Company profile: Program Test Manager

Vacancy  Program Testmanager - Amsterdam

Program Test manager wanted for a  leading American Consultancy firm with a strong focus on the Dutch banking industry. The organization has made it their business to keep the world's leading corporations up to speed on tomorrow's innovations in Information Technology.

Size testprojects: 8 million euro.

Job description: Program Test Manager

Running test programmes on a full time basis for major client deliveries, mobilising Test Programmes, including new set up and transition from incumbent suppliers and have a important rol in strategic issues. Then selecting and transitioning to a full time programme manager, providing Test Programme Management consultancy to existing test programmes, this will include delivery consultancy and coaching of internal teams.

Besides this, the persons who fulfills this Program test manager vanancy with testprojects of 8 million euro will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead by example by consulting with clients and internal teams who have requirements to embark on mobilisation or improvements programmes;
• Act as the onsite interface for any interaction with clients that will be engaging with any of the Testing Services Centres and Groups outside of Testing Services;
• To be able to carry out a full portfolio analysis for clients and then be able to design and develop test strategies for large programmes;
• Be able to mobilise large test programmes in line with the test strategy and handover to delivery test programme managers;
• Facilitate the engagement of automation specialists to support the development and implementation of automation strategies for programs/enterprise wide set ups;
• To support the head of the test consultancy practice in the creation, maintenance and delivery of strategic test consultancy and delivery processes and procedures with offshore teams;
• Perform in a sales capacity to promote testing services in pre sales and account management meetings with clients. Then support with any required input to proposals in response to client requests for proposals.

Job criteria: Program Test Manager

Experience:

• Experience with working in multinationals and experience of leading 4+ large delivery test assignments;
• A general understanding of Test process improvement experience and test maturity model;
• Preferably from a consultancy or service delivery practice;
• Experience with overview and leading 8 million testprojects and experience with bids, prior experience of having handled implementation of Testing projects of at least 20 people;
• Hands on experience with Estimation and project configuration in an onsite-offshore delivery model;
• Prior experience of having implemented Test programmes in an onsite-offshore delivery model (mandatory requirement);
• P&L management / Offshoring or offshore experience;
• Fluent in English and Dutch. Other European languages highly appreciated;
• Experience with international projects, willingness to travel across Benelux;
• Experience working in the financial sector;
• Not only interested in technology but also developed a overall vision on strategic level;
• Experience with working in different workplaces.

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