Test Manager/Lead

Job Description

Job Title:Test ManagerDate:15 th Dec 2020Department:WMIS OperationsLocation:Business Line / Function:Wealth ManagaementReports to:(Direct)NAGrade: (if applicable)(Functional)Number of Direct Reports:NADirectorship / Registration:NAPosition PurposeWithin the Wealth Management IT Hub Ops Division, the Test Manager (TM) will lead the application testing activities, covering the scope of International Wealth Management activity in Europe and in Asia.The main missions of the TM will be to:

• Define a cost effective approach for testing a very wide scope of functionalities in a complex environments (multiple inter-connected mission-critical applications, multiple countries in Europe and Asia)
• Define and document the overall testing strategy and planning, in line with the overall project objectives, and with a truly global approach, covering all sites and situations
• Lead the implementation of comprehensive testing tools and procedures, in order to achieve maximum automation, in conjunction with existing facilities and best practices already available in the organization, or in the industry

• Contribute to the selection and hiring of suitable tester candidates for the project
• Lead and the testers team, in preparing and executing highly automated test activities, with good quality and short turnaround time, along with the support of business analyst team
• Lead the analysis and investigation of test results and findings, root cause analysis, coordinating with development teams and business analysts.
• Maintain the corpus of test data necessary to reproduce reliably the defined test cases and scenarios, including new scenarios added to support added or modified functionality
• Participate into project committees, report on testing activities progress and issues, propose workaround solutions when necessary
• Coordinate with other teams, for testing of interfaces and other dependencies between applications
• Manage all the necessary governance and processes allowing to design, and validate the test cases, the efforts estimations, planning and potential risks
• Provide official sign-off (test completion reports), before moving to next cycle
• Ensure that test activities respects internal standards and best practices, integrating and sharing with the other testing communities in the organization

ResponsibilitiesScope of project(s)

• Core Banking Platform, for Wealth Management
• Transversal topics involving other domains and interfaced applications

Responsibilities and skills required:

• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal third-parties to analyze testing requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Completion Report and sign-off, exception reporting and follow-up.
• Excellent knowledge and relevant experience in test automation tools and techniques, both for data entry and for comparison of test results (e.g. on screen, in reports, in database, performance and scalability tests)
• Experience in managing and maintaining test data, which allows reproducible results and comparison between successive test runs
• Strong analytical and quick learning skills required, to handle test cases in a rich and complex architecture with many interconnected applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, managers, subject matter experts and technical teams.

Technical & Behavioral CompetenciesSpecific SkillsStrong proficiency with Testing tools, test automation and software quality tools:

• Expert in various testing techniques, and achieving maximum automation for non-regression tests
• UFT, Selenium, Appium, PostMan, etc
• Performance testing : JMeter
• ALM, JIRA, Service Now
• Functional tests, Non Functional Requirements, Security, Performance, Robustness, Middleware testing (MQ, batch processing, REST APIs)

At least 15 years of experience in :Software testing domain, as a Senior Tester or Manager

• Of which 5 to 10 years in state of the art testing automation
• Banking Industry, as a Tester and Test Manager
• Core Banking processes and features :
  • Strong knowledge of transaction capture, settlement and accounting booking
  • Strong knowledge of financial products flows and on their underlying (Securities, Payments, Money Markets, Foreign Exchange, Credit, Derivatives and Structured Products, Commodities, Mutual Funds)
  • Corporate actions processing
  • Payment and transaction settlement systems (SWIFT, SEPA, local domestic systems in Europe and in Asia)

Customer/Supplier Relations:WMIS (Wealth Management Information Systems organization):

• WM IT Hub (in Chennai and Singapore) and WMIS in other locations (Switzerland, Lisbon, Paris, etc)
• Engineering and Infrastructure teams
• Community of testers in the organization

Out of WMIS:

• Business user community, and in particular Operations teams in respective sites, and all other Business representatives who may be connected to Core Banking activities
• Solution providers and vendors, whether internal or external to BNPP group.

Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written.Proficient with Powerpoint, Excel, Word, VisionSpecific Qualifications (if required)Skills ReferentialBehavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)Ability to collaborate / Teamwork Communication skills - oral & writtenAttention to detail / rigorAdaptabilityTransversal Skills:(Please select up to 5 skills)Ability to understand, explain and support change Ability to develop and adapt a process Ability to develop others & improve their skills Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution Ability to manage a project Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent Experience LevelAt least 15 years Other/Specific Qualifications (if required),

Keyskills :
deliverydata entryreportingroot cause analysistest strategymanagement information systemscustomer relationstest automation toolssubject matter expertstest dataautomation