Job Description:

This role is part of the Data Protection & Recovery (DPR) Programme team, leading Test Strategy, Test Planning & Test Resourcing. You will work closely with other DPR Programme Workstream Leads and Business, Operations and Central Test teams, and third parties, to deliver Testing for the DPR Programme. You will be the main DPR programme point for contact for all things Testing ensuring DPR is following and evidencing Test policies, procedures and tooling.

Key Responsibilities & Requirements:

Test leadership of complex and strategical important programme implementations.

Infrastructure is important

Stakeholder Management across IT, Business and Operations functions, and third-party suppliers.

As Test Champion, create Test awareness across the programme and stakeholders.

Progress Test Strategy, aligned to Banks' Test Framework and Test Methodology.

Create and own Test Plan and contribute to the overall Programme Integrated Plan.

Analyse and document Test Requirements by liaising with programme leads, multiple stakeholders and distributed functions.

Create Test Reports and Test Metrics to drive delivery and report status clearly.

Management of full Test Life Cycle (Planning, Preparation, Specification, Execution, Test Closure and Sign Off) applying a defined Test Framework to a complex programme.

Advocate Project Financial awareness in Test, contributing to the overall programme cost planning and cost management.

Plan and co-ordinate Non-Functional Testing (NFT), including Installation, Performance, Resilience, Scalability, Recoverability, Interoperability, Alert & monitoring.

Liaise with third parties for oversight of Penetration Testing phases.

Identify and Manage Test related Action and RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies).

Understand and apply Test Management tools (manual and automated) within a hardware and software application environment aligned to Bank preferred tool set.

Engage and negotiate with vendors (as appropriate) to ensure adequate resources are available during various testing phases of the programme.

Liaise with team members to ensure that all tasks and deliverables are proceeding according to schedule.

Skills

Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Information Technology/Business or related qualification.

15+ Years Testing experience with 5+ in Senior Test Manager role.

Test Management for a multi-year complex programme and track record of sticking to deadlines.

Managing testing in a Financial Services regulatory environment, in particular experience of testing in Back-up and Recovery.

Managing stakeholders in a distributed work environment.

Managing infrastructure Testing, including hardware and software applications.

Creating Programme Test Strategy and Test Plan documentation including working within a Test Framework or aligning to Central test function, policies, procedures and tooling.

Non-functional testing, including Installation, Performance, Resilience, Scalability, Back-up and Recovery, Interoperability, Alert & monitoring.

Working with 3rd party vendors to plan, co-ordinate and execute testing.

Dell and IBM back-up & recovery technologies a distinct advantage.

Mainframe Safeguarded Copy and/or Syncpoint technologies a distinct advantage.

Testing of Backup and Recovery Runbooks a distinct advantage.

Jira for defect management.

Confluence for requirements management. Implementing Test Automation, and experience with Ansible.

Excellent interpersonal skills with a keen ability to work with all parties with a view of getting the job done in a co-operative fashion.

Excellent reporting and presentation skills with the ability to provide clear metrics and report on test progress and defect position

Ability to identify blocking issues, manage and escalate to right level where required.

Ability to report and track Test related RAID.

Proactive, self-motivated with a positive can-do attitude, creative with excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including strong persuasive techniques.

Strong problem-solving Ability to lead, develop and maintain respectful and trusting relationship.

ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager Certification and/or Project Management Certification or equivalent is an advantage