Lead Test Specialist

This job is with Standard Chartered Bank, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with project stakeholders, Interface teams and Performance Test team during planning, preparation & execution stage to ensure timely & quality of delivery
• Demonstrate team work and collaborative efforts always and create a healthy & vibrant work environment in the work place
• Prepare and publish Demand & Supply of testing resources to application delivery team and ensure optimum use of testing resources
• Ensure test strategizing and planning, budgeting, estimating, tracking and running the tests is as per the plans and within approved budgets.
• Ensure test cycles are run as per the quality processes, and under the governance structure agreed with all stake-holders in the test strategies and test plans
• All Test artefacts prepared by self and the team, meets the Testing standards & process requirements
• Develop skills set of the team on automation tools & utilities consistently
• All projects testing to be delivered within the estimated cost & schedule and with quality outcome
• Manage day-to-day testing activities and provide timely resolution of the issues reported by the team
• Highlight risks proactively to project stakeholders, work collaboratively with them to mitigate any project risks, to resolve any critical issues and try to bring the project on track during testing phase
• Ensure all the test results / evidences are available, defect logging and make sure the correctness of defect classification by the team as per the guideline document
• Ensure the quality of the DSR, WSR & MSR prepared by the team / self, and make sure the reports contain, concise & precise testing progress update, risks & issues and relevant testing metrics
• Ensure that test leads and teams work closely with the delivery functions and comply with testing, configuration and release management processes for the projects responsible
• Provide inputs to management to enhance the quality of testing, testing efficiency, new testing approach, productivity improvement and thereby reduce the testing window / timelines
• Ensure documentation of software product defects and track it to closure
• No functional defects leakage to UAT & Production
• Perform resource capacity planning (ramp up / down, increasing strength of automation resources and Perm staff) on regular basis, based on the BOW, D&S and Organisation / Business function policy
• Adhere to the company's Compliance requirements & Policy standards
• Follow the Organisation's QA process, Testing standards & Control

Regulatory & Business Conduct

Qualifications BE / MCA / BSc / MSc / MS IT

Certification : ISTQB / CSQA / CSM

Skills and Experience

About Standard Chartered We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we :

Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.

Time-off including annual leave, parental / maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.

Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.

Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.

Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.