QA & Testing Lead

Deutsche Bank has been present in Romania since 1998. It delivers tailor-made products and solutions in Corporate and Investment Banking and Transaction Banking to its corporate and institutional clients as well as Private Wealth Management to private clients.

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank. Its CEE franchise consistently wins the #1 Bank in CEE accolade (Euromoney).

• Proven experience in Testing roles and/or leading testing teams
• Technology knowledge and expertise
• Experience of test management and defect tracking tools
• Experience of planning and executing testing across projects
• Understanding of testing across the full Software Development lifecycle
• Customer and service orientation to support interaction with team resources and clients
• Performance and productivity oriented to drive toward quality testing outcomes and results
• Previous program and project management experience
• Proven experience with Risk Management and Control policies and procedures
• Proactively, initiate, develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members
• Demonstrated ability to work with a variety of people and achieve results
• Good knowledge of technical aspects including messaging , database and Ui technologies
• Good knowledge of Oracle SQL for data analysis
• Experience of one or more of ALM , Jira, Quality Centre, LoadRunner or equivalent test tools

Key Attributes:

• Customer and service orientation
• Ability to work with a variety of people
• Able to quickly grasp new concepts
• Proficient written and spoken English

Experience and Education
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in IT related discipline - (or equivalent diploma/work experience)
• > 4 years of relevant work experience

• Specific tasks around planning, preparation, execution, analysis and reporting
• Ensure that testing activities are being conducted in accordance to the testing strategy and plan
• Ensure that test packs are maintained and have incorporated any specific tests that have been identified following a production incident
• Maintain project documentation
• Provide an escalation point for test analysts
• Ensure that risks and issues are recorded and escalated as appropriate
• Work with Testing Specialists to deliver the testing strategy and plan goals
• Ensure adherence to testing best practices and DB testing standards.
• Ensure the timely reporting and classification of defects
• Lead the effort to document and communicate results.
• Analyze test results and measuring of KPI’s against defined quality criteria
• Coordinate with all team members, including 3rd party suppliers
• Collaborate with other project leads to minimize testing inter-dependency issues and agree to migration to live environment
• Champion and participate in the activities of the broader QA and Testing community
• Align to the wider team / group objectives
• Provide mentoring to team members

People Management
• Actively supports the COO strategy, plans and values, contributing to the achievement of a high performance culture. Personally contributes in an environment where people development is the number one priority
• Takes ownership for own career management, seeking opportunities for continuous development of personal capability and improved performance contribution
• Acts as a role model for new employees, providing help and support to facilitate early integration and assimilation of their new environment
• Highlights performance issues within the team, where appropriate, to drive for high performance