Job Summary

The TX DT Test Manager will be a key member of Trade Engineering team, responsible for leading and managing the TX DT testing team and driving the vision for future testing initiatives within TX DT hive. This role will also serve as the Chapter Lead for TX DT Testing, overseeing the development of testing skills, practices, and capabilities across the squads. 

Key Responsibilities

•    Lead, mentor, and mange the TX DT Testing team

•    Define and execute the overall test strategy, ensuring quality across all phases of software delivery
•    Aligning test strategy with overall project goals and timelines
•    Partner with engineers, product owners and delivery teams to embed testing in the development lifecycle (shit left testing)
•    Establish testing standards, tools, and metrics to ensure consistent quality across squads
•    Build testing competency across TX DT hive through training, coaching, and knowledge sharing
•    Act as the chapter lead for testing, fostering continuous quality across teams
•    Drive innovation in testing by leveraging AI/ML

People and Talent 
•    Employ, engage and retain high quality talent that the team is adequately staffed and skilled to deliver on business commitments 
•    Lead through example and build appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations for the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
•    Bridge skill / capability gaps through learning and development
•    Ensure role, job descriptions and expectations are clearly set and periodic feedback provided to the entire team
•    Ensure the agreed blend and balance of in-house and vendor resources

Adherence to Risk & Data Quality Management Requirements
•    Continuous management of the Trade Application System risks
•    Proactively identify issues and actions 
•    Monitor and remediate issues and actions from audits
•    Awareness of the regulatory world and knowledge of AML, Fraud, Screening, Data Quality needs and ensuring these are catered for in the functional design

Stakeholder Management
•    Coordinate with resources and teams across different location

Key Stakeholders
•    Operations (Group, Regional, Country and Hubs)
•    Business - Product/Sales/Segments (Group, Regional, Country)
•    Technology – Delivery Teams and Technical Architecture)
•    Hive Leads
•    Chapter Leads
•    Trade Technology Team
•    Interface IT Teams
•    Technology Services Teams

Skills and Experience

•    Relevant experience of 15-20 years
•    Banking/Fintech experience mandatory
•    Trade Finance domain experience preferred
•    Automation Tools and Framework
•    Agile, DevOps and CI/CD
•    Microservices and Cloud

Programming Languages:  
•    Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript for writing automated tests.
Test Management:  
•    Experience with test automation tools and frameworks like Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, or Cypress.
•    Ability to design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts.
Defect Tracking and Test Management:  
•    Experience with defect tracking tools like JIRA, ADO.
•    Familiarity with test management tools 
•    Understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
•    Experience working in Agile development environments.

Database/SQL:  
•    Knowledge of SQL and experience with database testing.
•    Ability to write and execute complex SQL queries.

Qualifications

•    Education: Degree In Computer Science & It
•    Languages: English 

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.