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The role of the Test Manager is crucial for several reasons:\nEnsuring Proper Testing Processes: The Test Manager will be responsible for establishing and maintaining robust testing processes. This includes defining the testing strategy, creating detailed test plans, and ensuring that all testing activities are aligned with the project requirements. A structured approach to testing will help in identifying and mitigating risks early in the development cycle, thereby improving the overall quality of the project deliverables.\nCoordination and Communication: The Test Manager will act as a central point of contact for all testing-related activities. This role involves coordinating with various stakeholders, including developers, business analysts, and project managers, to ensure that testing efforts are integrated seamlessly into the project timeline. Effective communication and coordination will help in addressing any issues promptly and keeping the project on track.\nResource Management: Managing the testing team and resources efficiently is another critical responsibility of the Test Manager. This includes allocating tasks, monitoring progress, and ensuring that the team has the necessary tools and environments to perform their tasks effectively. Proper resource management will lead to optimized testing efforts and timely completion of testing phases.\nQuality Assurance: The Test Manager will oversee the execution of test cases, track defects, and ensure that all issues are resolved before the project goes live. By maintaining high standards of quality assurance, the Test Manager will help in delivering a reliable and high-performing product to the end-users.\nTimely Go-Live: One of the primary objectives of the Test Manager is to ensure that the project meets its go-live deadline. By meticulously planning and executing the testing phases, the Test Manager will help in avoiding delays and ensuring that the project is delivered on time.\nIn conclusion, the appointment of a Test Manager is essential for the ScdaaS project to ensure a well-structured testing process, effective coordination, efficient resource management, high-quality assurance, and timely go-live. This role will significantly contribute to the overall success of the project.\nWhat we’ll offer you\nAs part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy\nBest in class leave policy\n\nGender neutral parental leaves\n\n100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)\n\nSponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education\n\nEmployee Assistance Program for you and your family members\n\nComprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents\n\nAccident and Term life Insurance\n\nComplementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above\n\nYour key responsibilities\nWe are looking for an experienced and proactive Test Manager to lead the quality assurance strategy and execution for the migration of SimCorp Dimension from an on-premise installation to a cloud-hosted solution managed by the vendor. This is a high-visibility role requiring coordination across multiple teams and stakeholders to ensure a smooth and risk-mitigated transition.\nKey Responsibilities\nDefine and manage the overall test strategy, test plan, and quality governance framework for the SimCorp Dimension cloud migration.\n\nLead and coordinate test planning, execution, and reporting across all testing phases (e.g., system, integration, regression, UAT).\n\nOversee the test team (including QA engineers and business testers), assigning responsibilities and ensuring test readiness.\n\nCollaborate with stakeholders across business units, IT, infrastructure, and the vendor to ensure alignment and completeness of testing coverage.\n\nOwn the test defect management process, driving timely triage, resolution, and communication.\n\nMonitor and report test progress, risks, and issues to project leadership and escalate where necessary.\n\nEnsure that test automation using Tricentis Tosca is leveraged effectively to accelerate test cycles and improve coverage.\n\nSupport go-live readiness through test completion metrics, risk assessments, and quality gates.\n\nQuality Assurance (QA) is responsible for ensuring testing strategies, plans and deliverables are executed for all applications and programmes of work within their domain.\n\nWork includes\nDesigning and conducting testing procedures and frameworks to verify software and other technical products to ensure expected functional performance\n\nInvestigating instances where software and technical products do not perform as expected\n\nDesigning and conducting quality assurance practices to support business development activities\n\nDriving the adoption of recognised best practice and policy and contributing to the ongoing improvement of methodologies and assets for the business\n\nWorking with counterparts across the business to raise the standard of QA across the bank Recording defects and collating metrics and KPI information for reporting purposes.\n\nTesting disciplines include: Performance Testing, Test Automation, Test Processes, Testing Products.\n\nYour skills and experience\n5+ years of experience in test management, with a proven track record of delivering successful testing in large-scale implementations or migrations.\n\nIn-depth experience with SimCorp Dimension, including knowledge of key modules, configurations, and workflows.\n\nStrong understanding of Tricentis Tosca and how it fits into enterprise automation strategies.\n\nExperience in cloud migration projects, preferably involving vendor-hosted financial platforms.\n\nExceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.\n\nStrong analytical mindset with a focus on quality, risk mitigation, and delivery.\n\nProven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nBackground in asset management, investment operations, or financial services.\n\nFamiliarity with agile/hybrid project delivery models and modern QA practices.\n\nExperience managing test efforts involving third-party vendors and cloud service providers.\n\nProven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.\nHow we’ll support you\nTraining and development to help you excel in your career\n\nCoaching and support from experts in your team\n\nA culture of continuous learning to aid progression\n\nA range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs\n\nAbout us and our teams\nPlease visit our company website for further information:\nhttps://www.db.com/company/company.html\nWe at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. 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