Alpha Services End User Testing Lead, Vice President
State Street
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Managing a global project team of functional and automated testers who design, plan, and execute end user testing for all in scope workflows, data, and architecture, while maintaining and enforcing global standards
- Managing creation and delivery of internal and client facing documents (client proposals, playbooks, test automation, test plans)
- Building, navigating, and managing complex relationships and expectations with both internal and client stakeholders
- Participating in various stages of the transformation lifecycle to strengthen testing processes, procedures, and standards
- Managing delivery through the extensive use of vendor partners; maintaining deliverable quality, timeliness, and execution within program budgets
- Providing regular status updates and supporting program reports as needed
- Deep client engagement and expectation management across project life cycle
- Strong interest in global capital markets and quantitative investments
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, globally structured, and team-based environment, as well as work independently
- Experience in agile methodology and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Rally, RTC) preferred
- Electronic trading platforms experience is useful but not essential
- Experience in portfolio management theory and application is useful but not essential
- Risk management skills, especially those acquired at G-SIFI organizations and/or large public accounting firms
- Knowledge of key risk indicators, governance, oversight and escalation practices
- Presentation preparation and delivery for business risk committees and cross organizational, executive and board of directors’ committees
- Strong execution management skills for delivery of programs and initiatives
- Ability to collaborate and work across multiple stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree or above. 10+ years of financial industry experience across front office functionality along with middle and back office systems, services and data domains.
- 5+ years experience leading and managing project teams consisting of employees, contractors, and partner organizations
- Experience integrating with other industry providers to promote platform interoperability (e.g., Deloitte, Accenture, PWC, Bloomberg PORT, Charles River Development, BRS Aladdin, SimCorp Dimension, Factset, Fidessa Minerva, Eze Software).
- 5+ experience directly engaging clients at senior levels of their organizations.