Test Manager required for our Leading Middle Eastern Forex Brokerage client, reporting to the Head of Projects working in between IT and Operations.
This position is responsible for managing technology development projects for our clients Institutional Technology, supporting the business partners and clients.
The projects involve developing the financial services applications and platforms used by our clients and their customers for FX and Global Markets trading, portfolio management, account servicing, market research, etc The role will partner with business and technology representatives in establishing project teams and providing overall direction for the technology development components of projects from initiation through to production installation. This entails managing project teams consisting of members from multiple groups and locations. To initiate projects from a brief, to involve the required stakeholders, and to establish ways of working appropriate to the projects size and complexity.
The scope of responsibilities can include managing one or more moderate-to-complex technology projects. Additional project management responsibilities:
• Project estimation, budget management, formulating project delivery strategies, establishing milestones / schedules, maintaining & reporting project status, and monitoring progress of all team members.
• Ensure projects are delivered to agreed timescales and within budget, in accordance with company methodologies, that progress is measured against the plan, and that project governance is operated via appropriate forums.
• Improve the quality of deliveries in terms of business needs, new functionality and stability. Managing Test case scripts and test releases for all projects coordinated by the QA team.
• Provides leadership, motivate staff and creates a good team spirit in pursuit of project objectives.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the business change required resulting from the implementation of the solution.
Actively follow and promote all safety and security policies and ensure that fellow employees and visitors are doing the same so as to ensure a safe and secure workplace for all.
• BA/BS (technology related discipline is a plus)
• 15+ years of technology project management experience with software development Formal project life-cycle methodology experience New Sourcing International (NSI) / Bluefin Talent have partnered so to offer a specialized recruitment solution in both the technology and financial services domain.
Working together as a specialist search and selection agency, we concentrate on 'blue chip' financial services & technology consulting organizations across London and the Middle East; focusing exclusively on Financial Services, IT and Risk. Being niche allows us to offer a premium search service, tailored to overcome the technically challenging nature of recruitment for the specialist functions that we work.
We are dedicated to representing 'best of breed' candidates in the region in our dedicated fields of employment. As such we are a leading outfit for placing ex-pats and internationally educated students in the region.
Our biggest unique selling point, is that we are steered by a dedicated team of ex-financial services and IT industry professionals. This allows us to offer a level of candidate pre-screening for roles, which is largely anomalous to the recruitment profession. Our ability to bridge the technical knowledge gap typical recruiters encounter, coupled with a thorough delivery process allows us to drive consistently superior results for our clients' sourcing requirements. Designed to provide a fast and efficient turnaround, we minimize the use of internal resources our clients spend vetting inadequate profiles, allowing them to quickly get back to focusing on their strategic goals.
Our strength lies not only in the specialist nature of our firm, but also in the commitment we show towards our clients and candidates. We endeavour to build long-term relationships and recognise the crucial nature of communication throughout the recruitment process. Excellence, integrity, respect and transparency are cornerstone to the culture we promote. |