Functional Test Manager at Discovery Limited

Job Purpose

• The purpose of the role is to ensure proper planning, coordination and execution of test activities according to defined standards and ensuring that governance requirements are adhered to for all delivery.

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to

• Overall test planning and coordination of test execution of Discovery Bank projects
• Estimating testing timelines for test design and execution activities
• Estimating resource requirements
• Definition of the test execution approach and coordination of the execution thereof
• Planning and coordination of environmental requirements
• Coordination of testing activities
• Test Design
• Data creation
• Manual testing
• Automated testing
• Performance testing
• Defect Management
• Environment constraints
• The coordination of testing activities includes full integration from the front-end systems to partner systems, including 3rd party systems, system notifications and marketing design
• Management of risks associated with the testing lifecycle
• Stakeholder meetings and reporting
• Compliance with and validation of all entry and exit criteria in accordance with the governance standards

Personal attributes and skills

• Ability to work and deliver under tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Business Writing Skills, Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Customer Service Orientation, Result Orientation, Negotiation skills
• Personal organisation and time management skills
• Professional Communication (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
• Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels

Education and Experience

• Matric/Grade 12 and relevant university qualification
• ISTQB Certification - ISTQB Test Manager (required)
• ISTQB Operational Test Management (advantageous)
• ISTQB Strategic Test Management (advantageous)
• ISTQB Managing the team (advantageous)
• Candidates should have relevant experience in managing testing of Core Banking projects in SAP Systems.  Preference will be given to candidates with experience in test management in the following functionalities and technologies
• Card (SAP Card / VTS / VTP / SAP BAS)
• Card Issuing and Acquiring
• Card Payments routing and settlement
• Visa Certification
• Payments (SAP Payment Engine / SAP BAS / Calypso)
• Understanding of Payments landscape - Local and Foreign incoming and outgoing payments and settlement
• Payments compliance and regulatory projects
• Credit (SAP CRM / SAP BAS / SAB FSCM)
• Credit and Debt management lifecycle
• Collections strategies