Senior Manager, Testing

Role Responsibilities

This is a Senior Test Manager s role. This would need the candidate to carry out individual contributor (ic) activities.

Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with project stakeholders, Interface teams and Performance Test team during planning, preparation & execution stage to ensure timely & quality of delivery

Demonstrate team work and collaborative efforts always and create a healthy & vibrant work environment in the work place

Prepare and publish Demand & Supply of testing resources to application delivery team and ensure optimum use of testing resources

Ensure test strategizing and planning, budgeting, estimating, tracking and running the tests is as per the plans and within approved budgets.

Ensure test cycles are run as per the quality processes, and under the governance structure agreed with all stake-holders in the test strategies and test plans

All Test artefacts prepared by self and the team, meets the Testing standards & process requirements

Develop skills set of the team on automation tools & utilities consistently

All projects testing to be delivered within the estimated cost & schedule and with quality outcome

Manage and hands on in day-to-day testing activities (including planning / preparation and execution) and provide timely resolution of the issues reported by the team

Highlight risks proactively to project stakeholders, work collaboratively with them to mitigate any project risks, to resolve any critical issues and try to bring the project on track during testing phase

Ensure all the test results/evidences are available, defect logging and make sure the correctness of defect classification by the team as per the guideline document

Ensure the quality of the Daily Progress Report (DPR) and Release on Release Metrices prepared by the team/self, and make sure the reports contain, concise & precise testing progress update, risks & issues and relevant testing metrics

Ensure that test leads and teams work closely with the delivery functions and comply with testing, configuration and release management processes for the projects responsible

Provide inputs to management to enhance the quality of testing, testing efficiency, new testing approach, productivity improvement and thereby reduce the testing window/timelines

Ensure documentation of software product defects and track it to closure

No functional defects leakage to UAT & Production

Perform resource capacity planning (ramp up /down, increasing strength of automation resources and Perm staff) on regular basis, based on the Book of Work BOW, D&S and Organisation / Business function policy

Adhere to the company s Compliance requirements & Policy standards

Follow the Organisation s QA process, Testing standards & Controls
• Domain: Capital Market, Custody (Primary: Settlement, Secondary: Corporate Action)
• Functional/Technical Skills: Skill Proficiency Level
• Patch handling: Introductory
• Build Management: Introductory
• Release Management: Introductory
• Defect Management: Advanced
• Test process and practices: Advanced
• Programming Languages: Introductory
• Version control tool: Introductory
• Testing tools: Advanced
• Support system interface: Core
• Process standards: Core
• Application knowledge: Core
• Systems documentation: Introductory
• Systems integration: Advanced
• Test strategy: Expert
• Agile/Scrum: Core

Behavioural Skills: Skill Proficiency Level

Analytical and problem solving: Advanced

Communication: Advanced

Teamwork: Advanced

Stakeholder Management: Advanced

Coaching: Advanced

Leadership: Advanced

Change Leadership: Advanced

Planning and Organisation: Advanced

People Management: Advanced

Judgement and decision making: Advanced

Group policies and processes: Advanced

Budgeting: Core

White papers: Introductory

Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the [country / business unit / function/[team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank s Conduct Principles : [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Our Ideal Candidate
• 8 - 12 years experience
• BE/MCA/BSc/MSc/MS
• Capital Market / Custody Domain experience

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Testing tools: Core Core
• Test strategy: Advanced Advanced
• Defect Management: Advanced Advanced
• Support system interface: Core Core
• Process standards: Core Core
• Application knowledge: Core Core
• Agile/Scrum: Core Core
• Test process and practices: Advanced Advanced
• Systems documentation: Introductory Entry
• Version control tool: Introductory Entry
• Programming Languages: Introductory Entry
• Release Management: Introductory Entry
• Build Management: Introductory Entry
• Patch handling: Introductory Entry