Test Manager

Hastraa Consulting Services Pte Ltd; Bandar Baru Bangi; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hastraa Consulting Services Pte Ltd in Bangi, Malaysia is seeking a senior Test Manager to lead testing across IT projects in the banking sector. This 1-year extendable contract requires deep expertise in SDLC, both functional and technical testing, and strong leadership of a large testing team.

The role demands proficiency with Jira, Confluence and Zephyr, experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies, and a readiness to work extended hours to meet delivery timelines. Local candidates only.

Qualifications

• Minimum 13 years’ experience in Test Management across SDLC with leading IT projects.
• Banking/Financial Institution environment experience is required.
• Experience leading a large team of Test Managers, Leads and Analysts.
• Experience in functional and technical testing with diverse testing techniques.
• 5–10 years leading large IT program teams in banking domains testing.

Responsibilities

• Guide and manage testers in day-to-day deliverables.
• Create Project Test Strategy, Test Plan, and Test Approval Report.
• Review test deliverables and manage status reporting.
• Coordinate and manage functional and non-functional testing activities.
• Lead defect triage meetings and report metrics as per plan.
• Provide support during testing escalations and risk mitigation.

Skills

Test Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Test Strategy

Education

ISTQB CTAL-TM Certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Zephyr

Job description

Duration: 1 year extendable contract

Location: Bangi

Locally available candidate will be considered only.

• Minimum 13 years’ experience in Test Management, systems development lifecycle, with successful track record in leading, managing and delivering IT projects/program in functional testing and technical testing
• At least 10 - 12 years of working experience in Banking/Financial Institution environment and possesses business acumen and strategic planning abilities
• Has experience to manage a large team size of staffs (direct employee). Leading a team of Test Management Professionals comprising Test Managers, Test Leads, and Test Analysts
• Has experience in a wide variety of testing efforts, techniques and testing tools for functional and technical
• At least 5-10 years of experience in leading large IT program teams in Banking related domains in testing areas
• ISTQB - CTAL-TM Certification is mandatory
• Mandatory knowledge on Jira and Confluence
• Experience managing Waterfall and Agile Testing Project
• Expected to be available to work extended hours, when necessary, to support critical delivery timelines and ensure timely completion of project deliverables

Job Responsibility

• Guide and manage the Testers (IT, Business User) in day-to-day deliverables
• Create Project Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Approval Report
• Review test deliverables developed by Test Lead/vendor/business users
• Develop Daily/Weekly status report
• Manage overall testing deliverables for reviews and signoff
• Facilitate communication between different stakeholder teams of project / CR
• Perform Test Management activities (e.g. assist PM for PSC update, risk mitigation action plan, manage stakeholders during testing phase, lead and arrange meetings with key stakeholders pertaining to test planning, assist PM on activity Post Implementation)
• Support getting the clarity on testing requirements
• Lead the defect triage meetings and review defect information
• Responsible for reporting all the applicable metrics / SLAs as per communication plan
• Provide support during testing escalations
• Ensure timely escalations of critical issues to the test management
• Interacting with IT team for resolving environment related issues and any support requirements
• Coordinate & manage Functional and Non-Functional test whenever necessary.
• Coordinate Test Data preparation
• Provide guidance to project team to use JIRA, Confluence, Zephyr as bank’s test management tool
• Ensure quality of deliverables by review, test process adherence and monitoring
• Provide operational / day to day status reports project stakeholders