Job Summary

Technical Competence
•    Hands-on experience in designing and developing Test Automation suite using Java
•    Hands-on experience in developing test automation in Cucumber and Selenium
•    Mandatory Technical skills and experience in
•    Core Java
•    Cucumber
•    Selenium
•    Maven
•    Unix Shell Scripting
•    SQL programming
•    Knowledge in Test Automation Design patterns like Page Object Model, Page Object Factory, etc
•    Experience / Knowledge in Version Control systems like GitHub, CVS, Subversion, etc
•    Experience in Continuous Integration Tools – Jenkins / Hudson
•    Experience in Performance engineering including performance testing tools scripting is an advantage.

Test Manager Competency
•    Minium 15 years of experience in end-to-end test management both functional and technical.
•    Good verbal and written communication skills.
•    Good experience in setting up the testing team in various location & managing the large size team.
•    Good experience in Testing Delivery, which includes System Testing, Test Automation, System Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Failover Testing, Security Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
•    Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and frameworks.
•    Experienced in Agile methodology, handling scrum of scrums, and Waterfall models.
•    Understanding on source control, versioning, branching, SCM tool and compliance etc.

•    A highly motivated person that is passionate about collaborating with others to drive results, has a team first attitude and can motivate others to do the same to improve the organization.
•    Ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage conflicting requirements and gain consensus on the best way forwards.
•    Pragmatic approach, able to simplify processes and implement lean techniques.
•    Analyse and review functional and non-functional requirements.
•    Build a testing team of professionals with appropriate skills, attitudes, and motivation.
•    Defines and maintains Testing standards & controls.
•    Responsible for staff management aspects, inclusive of recruitment, talent development, knowledge retention, etc
•    Provides regular communication and training to test teams in respect to standards and processes.
•    Conducts reviews of testing performed on projects and provide recommendations as required.
•    Design performance test scenarios.
•    Design automated performance test suite.
•    Guide system performance testing to ensure system reliability, capacity, and scalability.
•    Mandatory experience in CDD and KYC end to end processes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Strategize the Technology roadmap for CEE Hive Delivery
•    Foster engineering mindset among the people and develop talent within the team. 
•    Provide Inputs/ directions for strategic programs across Solutions, Design and Approach to implementation.
•    Adopt the bank’s cloud strategy and drive within our programs/ projects. 
•    Independently drive Testing strategy for all applications in CEE Hive
•    Guide new ideas through the ideation and design process to ensure they are sufficiently defined to address and meet strategic goals.
•    Build strong relationship with Product Owner, SMEs, Production Support teams / SRE and proactively manage stakeholder management.
•    Mandatory experience in CDD and KYC end to end processes.

Business
•    Manage good relationship with our stakeholders in COO, PSS, Technology Services and Architecture teams 
•    Work with Biz teams to define the outcomes and business benefits around Technology changes
•    Work with Business teams in articulating key technology risks so that its better understood. Work towards addressing these across our squads  
•    Take part in Technology evaluation around Products / Services on new initiatives 

Processes
•    Adhere to ADO principles and guidelines on all Program delivery 
•    Compliance on ICS guidelines, Security and Data protection
•    Compliant SCB Group code of conduct and standards
•    Compliance on CCIB Design and architecture guidelines, Data governance and policies

People & Talent
•    Train, retain and motivate teams under you providing leadership where required
•    Recognize talent and identify the training/coaching areas for employees 
•    Manage the expectations. Provide timely feedback on Performance, Training, Areas of improvement, Addressing Bias etc
•    Identify top talent, succession planning, key person dependency/risk and constantly work to address them with the appropriate plans
•    Be the face of the bank to your teams and communicate on things happening in department, bank, locale to drive the best results 

Risk Management
•    Anticipate and handle all the delivery challenges and risks and adhere to Group compliance requirements based on business criticality levels.
•    Handle team capacity and manage workloads.
•    Manage the team and raise upfront on the people onboarding requirements as early as possible.

Governance
•    Must be aware of the Group’s regulatory framework and is expected to adhere based on the role.
•    Must understand the oversight and controls related to Business Unit, Job Function and deliver.

Key stakeholders
CEE Hive ITO, CLDM Business, Vendors related to CLDM, Interfacing systems CCIB Business Unit

Other Responsibilities
Manage and handle all CCIB Objectives.

Skills and Experience

•    Core Java
•    Python
•    SQL programming
•    Cucumber
•    Selenium
•    Maven
•    Unix / Linux Shell Scripting
•    Test Automation Page Object Pattern 
•    Load Runner / Performance Centre

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.