Release and test manager - XP 15

Tricefal; France; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in France is seeking an IT Test Manager to oversee the DCL development team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in team management and business analysis within banking or financial markets. Responsibilities include managing testing environments, validating application updates, and driving automation in testing. Strong leadership skills and fluency in French and English are essential. This role requires a proactive problem-solver who can work effectively in multicultural and distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 10 years in team management within banking or financial markets.
• 15 years in business analysis or testing in related fields.
• Strong leadership and delegation skills; proactive in problem resolution.

Responsibilities

• Manage IT and member test environments.
• Validate application user guide updates after releases.
• Automate end-to-end testing procedures.
• Lead the Release Management & Testing team.

Skills

Team management

Business analysis

Technical problem-solving

Cloud infrastructure exposure

Communication

Understanding of financial regulations

Agile methodology awareness

Bilingual in French and English

Innovation capacity

Leadership

Job description

The role is for an IT Test Manager to join the DCL development team. The individual filling this role will be a business focused problem solver with a desire to learn and closely partner with highly engaged production Risk and Operations teams to maintain the smooth running of critical Financial Services Market infrastructure. The IT Test and release Manager is in charge of ensuring all applications deliverable and deployment during and outside of business hours in Production and Test environments.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• Management of IT and member test environments
• Validation of updates of application user guide following releases
• Test and validation of fix and enhancement
• Validation and historization of test results
• Automation of end-to-end testing
• Accompany projects to ensure testing perimeter is up to date
• Be the point of contact on testing
• Provide support when member tests campaigns are launched
• Provide frequent statuses on tests perimeter and topics she/he leads
• Organize and lead the Release Management & Testing team
• Provide action and remediation plans when necessary
• Participate to performances reviews in collaboration
• Participate in recruitment and ensure integration of new joiner in her/his team
• Participate and be responsible for construction, run and deliveries of his pole (planning, resources, budget)
• Organize governance of her/his initiatives and coordinate with all internal and external participants to ensure deliveries and budget deadlines
• Supports essential processes while ensuring high quality standards are met.

You’ll bring:

• 10 years’ experience in team management, in banking and/or financial markets perimeters
• 15 years’ experience in business analysis or testing in banking and/or financial markets perimeters
• Strong technical problem-solving skills.
• Exposure on Cloud based infrastructure
• Proactive and clear communicator who will demonstrate initiative and expedite issues quickly when required.
• Strong understanding of control environment applicable in the regulated Financial Services industry covering key market infrastructure as well as the different controls applied to development, test and production environments.
• Awareness of Agile methodology standards and process.
• Strong verbal and written French and English skills.
• Team spirit, and capacity to work in multicultural and distributed teams
• Innovation capacity to solve problems and be pro‑active in problem resolution
• Strong capacity to propose and lead initiatives
• Strong leadership and delegation skills
• Capacity to work in a stress and changing environment
• Adheres to applicable risk control frameworks, policies and procedures.