Testing Senior Manager - C13 - PUNE

The Testing Senior Manager accomplishes results through the management of professional team(s) and department(s). Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Contributes to standards around which others will operate. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function. Requires basic commercial awareness. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Has responsibility for volume, quality, timeliness and delivery of end results of an area. May have responsibility for planning, budgeting and policy formulation within area of expertise. Involved in short-term planning resource planning. Full management responsibility of a team, which may include management of people, budget and planning, to include duties such as performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary and terminations and may include budget approval. Manages initiatives related to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process and product rollout into production. Testing specialists who work with technology project managers, UAT professionals and users to design and implement appropriate scripts/plans for an application testing strategy/approach. Responsibilities may also include software quality assurance testing.

Testing Senior Manager (Automation)

This role is for a seasoned Automation Testing Senior Manager for Funds Transfer Pricing Technology organization to drive in-sprint QE automation and regression testing automation for data processing modules. The Testing Senior manager has the following responsibilities.
Responsibilities:

• Develops and designs standards and procedures, ensures that they are adhered to throughout the software development life cycle.
• Establish SMART Quality Engineering goals for automation test engineers.
• Hold team members accountable for quality standards within the Org.
• Drive partnerships with various business areas across Citi to understand roadmap, functionality and data flow, and document business requirements, develop and manage project plans to deliver solutions.
• Define processes, and standards for test case design & development, test case execution, reviews of requirements, and project artefacts.
• Define, plan, and execute testing automation strategy for CitiFTP. Continuously monitor automation coverage and enhance the existing automation framework to increase the automation coverage.
• Manages multiple testing teams or a testing functional area (depending on size of business).
• Resolve complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact.
• Collaborate with other testing areas, development teams, IT project managers, business partners and external vendors suppliers.
• Develop testing standards and ensures compliance.
• Create detailed plans for managing cross testing team dependencies.
• Exhibit in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of these elements in other areas.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of how IT testing integrates within overall technology and has commercial awareness.
• Manages organizational process change.
• Develops and implements methods for cost, effort and milestones of IT Quality activities.
• Strives for continuous improvements and streamlining of processes.
• Ensures consistency and quality of processes across the organization.
• Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes recommendations on promotions, terminations, etc.
• Analyzes trends at an organizational level to improve processes; follows and analyzes industry trends.
• Uses evaluative judgment in complicated or novel situations, uses multiple sources of information. Impacts IT testing through delivery of end results and contribution to planning, finances/budget and formulation of policies.
• Management responsibility for a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, performance evaluation, and hiring.
• Produces performance testing workload definition and analysis, factoring in known or projected volumes and transaction mix, to ensure coverage of critical business transactions.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
• Setup training and knowledge management process to create a functional knowledge pool of well-trained resources.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in functional, non-functional, and regression Testing.
• 5+ years of experience as senior testing manager or lead.
• Excellent knowledge of software testing techniques and testing tools.
• Development & technical skills in Java, Python or any other programming or scripting language.
• Experience in delivering projects using Agile framework is a must.
• Hands-on experience in test automation methodologies / tools (Jenkins, Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit) is a must.
• Knowledge of functional Test tool (JIRA).
• Hands on in code review, unit testing and integration testing.
• Exposure to banking / financial domains.
• Senior to advanced level experience in an IT Testing role with commensurate experience in people management.
• In-depth understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle processes.
• Thorough understanding of end-to-end testing processes and testing related tools.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills. Requires communication and diplomacy skills and an ability to persuade and influence.
• Excellent persuasive, influencing and negotiation skills.
• High analytical skills.
• Proven team player skills with a track record of a leadership role delivering to tight deadlines and with high quality.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

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