Test Manager

Test Manager - Payments - Cards - Contract - URGENT! (Inside IR35)

My client, a leading giant in the world of payments is looking to hire a strong test manager to work on a payments transformation. Candidate must have experience with card payments from a merchant acquiring perspective and ideally switching platforms such as BASE24 BASE24-es, Authentic, IST/Switch, Connex, Cortex...

Responsibilities

• Manage all testing workstreams for a large multi-year program
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of card processing, transactions, and the Payments processing life cycle
• Lead a team of test resources and provide mentorship
• Experience on leading onshore/offshore QA teams
• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders for status updates, conflict management, technical discussions, and project clarifications
• Utilize your expertise in applications/systems like Portals, ETL/ODI/EDM, switching technologies (BASE24, BRIDGE), and POS terminals
• Use your strong grasp of project metrics to influence senior stakeholders

Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a Test Manager role
• Proven accountability for planning, deploying, and managing the testing effort for multiple projects/programs simultaneously
• Experience coordinating with project leads to facilitate project testing efforts across multiple applications
• Thorough understanding of testing processes and best practices
• Domain expertise in Cards and Payments, including Merchant Acquiring
• Experience managing and mentoring distributed teams consisting of permanent and supplier test resources
• Experience supporting multiple phase of project with estimation, planning, and strategy for testing Fiserv projects and programs
• Ability to manage all QA phases for a project, including Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, and Test Closure
• Strong adherence to QA best practices and ability to drive quality across project delivery
• Proven ability to lead initiatives to improve test processes, tools, and frameworks, and develop team members for improved efficiency
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to lead stakeholder discussions, defect management, and status reporting
• Ability to coordinate the request and use of test environments for systems across the estate
• Experience ensuring adherence to change management for testing-related scope changes
• Proven experience in managing and being accountable for the project/program testing budget
• Ability to work closely with Project/Program Managers on risk and issue mitigation and management
• Thorough understanding and enforcement of Quality Stage Gates and acceptance criteria

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent attention to detail with a commitment to quality
• Proactive and driven to ensure success
• Excellent communication skills and strong stakeholder management skills
• Effective conflict management skills and ability to withstand pressure
• Strong defect management skills and experience
• Proven track record in the UK Cards and Payments industry is a plus