Description:

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Test Delivery Manager with a strong background in Digital Banking, Wealth Management, and System Integration Testing to lead and manage end-to-end quality assurance (QA) delivery for complex digital transformation programs.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale functional, integration, and automation testing initiatives, coordinating across multiple teams, and ensuring the seamless delivery of high-quality financial technology solutions.

This role requires excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and hands-on experience in banking domain testing, digital platform validation, and agile delivery environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Delivery Management:

- Own and manage the end-to-end testing delivery lifecycle across digital wealth and banking platforms.

- Define and execute test strategy, planning, estimation, and resource management.

- Ensure testing is conducted in alignment with project timelines, SLAs, and quality standards.

- Oversee System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and End-to-End (E2E) test cycles.

- Identify test dependencies and mitigate risks through proactive planning and issue management.

Leadership & Team Management:

- Lead and manage a distributed test team (onsite/offshore) including test leads, analysts, and automation engineers.

- Define roles, assign tasks, and ensure optimal utilization of testing resources.

- Mentor and guide the testing team in best practices, tools, and techniques.

- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and quality accountability.

Digital Wealth & Banking Integration Testing:

- Manage test delivery across digital wealth management platforms, core banking systems, and third-party integrations.

- Validate API integrations, mobile and web channels, CRM, and middleware components.

- Collaborate with architecture, development, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and data flow.

- Support testing of digital onboarding, payments, fund transfers, portfolio management, and financial advisory modules.

Test Automation & Quality Engineering:

- Drive automation strategy using tools such as Selenium, UFT, Tosca, or Cypress, and API testing tools like Postman or RestAssured.

- Oversee automation coverage across regression and integration testing cycles.

- Promote shift-left testing, CI/CD integration, and continuous quality practices.

- Monitor automation execution and maintain reusable test assets.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management:

- Work closely with Product Owners, Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Development teams to ensure clear communication and alignment.

- Engage with external vendors and technology partners for integration and validation.

- Manage client expectations, provide regular updates, and ensure timely test delivery sign-offs.

Reporting, Governance & Risk Management:

- Establish and manage testing governance frameworks including metrics, dashboards, and KPIs.

- Provide test progress, defect, and risk reports to project and senior management.

- Ensure adherence to regulatory, compliance, and security testing standards applicable in banking environments.

- Conduct post-release reviews and drive root cause analysis for defect prevention.

Key Skills Required:

- Strong experience in Test Delivery Management across Digital Banking and Wealth Management domains.

- Expertise in Integration, Functional, Regression, and Automation Testing.

- Proven experience in testing APIs, Microservices, Cloud-based systems, and Digital Channels (Web/Mobile).

- Sound understanding of Banking products such as Payments, Deposits, Lending, Investments, and Portfolio Management.

- Hands-on knowledge of Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps tools (Jenkins, Git, Jira, etc.

- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

- Familiarity with test management tools such as ALM, Jira, Zephyr, or TestRail