Test Manager (Trading, Data Migration) (QR10535)
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
| Type: | Detachering |
| Starten op: | 1-10-2025 |
| Duur: | 12 maanden / kans op verlenging |
| Geplaatst op: | 27 augustus 2025 om 17:40 uur |
| Specialisme: | Testing |
| Tariefindicatie: | In overleg / n.t.b. |
Opdrachtomschrijving
Functie: Test Manager (Trading, Data Migration) (QR10535)Start: 1-10-2025, 36 uur per week
Periode: 12 mnd+
Omgeving: Amsterdam
Omschrijving:
For our client in Amsterdam we are looking for a Test Manager (Trading, Data Migration)
Your work environment
Our primary function is to service the needs of our clients with products, services, and guidance. The department aims to be a significant player in our leading and challenger markets, with an additional presence in major international markets and specialist expertise in selected emerging markets and products.
Your role
The department is the change delivery department, with a purpose to realize our clients’ ambitions by connecting them to global markets, providing financial solutions, and delivering long-lasting value.
We are looking for an ambitious and pragmatic Test Manager to strengthen our team of IT Integrators.
Tasks
• Serve as the interface between various stakeholders (Trading, Operations, IT, and software vendor partners) to plan and execute end-to-end testing with a well-defined strategy.
• Leverage knowledge and experience in financial markets, products, applications, and delivery to lead testing in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Work independently, ensuring that the implications of testing decisions are thoroughly considered and addressed.
• Maintain a comprehensive end-to-end vision and manage testing complexity effectively.
• Initiate further development by planning new Epics, Features, and Stories related to testing.
• Represent the voice of the business in defining and validating key testing scenarios, ensuring quality standards across functional, integration, and migration testing.
• Identify opportunities to apply test automation and reduce manual efforts, especially in repetitive regression testing.
• Provide insight into internal and external interface connectivity from a quality perspective.
• Foster an environment of open dialogue that encourages expertise development through collaboration and idea-sharing, where colleagues take responsibility, support each other to succeed, and stay ahead in testing methodologies.
Key responsibilities
• Set up the test strategy, plan, and approach for the entire platform migration, including data, functionality, and interfaces.
• Design and maintain end-to-end test coverage for business use cases, including testing with upstream and downstream platforms.
• Lead test execution by efficiently planning testing activities with IT teams and vendors.
• Define and manage performance testing to validate system performance and response times.
• Coordinate cutover process testing to ensure a seamless switch from legacy to target platform.
• Oversee disaster recovery testing to validate business continuity preparedness.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and act as the single point of contact for business and IT teams during testing cycles.
• Track and manage defects and issues, ensuring resolution before key milestones and UAT sign-off.
• Identify and drive opportunities for test automation to reduce manual effort across regression cycles.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams to set up test environments and interface configurations.
• Prepare and deliver regular test progress updates to the project/program manager, escalating risks where necessary.
• Own the test sign-off process, ensuring all acceptance criteria are met before go-live.
Profile
• Completed bachelor s degree.
• At least 8 years of professional experience, including 3 years in a Financial or Treasury environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of strong experience in Test Management, covering test strategy, coordination, execution, and reporting.
• Proven background in working with trading systems and complex data migration initiatives.
• Knowledge in security finance business and collateral management is a significant plus.
• Familiarity with trade flows, front office, and trade operations activities is advantageous.
• Knowledge & Experience in technical testing with interfaces connected via different methods including SFTP, MQ etc is required
• You are structured & proactive in problem-solving.
• You have Strong communication skills (in English) and presentation skills across different skill and seniority levels.
• You are persistent in your approach and able to align with many different stakeholders.
• You are flexible and you easily adapt to a changing environment.
• You enjoy working in a diverse and multi-cultural environment, you trust others and can be trusted.
• You strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment.
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