QA Test Manager with execution and coordination activities (f/m/x)

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As a QA Test Manager with execution and coordination activities, you'll participate in many aspects of the software development lifecycle, such as creating test concepts, test cases, and test specifications. You will support to create software that enables your clients' hybrid-cloud and AI journeys.

Main Responsibilities:

• Strategy Development: Design and implement comprehensive test strategies that align with project goals and timelines,
• Test Plan Execution: Execute manual and automated test plans, including functional, integration, system, and regression testing, to identify and document software defects.
• Quality Standards Enforcement: Ensure compliance with established quality standards and guidelines throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Bug Tracking and Reporting: Utilize bug tracking tools to document issues, prioritize bug fixes with development teams, and track resolution progress.
• Test Automation: Oversee the implementation and maintenance of test automation frameworks to enhance testing efficiency.
• Process Improvement: Continuously assess and improve testing processes and practices for better efficiency and effectiveness.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate closely with development teams to understand features and technical implementations, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
• Reporting: Provide regular status reports to the QA Team Lead, Release management and Project management on the testing progress. Provide KPIs on the testing progress.
• Business and Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including developers and project management and business stakeholders, to align on quality objectives. Define with business teams the UAT (user acceptance strategy) test plan and business acceptance criteria.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all testing activities comply with banking regulations and standards for security and data privacy.
• Data Validation: Execute database scripts and queries to validate data integrity and ensure alignment with requirements.

What we offer:

• Individual career path
• Access to countless trainings and certification offerings
• A knowledge-sharing culture
• An environment where you are actively contributing your ideas
• The possibility to work in projects in one of the largest IT companies

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Industry Experience: Minimum of 5 years in the banking sector, with a strong understanding of banking operations, regulations, and digital transformation trends, particularly in Wealth Management and trading activities.
• Database Skills: Proficient in SQL and database scripting for data validation and back-end testing.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience with automation testing tools (e.g., Selenium) and familiarity with programming languages (e.g., Java, Python) is preferred.
• Analytical Tools: Proficient in using analytics and reporting tools to derive insights from test results.
• Agile Methodology: Experience working in Agile development environments, with knowledge of Scrum and Kanban principles.
• Security Testing: Understanding of security testing best practices and relevant banking regulations is a plus.
• Defect Tracking Tools: Experience with JIRA and JIRA-XRay is essential.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on quality.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and processes
• Proficiency in English and French (written & spoken)
• Swiss / EU nationality or valid Swiss work permit

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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