Test Manager

We are looking for an experienced Test Manager for a Banking Project (Contract Based). This role requires at least 7+ years of QA experience, including 3 years as a Test Manager, with a strong background in banking, digital banking, or fintech. Experience in IT consulting, system integration, or technology vendor environments, with project management and client-facing experience, is highly preferred. Strong English communication skills are mandatory. This position is full WFO.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the overall test strategy, master test plan, and detailed test schedules aligned with project milestones.
• Oversee System Integration Testing to validate end-to-end API workflows and integration points between modernized services.
• Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with customer stakeholders, ensuring test scenarios cover business-critical use cases and acceptance criteria are met.
• Coordinate and manage security/penetration testing engagements, track remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Plan and oversee performance/load testing to ensure APIs meet SLA requirements under expected and peak traffic conditions.
• Establish defect triage processes, track defect resolution, and provide quality metrics and status reporting to project leadership.
• Work closely with the AWS Development Team, Customer's Project Manager, QA Lead, and Testers to align testing activities with development sprints and release timelines.
• Define entry/exit criteria for each test phase, conduct test readiness reviews, and sign-off on go/no-go decisions.
• Provide regular test progress reports, risk assessments, and quality dashboards to project stakeholders.
• Lead QA/testing activities within complex system implementation projects, working across multiple teams, systems, and project dependencies.
• Drive client-owned activities and dependencies to ensure they are completed on time and do not impact project delivery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in software testing and quality assurance, with at least 3 years in a Test Manager or Test Lead role.
• Bachelor's degree (S1) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or other related fields.
• Fluent in English, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience in test planning, strategy development, and managing multiple concurrent test phases (SIT, UAT, penetration testing, performance testing).
• Strong understanding of API testing methodologies, tools (e.g., Postman, JMeter, OWASP ZAP or equivalent), and CI/CD integration.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with cross-functional development teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, ability to interface with technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Familiarity with banking/financial services domain and regulatory compliance testing is a plus.
• Experience working in an IT consulting, system integrator, or technology vendor environment with external clients.
• Experience taking a project management role or responsibilities in complex implementation projects, including coordinating teams, managing timelines and priorities, and driving project delivery.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or workstreams, prioritizing competing timelines and resources.
• Ability to advise clients and business stakeholders on solution options, explain technical and business trade-offs, and gain their buy-in for recommended solutions.

Skills: Manual Testing, Quality Control, JMeter, Jira, Software Testing, Zephyr