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Year 1 launches on sponsor-bank and processor rails; Years 2-3 bring SWIFT, credit, and direct participation in Iberpay / T2 / TIPS.\nLocation: Madrid (hybrid); travel to Spanish and EU sites as required. Working languages: Spanish (professional) and English (professional). Contract: full-time, 24-36 month programme with permanent conversion possible.\nRole summary\nOwn quality across the whole programme: from the Master Test Strategy through SIT, data and interface testing, scheme and processor certification cycles, UAT with the business, to the cut-over rehearsals and hypercare for a payments-first digital bank in Spain. You know that in payments the calendar is owned by the schemes and the sponsor, that instant payments and card authorisations are 24/7, and that a reconciliation difference is a defect.\nKey Responsibilities\nDefine and own the overall test strategy, test plan and estimates across functional, SIT, integration/interface, regression, performance, data-migration and UAT phases for Temenos T24/Transact and TPH.\nLead end-to-end testing for payments - covering SWIFT, clearing, instant payments, direct debits, book transfers, bulk/file payments, inward payments, amendments/cancellations and exception handling.\nDesign and grow the test automation framework and regression suite (e.g. Selenium/TestNG, Tosca, UFT, or OFS-injection based) to maximise coverage and reduce release cycle time.\nDrive the shift-left and OFS-injection strategy - reserving UI automation for critical business journeys and moving volume coverage to integration-level testing for stability and scale.\nAdopt AI/GenAI-assisted testing (auto test-case generation, self-healing scripts, test impact analysis) to accelerate delivery and improve coverage, leveraging HCLTech AI-Force / client accelerators.\nPlan and manage test data, test environments and COB (Close of Business) cycles across multi-company, multi-currency payment scenarios.\nValidate payment integration points - message routing/transformation, screening & fraud/sanctions (FCM/AML) integration, accounting entries (FT/PEMINT), and status reporting (e.g. pain.002).\nGovern the defect lifecycle - triage, prioritisation and resolution - using JIRA/Xray, HP ALM/Quality Center, Zephyr or Azure DevOps, minimising defect leakage into production.\nPublish QA metrics and dashboards (test coverage, execution progress, defect leakage) and provide regular status, risk and issue reporting to the PMO and stakeholders.\nCoordinate testing across interfacing systems - core banking, channels, middleware/ESB, APIs (IRIS/TCIB) and clearing connectivity - aligned to release and change management.\nManage and mentor onshore/offshore test teams - resourcing, work allocation, coaching and TCoE setup/governance - ensuring productivity and quality standards.\nHCLTech | Temenos Business Unit | Confidential Page 2\nPayments Testing Coverage\nThe role requires strong command of payments testing within Temenos Payments Hub (TPH) and Transact:\nPayment types - SWIFT (MT & ISO 20022 pacs/pain), SEPA / SEPA Instant, RTGS/TARGET2, ACH, Faster Payments/FedNow, direct debits, book transfers and bulk/file payments (e.g. payroll).\nPayment lifecycle - initiation (channels / POA), validation & business-rule checks, STP flow, supervisor/approval workflows, routing & transformation, clearing & settlement.\nControls - payment filtering, sanctions/fraud screening integration, negative CSR handling, reversals, restrictions, fees, reservations and value-dating.\nOutputs - status messages and reports, reservation & posting accuracy in Transact, multi-company posting validation and reconciliation.\nNon-functional - performance/volume testing for high-throughput payment processing, plus security and resilience validation.\nSkill Requirements\n15+ years in software testing, with 6+ years on Temenos (T24/Transact and TPH) and 3+ years in a Test Manager / QA lead capacity.\nProven experience managing end-to-end QA cycles for core banking / payments transformation, upgrade or migration programmes.\nStrong payments domain knowledge - SWIFT, SEPA, RTGS, ACH, ISO 20022 and the payment processing/clearing & settlement lifecycle.\nHands-on test management and both manual and automation testing experience, including regression suites for Temenos upgrades and CR delivery.\nProficiency with automation tools (Selenium/TestNG, Tosca, UFT/QTP or Temenos-specific frameworks) and CI/CD integration (Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps).\nProficiency with test/defect management tools - JIRA/Xray, HP ALM/Quality Center, Zephyr or Azure DevOps - and SQL/database validation.\nUnderstanding of Temenos architecture and interfaces - OFS, Integration Framework (IF), IRIS/TCIB, TAFJ/TAFC and COB processing.\nExperience of test program management - planning, estimation, resourcing, governance and executive reporting.\nStrong stakeholder management, leadership and communication skills; 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