Programme Test Manager - Investment Management OMS

Job Description

A leading Consultancy is seeking a Programme Test Manager to lead a test team on OMS transformation projects.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and leading a multi-vendor test team across multiple phases of testing (SIT/UAT/NFT/Regression), managing many competing demands and reporting on progress to both senior internal and external stakeholders – being the “face” of testing
• Responsible for creating and socialising tailored E2E test strategies – covering Integration testing, UAT, NFT and Regression testing
• Providing senior stakeholders with visibility of progress with regular reporting (EOD reports, Internal Working Group decks, Joint Working group, Steerco etc)
• Effectively raising and managing risks, proactively proposing mitigations
• Collaborating with and holding development teams accountable for build and defects and challenging where appropriate on requirements
• Providing advice on testing tools and leveraging them effectively within a project
• Proactively work towards testing solutions in challenging environments, leveraging a risk-based approach to support programme timelines
• Overseeing and refining defect management process
• An awareness of automation testing and how this can be leveraged to increase efficiency and quality of testing
• Taking responsibility for budgets, client deliverables and billing

The role requires:

• Investment Management & Asset Servicing experience, either through industry or programme delivery.
• Experience leading testing on large scale, complex engagements.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, business writing and professional skills, including being able to bridge both technical and business stakeholders.
• Test management tool proficiency (JIRA/HP ALM).
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.
• Passionate and driven to make things happen - navigating challenging environments to help drive solutions and testing completion
• Strong exposure to Investment Management/Asset Management OMS platforms such as: CRD, BlackRock Aladdin, SimCorp, Thinkfolio etc.