Model Release and Test Manager – 29111

The Emerald Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking an experienced candidate for a testing role in their back-office transformation program in London. The ideal applicant will have over 7 years of experience in testing processes, a strong understanding of SDLC, and familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. This position is critical in ensuring the successful implementation of testing strategies across various teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with the testing process through the full project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Implement the test strategy in line with the company's approach.
• Establish and run regular project testing meetings.
• Lead and coordinate testing with Finance and Actuarial teams.

Skills

Testing process knowledge

Software development life cycle (SDLC)

Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Defect management

Job description

The role sits in a large, back-office transformation programme currently underway within the company. The transformation team is a cross-functional team, across Operations, Finance and Corporate Actuarial, responsible for driving and overseeing all back office-related change and transformation activity.

• Location: London
• Category: Life Actuarial
• Type: 12 Months FTC or 3 Months Day Rate

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Implementation of the test strategy and approach in line with company’s overarching testing approach
• Test scenarios, test scripts, test data sets and testing guidelines to achieve desired test outcomes in line with test strategy and requirements traceability framework
• Establish and run regular project testing meetings including defect triage calls
• Leading and coordinating testing in collaboration with the global Finance and Actuarial teams and the system owners & support teams
• An excellent understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and the role of testing in it
• 7 years plus experience with the testing process through the full project lifecycle
• Knowledge of all aspects of testing, from business requirements to test requirements to test cases to defect management
• Knowledge of working with different testing methodologies utilized in Waterfall and Agile
• Experience in the (re)insurance industry beneficial