Vice President - UAT - Wealth & Investment Management

We have an opening for an American multinational financial services company for VP- UAT for Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) businesses.

About the Role :

This position is for the role of Vice President. It is a people manager role within the Wealth and Investment Management team. The role is expected to manage a team of 50-80 with various levels of User Acceptance Testing /Business Analyst / Managers / AVP.

Team members catering to global stakeholder's business need, working with other testing, production and development teams to learn, share best practices and contribute to larger organization wide transformations initiatives.

Works closely with stakeholders in strategizing, actively contributing to global projects with larger responsibility beyond the team's day to day deliverables and to build a strong team with a long term vision in mind.

Would have a dotted line reporting to global stakeholder and a direct reporting line to the I&P WIM Leader. Engage in enterprise-wide business strategy while displaying in-depth knowledge of emerging trends in the industry; partners with executive management to define strategy and create and execute corresponding business plans and initiatives.

Essential Qualifications :

- 15+ years of overall experience spanned across various testing platforms in multiple business lines

- 12+ in leadership and people management, specifically leading technical teams in the area of test automation of performance engineering. prior consulting experience is a plus

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Accounting, and Finance or a related field and relevant work experience. Master's degree is preferred but not required

- Proven record of establishing new teams, significant contributions to various global projects, ability to deliver to tight timelines and identified defects/bugs that made a significant difference to the end user.

10+ years of hands on experience in :

- Automation strategy, framework implementation, planning, scripting and execution

- Software testing and automated test techniques with a strong focus on quality thorough the entire software development cycle.

Market Skills and Certifications :

Required Skillset :

- Lead your team with integrity and create an environment where your team members feel included, valued, and supported to do work that energizes them.

- Accomplish management responsibilities which include sourcing and hiring talented team members, providing ongoing coaching and feedback, recognizing and developing team members, identifying and managing risks, and completing daily management tasks.

- Ability to interact with all levels of an organization

- Ability to develop partnerships and collaborate with other business and functional areas

- Ability to evaluate risks and the impact of decisions on an overall organization

- Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels

- Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills with ability to turn findings into strategic imperatives

- Leadership experience with ability to effectively manage and engage teams.

- Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines

- Experience identifying inefficiencies, finding opportunities to streamline business processes, and implementing change

- Ability to lead during times of ambiguity and change

- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities

- Some of the relevant industry Certification preferred but not required are CISSP, CISM, CISA, CBCP, ITIL, ISTQB, PMP or other specialized IT certifications.