Senior Test Manager - Core Banking & Pricing System Integration

About the role

Julius Baer is looking for a Senior Test Manager to support the integration of an in-house built pricing processing tool into a new core banking system. You will plan, coordinate and oversee all testing activities to ensure software quality, compliance and successful delivery within project timelines. The contract runs through an external payroll partner, starts immediately and ends on 31 December 2027, with possible extension.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, design and oversee software testing activities across the development lifecycle
• Define test strategies, coordinate test environments and ensure defect tracking
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts and project managers to align testing with project goals
• Manage functional, regression and non-functional testing, ensuring compliance with quality standards, regulatory requirements and best practices
• Coordinate test environment use and drive test automation coverage for regression testing
• Take part hands-on in test execution during hot testing phases
• Lead and mentor test team members and promote continuous improvement in test efficiency and coverage

Required profile

• Proven experience as a Senior Test Manager or Senior Testing Lead in complex IT projects (minimum 5 years), preferably in large core banking transformation projects
• Excellent knowledge of pricing in banking, including testing of core banking fee engines (e.g. HOST/T24/Avaloq) or satellites feeding them
• Strong understanding of agile and waterfall testing methodologies and tools such as JIRA and HP ALM
• Fluent English (spoken and written)
• Good communication, problem-solving and cross-cultural skills, able to communicate with business and technical stakeholders

Required skills

• Test automation frameworks, CI/CD integration and performance testing tools
• Java development experience, including use of Claude Code
• Desirable: ISTQB Advanced Level, PMP or Agile Testing certification
• Desirable: DevOps concepts and CI/CD
• Technical stack mentioned: Java, Spring Boot, SQL (Oracle), React/Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, Kubernetes (PKS), Kafka, Avro, OpenAPI, UML