Programme Test Manager - Contractor

Westpac Bank; Takutai; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand invites applications for a Programme Test Manager to provide independent programme-level assurance that Digital 2.0 delivers an integrated, production-ready ecosystem of customer-facing and technology-facing services.

The role operates from an end-to-end customer journey and business process perspective, championing modern Quality Engineering practices and enabling delivery teams to own quality outcomes across all delivery streams.

Job description

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At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities.

The Programme Test Manager provides independent programme-level assurance that Digital 2.0 delivers an integrated, production-ready ecosystem of customer-facing and technology-facing services.

The roleoperatesfrom an end-to-end customer journey and business process perspective, ensuring solutions deliver the intended customer, operational and business outcomes.

The role champions modern Quality Engineering practices, embedding quality through automation, continuous testing, Shift Leftprinciplesand risk-based assurance.

Working across all Digital 2.0 delivery streams, the role provides leadership with a clear, evidence-based view of quality, readiness and residual risk while enabling delivery teams to own quality outcomes.

The role willleverageexisting quality engineering practices,processesand ways of working where they are effective, introducingadditionalguardrails,standardsand practices only where material gaps, inconsistencies or risks areidentified.

Delivery teamsremainaccountable for component-level quality outcomes and execution of testing activities within their scope. The Programme Test Manager provides programme-level governance, assurance, standards,reportingand oversight.

Key Interfaces

• Tech Delivery Leads in the compilation of a single integrated delivery plan.
• Functional teamsof Architecture, UX Design, ISG
• Chapter Leads,TALs, SGOs,POsandSOs
• Service Transition and Change & Release Management functions
• Programme Delivery and Digital Leadership functions.

Success Measures

• Leadership has a clear, evidence-based view of programme quality, readiness and residual risk, enabling informed delivery and release decisions.
• Delivery teamsown quality outcomes, while customer journeys, business processes and integrated services arevalidatedand released with confidence. ```}