Delivery Lead: Test Automation (Sandton) at Capitec Bank

Purpose Statement

• To Lead and provide direction to IT teams responsible for the Full Product Lifecycle, to ensure successful delivery of all product features, support, and maintenance-related tasks within the Capitec Bank Operations; operating across product lines.
• To oversee the ongoing drive to increase efficiency, optimisation, innovation, and people development in these environments.

Qualifications (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology - Computer Science or Information Technology - Programming
• Software Testing - Foundation Level through the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)

Experience and Knowledge

Minimum Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in QA testing (identifying test conditions, creating test plans and test cases / scripts from project documentation, etc.); including Leading a technical team
• 5+ years' experience in Leading/coordinating a team and/or the work of Testing roles throughout the various testing phases and activities
• Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Responsibility for delivery in a fast-moving environment which required validating work
• Test Automation experience
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship management
• Project Management principles and methodologies

Minimum Knowledge:

• Formal testing practices
• Software and hardware testing
• Application of test tools
• General business acumen
• Business analysis and design
• Budgeting / accounting principles
• Implementation and maintenance of financial and contact centre systems and procedures

Ideal Experience and Knowledge:

• Banking / retail credit industry experience
• Banking/Financial Systems environment and business model
• Agile development principles
• Non-functional testing experience (e.g., performance, stress, reliability, etc.)
• Experience in progressive database or Software Development roles
• Knowledge of databases and scripting
• Experience operating across product lines

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Negotiation skills
• Attention to Detail
• Change Management Skills
• Management skills
• Problem solving skills