Architect

• Test Strategy & Planning: Define and manage the overall test strategy, scope, approach, and execution plan. Plan and govern SIT, UAT, regression, sanity/smoke, data migration, performance, and automation testing. Align testing activities with project milestones and go-live timelines. Identify and manage testing risks, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints.
• Lead testing across Trade Finance products including: Import LC, Export LC, Bills & Collections, Loans / LTR, Bank Guarantees, Supply Chain Finance, Trade Finance portals and channels, Ensure appropriate functional, integration, end-to-end, negative, boundary, and regression coverage. Work with Trade Finance SMEs and business stakeholders to validate business processes and scenarios.
• Test Execution & Quality: Govern test scenario and test case preparation and execution. Monitor testing progress, coverage, productivity, and quality. Ensure traceability between requirements, business processes, testing, and defects. Ensure testing is completed within agreed timelines and quality expectations.
• Defect Management: Manage defect governance and triage across business, development, application, and implementation teams. Monitor critical defects, ageing, priorities, and closure trends. Escalate issues that may impact project milestones or go-live. Drive resolution of recurring and high-impact quality issues.
  
  

Required Experience

12+ years of overall testing experience, with significant Test Management experience.

Strong experience in Banking / Financial Services, preferably Trade Finance.

Good understanding of Trade Finance processes and products.

Experience managing large or distributed testing teams.

Proven experience across SIT, UAT, regression, integration, migration, performance, and automation testing.

Experience working directly with banking customers and business stakeholders.

Strong defect management and quality governance experience.

Experience with test management and defect tracking tools.

Good understanding of API, database, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Exposure to automation tools such as Selenium, Helio, or equivalent.

Exposure to performance testing using JMeter or equivalent tools is desirable.

Experience with data migration validation and reconciliation.

Strong communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and escalation management skills.