Test Manager

Description

Summary: Join Axians as a Test Manager to lead strategic testing projects within financial services, ensuring quality, budget, timelines, and stakeholder alignment in Agile environments. Highlights: 1. Manage a portfolio of test projects in the financial services sector. 2. Lead test strategy definition, execution, and closure with strong leadership. 3. Ensure quality, budget, and timelines for large-scale projects. Join Axians, where innovation thrives on trust and autonomy, and where every challenge is an opportunity to create technology with impact. **Test Manager** **What We Are Looking For** We are looking for a Test Manager to join a strategic testing center supporting large\-scale projects within the financial services sector. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of testing projects from scoping and test strategy definition through execution and closure, ensuring quality, budget, timelines, and stakeholder alignment. This role requires strong leadership capabilities, extensive testing expertise, and the ability to operate in Agile environments with multiple teams and stakeholders. **What You Will Do on a Daily Basis** * Manage a portfolio of test projects. * Forecast the budget required, follow\-up the activity, costs, budget, quality and timeline. * Manage the test activity from the initial scoping activities until the end of the insurance period of the project while ensuring the quality of the deliverables and providing the required supports along the project. * Ensure the scoping and test design of multiple projects. * Alert the project regarding any missing document or discrepancies regarding testing documentation. * Organise workshops to draft the overall test strategy for the project. * Elaborate and prepare the different test levels and types required for the project. * Organise users inputs during the test phases. * Ensure the development, validation and communication of all test design deliverables of the project, in accordance with the commitments of the team and in compliance with applicable standards. * Report the progress of the test design to the project manager and his/her hierarchy. * Ensure the test management within one or more projects. * Develop and monitor the planning, macro\-calculations and detailed calculations of the different types and levels required for the test project. * Identify the necessary means (material, resources) for the test project. * Identify, monitor and report the test\-related risks and respective action plans. * Organise the work to be performed by his team and inform the stakeholders about the progress. * Control and follow\-up the team commitments to the project regarding planning, budget and quality. * Follow\-up the delegation framework of a small project by providing steering support to the resource in charge of the tests (validation of the test strategy, budget and planning, design deliverables and closure activities). * Ensure the tests execution within one or more projects, in compliance with the standards. * Decide the Go/No Go to start the tests. * Ensure the user participation in the test process. * Ensure the test execution of the project complying with the commitments of the team. * Ensure the registration of the test results and defects in the reference tool. * Report the test progress to the project manager and his/her hierarchy. * Elaborate a report in accordance with the commitments of the team. * Ensure the closure activities of the tests within a project or a squad. * Elaborate the project test report. * Provide the necessary inputs to the project closure report. * Identify the improvement axis regarding estimations, processes and procedures. * Ensure the update of the reference documentation at the end of the project. * At the end of the project perform a review with each resource of the test team. * Ensure a functional and transversal management role for the test players. * Ensure the communication to the project stakeholders through the creation of test reports. * Manage project committees (test progress \& defects). * Report the required information for the Go/No Go. * Contribute to the identification and correction of any anomalies. * Manage resources and plan the team organization. * Participate in the definition of the resources objectives in conjunction with their line manager and monitor their progress. * Provide methodological support on specific topics during the project. **Your Key Skills** * Risk Management and Stakeholder Communication. * Test Automation Oversight within CI/CD Environments. * Team Leadership and Coordination. **Your Main Qualifications** * Mininum 8 years of experience. * Degree in Informatics or related areas. * Understand the project’s methodology. * Knowledge of the test methodology principles and vocabulary (ISTQB). * Experience in testing applications for life insurance or banking products (desirable). * Fluency in both French and English (written \& spoken). **What We Offer** **Stable professional career** Working with Axians projects becomes an asset to those of us who want to offer stability through a secure career. **Prospects for career advancement** You can access training and new certifications that will further elevate your skills. The 360° evaluation from managers and peers will also allow you to evolve. **Work Life Balance** By collaborating with Axians, you will be able to reconcile work and family requirements without neglecting either area. **Attractive, evolving compensation** When working with Axians, you will have access to performance bonuses in addition to an attractive salary pack (base salary \+ benefits). You are also entitled to health insurance and an employee assistance program for you and your family (Psychological, Legal, Psychosocial, and Financial support). Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to Information Technology and Digital Transformation. With an international presence and a people\-to\-people approach, we combine technology, innovation, and proximity to create real impact for organizations and society. **Join Axians** At Axians, we believe that talent does not fit a single profile. We value diversity and promote an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and contribute. If you have a disability or impairment, we are committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Whenever needed, we provide reasonable accommodations so that you can participate on an equal basis. If you require any accommodation, please let us know by contacting us at **recrutamento.axianspt@axians.com**.