Project Execution

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**Test Manager - Sr Associate, **Payments Technology, Test Integration & Implementation**

J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) is a global leader across banking, markets and investor services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. With $23.5 trillion of assets under custody and ranked #1 for Global Investment Banking fees, the Corporate & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

**Department Description**

**Test Integration & Implementation** **(TII) is a Testing & Implementation Team within the CIB’s Payment’s Technology that provides integrated change, testing and implementation support to CIB stakeholders. TII capabilities include end-to-end test management and automation, business analysis, data analytics and program management, which are tailored to enable strategic initiatives in the CIB, as well as cross-business functions such as Client Onboarding

**Role Description**

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**Responsibilities**
- Day-to-day responsibility of leading a test team which would involve daily supervision, allocation of duties, timely resolution of testing issues and regular communication with reporting manager.
- Requirements planning against an End-to-End test strategy, including test data, environments, defect management and test automation.
- Responsibility for the provision of accurate testing estimates within daily scrum calls.
- Partner closely with Operations, Product and Technology groups and ensure that UAT team priorities and needs are communicated effectively especially relating to Code Releases and Test environments.
- The ability to successfully negotiate and intercede with other project teams with differing priorities and resources.
- Ability to effectively lead daily Scrum Calls and deputize for the Program Test Manager in fortnightly Delivery Working Group meetings.
- Ability to manage expectations of both stakeholders and teams supporting E2E test execution.
- Identification of testing automation opportunities and test synergies within the Project.
- Responsible for completing a knowledge audit / matrix on each team member, documenting any gaps, taking steps to fill those gaps and ultimately ensuring that all UAT skills are transferable across the team.
- Escalating daily issues to the Program Test Manager and managing expectations regarding testing and project timeline.

**Functional and Technical Expertise**
- Relevant Test management experience within the Financial Services industry supporting multiple LOB’s delivering in a highly complex, pressurized and high volume environment.
- Expertise in Agile project delivery methodology and skilled to learn and work with evolving methodologies.
- Experienced in leading a team to define requirements, document user stories and test scripts.
- Ability to work with the minimum of supervision on day-to-day activities.
- Strong organizational skills - ability to dynamically manage and oversee critical testing tasks accurately and to tight deadlines.
- Good Functional knowledge of Wholesale Payments utilizing SWIFT (MT103, 202, 202 COV, 910, 900, 940, 950 etc), BACS and Real-Time Payments.
- Good Functional working knowledge on ISO 20022 XML formats
- Working knowledge of direct testing with Clearing Houses and Central Banks would be an advantage.
- Experienced in using Business Driven Development / Test Driven Development test methodology or test case automation.

**Problem Solving and Analysis**
- Highly skilled at problem solving, ability to scope and provide structure to complex issues, rapidly learn unfamiliar processes and provide insightful and timely remediation.
- Excellent attention to detail so errors can be prevented and redundancies / opportunities highlighted.
- Ability to keep sight of the overall context and remain centered on the strategic picture, identify areas of opportunity for process improvement and build out recommendation to proceed.
- Ability to use effective systemic data driven reporting to support program reporting.
- Advanced numeracy and Microsoft skills.

**Communication**
- Very strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear and succinct verbal updates on their work to team members, colleagues, senior leads, executives and clients.
- Ability to liaise effectively between lines of business with empathy and understanding to achieve the common and strategic goal as a team.
- PowerPoint / Pitch Pro skills - able to create professional slides and structure presentations with mínimal input and need for secondary review.
- Actively contributes to program updates, Project and team meetings.

**Working Style and Influence**
- Ability to handle multiple projects, manage personnel & team management in order to meet stakeholder expectations.
- Ability to build and nurture effective and lasting rela