Our client in the Financial Services industry is currently looking for a Program Test Manager for a 12-month fixed term contract, in Johannesburg, Gauteng(Hybrid)
Responsibilities:
- Provide input into programme & divisional budget to ensure appropriate resource allocation in achievement of departmental goals.
- Drive efficiencies and cost-effectiveness in the delivery of project(s) by managing project timelines and utilising resources optimally to reduce waste and unnecessary duplication.
- Consult internal and external stakeholders in the development of the programme testing strategy and test project plan to align expectations and obtain support.
- Define and execute resource capacity plans to enable the programme as well as departmental/divisional strategy.
- Define test strategy by identifying quality gates across various phases of a project and ensuring that these are met by the development and testing teams to ensure quality of the applications under test.
- Define programme testing deliverables by aligning testing scope for various application streams.
- Ensure understanding of interdependencies and identify mitigation actions for known risks to ensure minimal impact on timelines.
- Compile a testing project plan by consolidating individual test project plans from all functional areas and identifying key milestones of each project to assist in the tracking of testing deliverables.
- Coordinate the various phases and role players in a programme to ensure that the planned sequence and mapping of activities is executed in line with the plan and to provide troubleshooting where deviations occur.
- Track progress against the project plan by soliciting updates from project teams and identifying impediments towards project completion and developing corrective action and/or escalating as necessary.
- Identify process improvement opportunities by reviewing previous testing phases/outcomes and suggesting improvements to overcome inefficiencies.
- Provide a holistic view of the testing status across various application areas (to programme stakeholders) by presenting testing statistics, testing trends, possible risk areas,Β as well as confidence level of testing thereby sharing information and enabling relevant decision making by business and other stakeholders.
- Present comprehensive close-out reports to programme stakeholders by providing a summary of various project phases, key challenges encountered, and lessons learnt in order to improve the companyβs ability in programme delivery.
- Lead and oversee the integrated testing strategy.
- Act as a Programme Test Manager in the successful delivery of functional and non-functional testing strategies on a mission critical system.
- Manage highly integrated and complex multi-year programmes of work.
- Manage system integration, acceptance, and market-facing testing activities.
- Align testing methodologies with programme objectives, reducing risks of delays or quality issues.
- Coordinate with vendors, market and multiple teams in a hybrid approach.
- Successful implementation of test automation and DevOps strategies.
Requirements:
- Degree in Information Technology.
- International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) Certification.
- Minimum 6 yearsβ experience in System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) including experience in managing people in either development or testing environment.
- Test Manager Advanced Level.
- Project Management Diploma/Certification.
- Advanced Azure DevOps experience an advantage. Β Β
- Advanced Scaled Agile experience an advantage.Β
Remuneration:
- R130Β 000 - R150Β 000 per month dependent on qualification and experience.