Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Testing Lead / Project Manager to lead the testing strategy, planning, governance, and execution for large-scale Core Banking and Digital Banking transformation programs. The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing end-to-end testing across multiple workstreams, vendors, and delivery teams, ensuring high-quality releases throughout the project lifecycle. Experience in Core Banking implementations, Digital Banking platforms, or Greenfield Digital Bank setup is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the overall Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Governance, and Testing Roadmap for enterprise banking programs.
- Lead end-to-end testing activities including System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing, Performance Testing, Integration Testing, and Production Validation.
- Manage testing execution across multiple testing partners, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Establish testing governance, quality standards, reporting mechanisms, and risk management processes.
- Prepare test schedules, resource plans, effort estimates, and testing milestones.
- Ensure comprehensive test coverage aligned with business and functional requirements.
- Monitor testing progress, defect metrics, and quality KPIs, providing regular status updates to stakeholders.
- Drive defect triage meetings and coordinate issue resolution with development, business, and infrastructure teams.
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Architects, PMO, and Delivery Teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identify project risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and implement mitigation plans.
- Support release planning, go-live readiness, production validation, and post-implementation support.
- Ensure compliance with banking regulations, security standards, and organizational quality processes.
- Mentor testing teams and promote QA best practices and continuous process improvement.
Required Skills
- 10+ years of experience in Software Testing and Test Management.
- Strong expertise in Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test Governance, and Test Execution.
- Experience leading large-scale enterprise testing programs within the Banking or Financial Services domain.
- Hands-on experience managing multiple testing vendors and distributed delivery teams.
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Expertise in SIT, UAT, Regression, Integration, End-to-End, Performance, and Production Testing.
- Experience with test and defect management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, HP ALM/Quality Center, TestRail, or similar.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, leadership, and project coordination skills.
- Experience in project planning, risk management, reporting, and quality governance.
- Ability to manage multiple testing workstreams simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Core Banking Transformation, Digital Banking, or Greenfield Digital Bank implementation projects.
- Strong understanding of Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Payments, Lending, Deposits, and Digital Channels.
- Experience with API Testing, Microservices, Middleware, and Integration Testing.
- Exposure to Test Automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working with cloud-based banking environments.
- Knowledge of banking regulatory, compliance, and security standards.
- Experience with Core Banking platforms such as Oracle FLEXCUBE, Temenos, Finacle, T24, or similar is an advantage.
- ISTQB certification is preferred.
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or Scrum certification is preferred.
Why Join Us:
- Opportunities to work on transformative projects, cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions with leading global firms across industry sectors.
- Continuous investment in employee growth and professional development with a strong focus on up & re-skilling.
- Competitive compensation & benefits, ESOPs and international assignments.
- Supportive environment with healthy work-life balance and a focus on employee well-being.
- Open culture that values diverse perspectives, encourages transparent communication and rewards contributions.
