Working within the Quality Engineering Chapter, you'll partner closely with Data Engineering, Architecture and Product teams to ensure robust, scalable and secure data solutions are delivered with quality embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
This role can be based from our Chatham or Wolverhampton offices and works within our hybrid policy of 3 days in the office.
As Quality Engineering Manager (Data), you will provide leadership across multiple concurrent programmes and transformation initiatives, whilst remaining actively involved in the design and implementation of modern quality engineering practices. You will champion quality across the entire data ecosystem, leveraging automation, cloud-native tooling and AI-enabled capabilities to improve efficiency, data reliability and speed of delivery.
Key responsibilities will include…
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At OSB Group, we understand how much our people bring to our organisation, which is why we try our best to give back too! Our Purpose is to help our customers, colleagues and communities prosper and we are on a transformation journey to become ‘the bank of the future’.
Our commitment to professional development, flexible working, and employee well-being fosters a dynamic and supportive workplace.
We’re looking for someone who enjoys working collaboratively in Agile teams and translating business needs into solutions that deliver real value.
You’ll ideally have:
If this sounds like you, please apply now! For internal applications please visit the internal careers page to apply.
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Shortlisted candidates will go through a personalised recruitment process, that is relevant and conversational. If you need any adjustments or support, we’re here to make sure you can show your best self.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone can thrive.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and encourage candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions to apply.
If you meet the minimum criteria for the role and would like to be considered under our Disability Confident Scheme, please indicate this on your application.
Our team value spending time together in the office, typically 3 days a week to support collaboration and connection with colleagues, but we’re happy to have a conversation about what flexibility might look like for you.
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We champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.
With a central mission to provide fair financial solutions to all, OSB Group is a specialist lending and retail savings group serving the UK, Jersey and Guernsey, and is authorised by the PRA, part of the Bank of England, and regulated by the FCA.
With a heritage dating back over 150 years, OSB floated on the London Stock Exchange in June 2014 and joined the FTSE 250 one year later.
2019 marked an exciting period of growth with the combination of OSB and Charter Court Financial Services, taking The Groups individual brands to 13, including Kent Reliance, Precise, InterBay, Heritable Development Finance, and Charter Savings Bank.
OSB Group focuses its specialist lending activities on selected sub-sectors of the lending market in which it has an established presence and expertise. These include private rented sector buy to let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, bespoke and specialist residential lending, secured funding lines and asset finance.
Predominantly funded by retail savings originated through online and direct channels, The Group originates almost all of its organic lending through specialist intermediaries. It’s differentiated through its use of highly skilled, bespoke underwriting and efficient operating model.
The majority of the Group’s administrative support functions are performed by its wholly owned operations in Bangalore, India.
