JOB SUMMARY
•    Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with project stakeholders, Interface teams and Testing Test team during planning, preparation & execution stage to ensure quality of delivery
•    Demonstrate teamwork and collaborative efforts always and create a healthy & vibrant work environment in the workplace
•    Prepare and publish Demand & Supply of testing resources to application delivery team and ensure optimum use of testing resources
•    All Test artefacts prepared by self meets the Testing standards & process requirements
•    Develop skills set along with the team on automation test tools & utilities consistently
•    Deliver day-to-day testing activities and provide timely resolution of the issues reported
•    Highlight risks proactively through squad, work collaboratively to mitigate any project risks, to resolve any critical issues
•    Ensure all the test results/evidence are documented, defects logged and ensures defect classification as per project guideline
•    Ensures he/she works closely with the team & delivery functions to comply with testing, configuration and release management processes for the projects responsible.
•    Work closely with Project test lead to ensure deliverables are reviewed and are on time
•    Ensure the quality of the status reports such as DSR, WSR & MSR prepared by self, and make sure the reports contain, concise & precise testing progress update, risks & issues and relevant testing metrics

•    Ensure accurate and timely reporting & surface key issues / risk to Management
•    Provide inputs to management to enhance the quality of testing, testing efficiency, new testing approach, productivity improvement and thereby reduce the testing window/timelines
•    Deliver key technology enablers & Testing transformation initiatives as planned for the year
•    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 & controls
•    Facilitate regular (at least monthly) team discussions on risk awareness, operation and risk control improvements, lessons learnt from incidents and identify best practices to strengthen the team’s operational risk awareness and knowledge.
•    Responsible to coordinate with project team members and deliver tasks through Agile sprints
•    Should be able to articulate the non-functional requirements for the project
•    Should be able to discuss with stake holders and collate the non-functional requirements for business functions.
•    Good to have the knowledge on automated test scripts using Selenium/Cucumber framework.
•    Should be able to articulate automation test scenarios from ADO/manual test cases/test steps into along with their validations.
•    Responsible to prepare SQL queries to fetch test data from data base of the test application
•    Should possess good understanding and hands-on experience on API transactions and to automate such transactions using selenium/cucumber.
•    Responsible to execute automated regression test pack for regression tests/SIT/UAT/Sanity checks
•    Should be an expertise in handling test automation tools like Selenium with cucumber framework using BDD

•    Should possess excellent knowledge on Maven and Test NG
•    Should be able to design and debug independently the test automation scripts for functional requirements
•    Should have hands-on experience in tools like, Intelli-J, Eclipse IDE, Responsible to design automated test scripts using Selenium and Cucumber framework
•    Should have good knowledge in DevOps pipeline
•    Should be an expert using ADO Work items/Boards/Dashboards/Repository and pipeline
•    Should be an expertise in JAVA programming language and OOPs concepts
•    Responsible to get the automation test scripts reviewed by the reviewer and be able to conduct attend such sessions for the peers
•    Should possess strong knowledge on regression testing, boundary analysis, white box and black box testing
•    Should have experience in conducting test execution for the application under test and its surrounding/interfacing systems
•    Should possess strong communication and presentation skills
•    Should have the ability to discuss to product owners and developers if there is a need for clarifications
•    Log the defects into the defect management tool
•    Responsible to support the automation team members on their day-to-day challenges and collectively to create a robust automated regression test suite for the application
•    Realtime experience in Agile Delivery and implementation
•    Strong & effective communication
•    Ability to deliver independently, as independent contributor

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy
•    Understanding the business requirements and articulate them to test requirements, to prepare test documentations, to prepare test execution, to evidence the same.

Business
•    Awareness and understanding of the wealth business requirements of the bank and understands the way the group accelerates the operations

Processes
•    Responsible to articulate business requirements to test requirements, to prepare automated test scripts. Responsible to prepare test strategies, test estimates and prepare test execution and evidences

People & Talent
•    Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
•    Responsible to prepare test cases, test execution plans and test evidence
•    Responsible to build a robust test automation pack for the product.
•    Responsible to build a robust regression test pack which can be executed via scheduled pipelines

Risk Management
•    The ability to interpret the Group's risk controls and financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures. Ensure the deliveries are in compliance with the risk controls.

Governance
•    Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the test scope for the product and to deliver effective test requirements, oversight and controls in the testing process, if necessary, oversee changes in business functionalities of the product; Awareness and understanding of the test automation practice framework, in which the project operates, and meets the expectations relevant to the role.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
•    Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principle

Key Stakeholders

•    Chapter Global Head, Chapter Area Lead, Chapter Lead, Product Owner, Engineering Lead, Software Development Team Lead,Squad Lead

Other Responsibilities
•    8+ years of experience in Software Testing 
•    Expertise in Test Automation Using Selenium, Cucumber and BDD
•    Experience in Triple-A Plus Wealth Suite & hands on experience
•    Excellent business knowledge of Private/Retail wealth banking platform
•    Knowledge on SQL, ADO, API testing are preferred
•    Knowledge on tools like Micro Focus Load Generator / JMeter
•    Experience in test automation using tools like PlayWright/ Perfecto will be an added advantage

Qualifications
•    Education - Graduate or postgraduate in it or relevant streams with IT proficiency

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Test Automation with Selenium & Cucumber
•    Performance Testing
•    JAVA
•    Python
•    Software Testing
•    Triple-A Plus
•    SQL
•    Azure DevOps
•    Wealth / Investment Banking

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.