Payments Test Manager
Posted 4 days ago by Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London, UK
Summary: The Payments Test Manager role requires over 7 years of experience in test management, particularly within large-scale payment projects. The position involves managing test delivery, creating test strategies, and ensuring high-quality outcomes while collaborating with both offshore and onshore teams. Strong leadership, communication skills, and familiarity with tools like Jira and Confluence are essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage testing on multiple concurrent projects, including requirement analysis and test strategy creation.
- Provide test estimates for timelines and resources.
- Create detailed test plans and work breakdown structures.
- Drive test delivery against agreed schedules and track project test costs and labor hours.
- Promote automation and agile practices within the team.
- Oversee all test phases to ensure smooth and high-quality deliveries.
- Manage and escalate RAID issues with mitigation plans.
- Accountable for closure of test defects and defect management processes.
- Coordinate the usage and upgrades of test environments.
- Engage and manage stakeholders, including UAT and NFT test teams.
- Implement appropriate test processes and methodologies.
- Provide team management, mentoring, and operational support.
- Collaborate with deployment managers for post-go-live support activities.
Key Skills:
- 7+ years of experience in a Test Management role.
- Previous payments experience in large-scale projects.
- UK Faster Payments experience is highly desirable.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills.
- Experience with ICON IPF, SWIFT, MQ, and API is desirable.
- Proficiency in Jira and Confluence is a must.
- ISTQB or equivalent qualification is desirable.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Overview of Experience Required:
7 years+ experience in a Test Management Role
Previous Payments Experience in a large scale project a must
UK Faster Payments experience highly desirable.
Excellent leadership and communication skills
ICON IPF, SWIFT experience desirable
MQ, API experience desirable
Jira/Confluence experience a must
ISTQB or equivalent qualification desirable
Working with offshore test delivery teams, onshore delivery project teams, the Test Manager will support testing through:
Managing test on projects (1 or more concurrent delivery) by performing requirement analysis, creating Test strategy, Test designing, low level test and environment plans, documentation and reporting to senior stakeholders.
Responsible for providing Test Estimates for in scope items - timelines and resourcing
Responsible for creating detailed Test plans and work breakdown structure plans to illustrate resource allocation and scheduling tasks.
Responsible for Test delivery against agreed Testing schedules, where the TM is proactively driving test activities forward to ensure progress is being made at all times.
Responsible for tracking and forecasting project Test costs and labour hours.
Responsible for driving automation and agile practices in the Team/Applications by engaging with Automation Shared Service.
Responsible for all Test phases in scope to ensure smooth and high quality deliveries.
Manage and Escalate RAID with mitigation plan.
Overall accountability for closure of Test defects and driving defect management process.
Manage and coordinate the usage and upgrades of test environments.
Strong verbal and written communicator who is very comfortable supporting and directing the work of offshore test analyst/leads/managers.
Participate in regular meetings with project management to communicate accomplishments, plans and issues as well as any risks to the project's progress.
Skilled in Jira/Zephyr/Scale for Test and Defect Management (test scenarios/cases, defects, reporting) and other tools such as confluence.
Track and manage metrics as per Test Metrics and KPIs.
Engage and Manage Stakeholders including UAT and NFT test Teams, working closely with the PMs to ensure expectations are met.
Ensure appropriate test processes and methodologies, implementing enhancements wherever appropriate.
Team Management, Mentoring, Coaching and Operational support to team.
Work with Deployment Manager and Business team for Dress Rehearsal and Post Go Live support activities (If applicable).
The successful candidate will join a team focused on delivering high quality change for Payment Processing Projects