Business Acceptance Test Manager - Financial Services/Pensions

Lexstra Limited

  • Reigate, Surrey
  • £75,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 23 days ago
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Business Acceptance Test Manager required by a large Pensions Consulting firm for a pivotal and senior role, responsible for defining the over-arching test strategy for large-scale, cross-functional programmes. Financial Services experience is essential, pensions experience is preferred.Required Skills and Experience:Strong background in defining business acceptance test strategy and execution of large integration projects within financial services.
Experience in building comprehensive frameworks and governance.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
Excellent Stakeholder Management skills, including very senior stakeholders and external clients.
Able to navigate the complexities of the Pensions business and the technical environment.
Experience in providing clear and concise reporting to senior stakeholders across both the Business and Technology.
This role would suit someone from a functional background, hands-on testing experience is not required, however, you will need to have experience of managing/coordinating testing.
Experience as a Product Owner/Product Manager would be highly beneficial.Key Responsibilities:Document and agree specific testing strategies for cross-functional programs.
Scope and define the testing activities across the Business and Client Testing phases.
Management of entry and exit gates in and out of acceptance testing phases.
Define acceptance test plans, including key milestones and activities.
Identification and agreement of acceptance test capacity.
Agree coverage of end-to-end test scenarios in partnership with SMEs and functional leads.
Management of business and user acceptance testing activities.
Owning resolution of critical issues identified during acceptance testing.A key role based predominantly from home but will require attending the office in Reigate circa once a week.

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