Senior Test Manager - Core Banking & Pricing System Integration 100% (f/m/d) - (Contract through our external payroll partner with immediate start until 31.12.2027, possible extension)

Bank Julius Bär & Co. Ltd.; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Julius Baer in Zurich is seeking a Senior Test Manager to oversee the integration of an in-house pricing processing tool into a new core banking system, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance. You will plan, coordinate and drive all testing activities across the development lifecycle, define test strategies, manage environments, and track defects.

You will mentor the testing team, promote continuous improvement, and advance test automation and CI/CD capabilities through collaboration with

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior test management within complex IT projects.
• Strong knowledge of pricing in banking and testing of core banking components.
• Proven expertise in test automation, CI/CD, and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee all testing activities across development lifecycle.
• Define test strategies, manage environments, and track defects.
• Mentor test teams and drive automation and continuous improvement.

Skills

Test management

Test automation

CI/CD

Selenium

JIRA

HP ALM

Java

DevOps understanding

Communication skills

Education

ISTQB Advanced Level

PMP

Agile Testing

Tools

JIRA

HP ALM

Selenium

CI/CD

Kafka

Kubernetes (PKS)

OpenAPI

UML

Oracle SQL

Job description

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.We are seeking a Senior Test Manager to support the integration of an inhouse built pricing processing tool into a new core banking system. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing all testing activities to ensure software quality, compliance, and successful delivery within project timelines.YOUR CHALLENGEPlans, designs, and oversees software testing activities across the development lifecycleDefines test strategies, coordinates test environments and ensures defect trackingCollaborates with development, business analysts, and project managers to align testing with project goalsManages functional, regression, and none-functional testing processes, ensures compliance with quality standards, regulatory requirements, and best practicesCoordinates test environment useDrives test automation coverage and capability for automation regression testingHands-on on test execution in hot testing phasesLeads and mentors test team members promoting continuous improvement in test efficiency and coverageYOUR PROFILEProven experience as a Senior Test Manager or Senior Testing Lead in complex IT projects (min. 5 years) and preferred large core banking transformation projectsExcellent knowledge of pricing in the banking sector incl. experience with testing of core banking fee engines (e.g. HOST/T24/Avaloq) or/and testing of satellites feeding into the fee enginesStrong understanding of software testing methodologies (agile, waterfall) and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, HP ALM)Experience with test automation frameworks, in particular Selenium, CI/CD integration, and performance testing toolsJava development experience incl. use of Claude CodeRelevant certifications such as ISTQB Advanced Level, PMP, or Agile Testing are highly desirableUnderstanding of DevOps concepts such as CI/CDGood communication skills, problem solving, social interaction & cross-cultural mindset, empathy & can-do spiritFast learner and understanding of business contextYou take pride of your work and strive to lead by exampleAble to communicate with business and technical stakeholdersFluency in English (verbal/written)Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, SQL (Oracle), React/Angular, JavaScript, Typescript, Kubernetes (PKS) and Virtual Machines, Streaming using Kafka, Avro, Open API, UMLWe are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool.