Description
You will be part of a team of Test Leaders in Corporate and IT project Department. You will work on the infrastructure projects or/and on Financial Roadmap projects.
The infrastructure projects aim mainly at upgrading the existing Operating System and Third Party Software. The Financial Roadmap projects' objectives are to upgrade the existing financial packages software. These products could be running on Windows, Unix, Linux, Solaris, Tandem and Mainframe platforms.
In line with the company's Project Life Cycle (and the associated deliverables), your prime responsibilities as a Test Lead include:
- to define a X-platform testing and launching strategy based on a risk approach
- to plan for testing activities as well as the required environments topology
- to manage the test preparation and execution
- to manage defects (from Quality Centre)
- to report on test progress and results
- to organize the launch activities in pre-production and in production
You will have to coordinate efforts with major stakeholders like Corporate Technology teams (responsible for infrastructure), business teams and service partners as well as obtain sign-off from them on key deliverables.
This role is mainly based in Brussels.
Profile:
Essential background
- X-platforms skills (with focus on Distributed domains)
- Specific tool: Quality Centre is mandatory
Essential skills - testing related
You should have several years of experience in project testing.
- Knowledge of risk based testing and familiar with the V-model concepts
- Use of test case selection techniques to design test cases
- Ability to write a test summary report and to communicate during go/no-go meeting
- Very good understanding of technical aspects
- Affinity with technical testing
Managerial skills
You should be able to manage teams and relationships with various divisions, entities and service partners. This requires strong interpersonal skills:
- Excellent communication skills (listening, writing, and presenting) at all levels, from staff members to senior management level.
- Very good organisational skills (ability to manage several projects in parallel)
- Ability to deal with conflicting priorities
- Strong ability to manage changes
- Ability to establish and maintain trust
The following skills are a plus:
- Familiar with defect management
- Ability to deal with environment set-up in Euroclear
- Business knowledge is an asset, but not mandatory
- Knowledge of certification of ISTQB and/or ITIL, or similar IT frameworks
ELIMINATORY CRITERIA:
. Expertise Infrastructure projects
. Testing Team Management experience
. Experience in financial sector