Senior IT Test Manager

For our banking client in Zurich, we are looking for a

Senior IT Test Manager

Start date: ASAP - January 2016

Duration: 12 months

Location: Zurich

The client offers you

- Challenging and exciting role for Specialist Testing Unit for a major regulatory initiative in our Global Bank organization
- Opportunity to create/design/execute test strategy/plan for a complex regulatory solution involving a large number of applications in banking environment
- Provide hands on leadership to the testing team.
- Manage across different organizations and teams to achieve the expected test results.
- Negotiate and agree on test resources to allocate and objectives to achieve in a Matrix organization.
- Develop the test concept and lead planning, development and execution of test cases.
- Report test execution progress across all involved parties to senior management
- High visibility by being part of a strategic initiative involving the communication to senior stakeholders

You Offer...

- Graduate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or alternatively an equivalent education
- Sound experience of minimum 5-7 years as a Test Manager for large projects across multiple applications.
- Knowledge in regulatory initiatives is an advantage
- Testing, control and reporting tools (HP Quality Center, JIRA, SVN)
- Exceptional experience in testing with a proven record of successful implementations for comparable initiatives
- Very good communication skills, ability to present in front of senior management
- Fluent English language skills, German skills are an advantage
- Preference will be given to candidates who are already located in Switzerland

General...

- Job is for a specific time period (12 months) with possible extension for other regulatory projects
- Expected start date is Jan 1st 2016

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.