The Client:
Our client, a leading bank in Ireland, is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Delivery Test Manager to work in Ireland.
What You’ll Love:
- This role is part of a long-term strategic project within the Bank, so this is an opportunity to work for the top bank in the country on a Rolling Contract basis.
- The role offers a decent day rate and the opportunity to work with the top bank in Ireland.
- This is a great opportunity to enhance your career in the banking sector.
What you are expected to have:
- Over 15 years of experience in a Test Management Role
- Strong experience in the Banking domain – Payments/Capital Market / Commercial Lending/Retail experience is a must
- Proven leadership and communication skills
- Ability to work with offshore test delivery teams and onshore project delivery teams
- Expertise in managing test activities and delivering test strategy, designing tests, and managing test documentation
- Strong experience in creating detailed test plans and work breakdown structures
- Proven ability to provide test estimates for timelines and resourcing
- Expertise in managing test delivery against schedules and driving test activities
- Experience driving automation initiatives within testing teams/applications
- Strong knowledge of test phases and ensuring smooth, high-quality deliveries
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills related to test defect management
- Proficiency in managing and coordinating the usage and upgrades of test environments
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable supporting and directing the work of offshore test analysts/leads/managers
- Ability to participate in regular meetings with project management to communicate accomplishments, plans, and risks
- Jira / Confluence experience is desirable
- ISTQB or equivalent qualification is desirable
- Ability to manage and escalate RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues, and Decisions) with a mitigation plan
- Experience in collaborating with project management teams to handle operational transactions and new project requirements
- Ability to represent the company onsite and serve as the face of the organization in the testing track
What you will do:
- Work with offshore test delivery teams and onshore project delivery teams
- Manage test activities by performing requirement analysis, creating test strategy, test designing, low-level test and environment plans, documentation, and reporting to senior stakeholders
- Provide test estimates for “in-scope” items – timelines and resourcing
- Create detailed test plans and work breakdown structure to illustrate resource allocation and scheduling tasks
- Ensure test delivery against agreed testing schedules, proactively driving test activities forward to ensure progress
- Drive automation within the team/applications by engaging with Automation Shared Service
- Manage all test phases to ensure smooth and high-quality deliveries
- Manage and escalate RAID with a mitigation plan
- Be accountable for the closure of test defects and drive the defect management process
- Manage and coordinate the usage and upgrades of test environments
- Participate in regular meetings with project management to communicate accomplishments, plans, issues, and risks
- Act as the point of contact for functional test resources onsite to handle/support project-level or operational transactions and support new project opportunities/requirements
- Be the face of HCL onsite in the testing track
You are good to apply if you are:
- Irish or EU or British Citizen, or holding Stamp 4 or Stamp 1G permit.
- Residing in the specified job location currently
Why Should You Apply?
Aside from a highly competitive day rate/salary, this is a role that will provide a great balance of support and challenge for someone who wants to take the next step in their career.
Interested? Apply here:
If you feel you’ve got the right skills and experience, we would absolutely love to hear from you!
Fill out the form alongside and do not forget to attach your CV.