Job Summary

•    We are seeking an energetic, talented and motivated individual for the role of QA Manager on an ongoing Front office Green field project. The job entails testing of a Front Office trading application using the modern technology stack and integrating it with the CI/CD pipeline to enable continuous testing.
•    Lead and own testing process & delivery for defined application stream.
•    Develop automation test strategy, test scripts using inhouse automated testing tools
•    Engage with stakeholders viz., Project Managers, Dev Managers, Test Assurance team, Support teams etc.
•    Assess impact of changes, build functional test strategy and plan
•    Build the functional test plan and strategy for a high volume and low latency application.
•    Work closely with the application development and dev-ops to improve performance, scalability and resiliency of the system.
•    Development of common tools and utilities in Java to capture more detailed metrics from the system logs.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    This role requires the individual to fully understand and execute the business and delivery strategy. 
Business
•    Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates
Processes
•    Ensure adherence to the Group mandated Software Development/Quality Assurance and delivery processes. 
People & Talent 
•    This role doesn’t involve any people management or talent development.
Risk Management  
•    Be fully aware and compliant with the risks associated with software development/Quality Assurance delivery. Work with the team lead in ensuring all risk management practices are adhered to.
Governance
•    Work with the delivery leads in ensuring all project delivery related governance practices are adhered to for full compliance.
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.
Key stakeholders
•    Project Managers
•    Delivery Leads
•    Development Managers
•    Scrum Masters
•    Business stakeholders

Skills and Experience

•    Core Java/Selenium/BDD/Cucumber
•    Git/JMeter/Azure DevOps
•    Automation Testing & Development
•    Domain Knowledge around FX, Interest Rates OTC trading
•    Testing standards, methodologies, tools and processes

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.