diff --git a/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts
index 51875c683346e..de44984a50c5b 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const ml = getService('ml');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'timePicker', 'dashboard']);
-  const dashboardAddPanel = getService('dashboardAddPanel');
   const a11y = getService('a11y'); /* this is the wrapping service around axe */
 
   describe('machine learning embeddables anomaly charts', function () {
@@ -96,10 +95,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         it('can open job selection flyout', async () => {
           await PageObjects.dashboard.clickCreateDashboardPrompt();
           await ml.dashboardEmbeddables.assertDashboardIsEmpty();
-          await dashboardAddPanel.clickEditorMenuButton();
-          await dashboardAddPanel.clickEmbeddableFactoryGroupButton('ml');
-          await dashboardAddPanel.clickAddNewEmbeddableLink('ml_anomaly_charts');
-          await ml.dashboardJobSelectionTable.assertJobSelectionTableExists();
+          await ml.dashboardEmbeddables.openJobSelectionFlyout();
           await a11y.testAppSnapshot();
         });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts
index 0aee183c1a4a5..d4eb45619b7f7 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const ml = getService('ml');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'timePicker', 'dashboard']);
-  const dashboardAddPanel = getService('dashboardAddPanel');
 
   describe('anomaly charts', function () {
     this.tags(['mlqa']);
@@ -87,10 +86,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         it('can open job selection flyout', async () => {
           await PageObjects.dashboard.clickCreateDashboardPrompt();
           await ml.dashboardEmbeddables.assertDashboardIsEmpty();
-          await dashboardAddPanel.clickEditorMenuButton();
-          await dashboardAddPanel.clickEmbeddableFactoryGroupButton('ml');
-          await dashboardAddPanel.clickAddNewEmbeddableLink('ml_anomaly_charts');
-          await ml.dashboardJobSelectionTable.assertJobSelectionTableExists();
+          await ml.dashboardEmbeddables.openJobSelectionFlyout();
         });
 
         it('can select jobs', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_embeddables.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_embeddables.ts
index d0e100a57075a..db5c3f35a2e14 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_embeddables.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_embeddables.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 import { MlCommonUI } from './common_ui';
+import { MlDashboardJobSelectionTable } from './dashboard_job_selection_table';
 
 export function MachineLearningDashboardEmbeddablesProvider(
   { getService }: FtrProviderContext,
-  mlCommonUI: MlCommonUI
+  mlCommonUI: MlCommonUI,
+  mlDashboardJobSelectionTable: MlDashboardJobSelectionTable
 ) {
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
   const find = getService('find');
+  const dashboardAddPanel = getService('dashboardAddPanel');
 
   return {
     async assertAnomalyChartsEmbeddableInitializerExists() {
@@ -91,5 +94,17 @@ export function MachineLearningDashboardEmbeddablesProvider(
     async assertAnomalyChartsExists() {
       await testSubjects.existOrFail(`mlExplorerChartsContainer`);
     },
+
+    async openJobSelectionFlyout() {
+      await retry.tryForTime(60 * 1000, async () => {
+        await dashboardAddPanel.clickEditorMenuButton();
+        await testSubjects.existOrFail('dashboardEditorContextMenu', { timeout: 2000 });
+
+        await dashboardAddPanel.clickEmbeddableFactoryGroupButton('ml');
+        await dashboardAddPanel.clickAddNewEmbeddableLink('ml_anomaly_charts');
+
+        await mlDashboardJobSelectionTable.assertJobSelectionTableExists();
+      });
+    },
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_job_selection_table.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_job_selection_table.ts
index b9fe43b000baf..f372928d92a50 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_job_selection_table.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/dashboard_job_selection_table.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
  */
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import { ProvidedType } from '@kbn/test/types/ftr';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 
+export type MlDashboardJobSelectionTable = ProvidedType<
+  typeof MachineLearningDashboardJobSelectionTableProvider
+>;
+
 export function MachineLearningDashboardJobSelectionTableProvider({
   getService,
 }: FtrProviderContext) {
@@ -16,8 +21,8 @@ export function MachineLearningDashboardJobSelectionTableProvider({
 
   return {
     async assertJobSelectionTableExists(): Promise<void> {
-      await retry.tryForTime(5000, async () => {
-        await testSubjects.existOrFail('mlCustomSelectionTable');
+      await retry.tryForTime(20 * 1000, async () => {
+        await testSubjects.existOrFail('mlCustomSelectionTable', { timeout: 2000 });
       });
     },
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/index.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/index.ts
index fe46263f50266..05d369d890289 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/index.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ export function MachineLearningProvider(context: FtrProviderContext) {
   const customUrls = MachineLearningCustomUrlsProvider(context);
 
   const dashboardJobSelectionTable = MachineLearningDashboardJobSelectionTableProvider(context);
-  const dashboardEmbeddables = MachineLearningDashboardEmbeddablesProvider(context, commonUI);
+  const dashboardEmbeddables = MachineLearningDashboardEmbeddablesProvider(
+    context,
+    commonUI,
+    dashboardJobSelectionTable
+  );
 
   const dataFrameAnalytics = MachineLearningDataFrameAnalyticsProvider(context, api);
   const dataFrameAnalyticsCreation = MachineLearningDataFrameAnalyticsCreationProvider(