Programme Test Manager

Programme Test Manager

City of London 

£110,000 + Bonus + Benefits 

Harrington Starr are currently working with a leading financial institution based in the City to help them on board a Programme Test Manager. This is a crucial hire for them and an exciting opportunity for the right individual to really take work with the Head of testing and manage a number of key programme's. In the role your current remit will be a team of Circa 45-50 with a 50/50 split onshore and off with 6 managers reporting into you.

• Needs to have managed permanent people with strong experience of staff & team development
• Must have a clear understanding of the clear distinction between a Test Manager and a Test Programme Manager
• Has a detailed understanding of Derivatives and Futures markets
• Can control release management with various teams
• Can run the dailies and orchestrate across the groups on key deliveries
• Defect Management on prioritisation
• Manage test coverage and target critical path analysis
• Must have a broad and detailed knowledge of different testing approaches in a SDLC
• Solid experience of driving a programme of improvement
• Strong processing and tooling experience
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Solid Rates and OTC Products business knowledge is essential
• Understanding of Agile development methodology
• Ideally worked on Murex deliveries on Murex 3.x

If you would like to find out more about this position please contact James Platt on  0203 587 7007