Lead Test Manager, VP Greater Bengaluru, India Area

Job Description:

Job Title: Lead Test Manager

Corporate Title: VP

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Description

Role is a hands-on Lead Test Manager responsible for driving the overall Automation Testing, quality strategy, test governance and delivery across Asset Management, Wealth Management, Regulatory and Digital Transformation programmes.

The candidate will lead end-to-end testing across complex multi-vendor environments, ensuring successful delivery of SIT, UAT, E2E and Production Validation activities. The role requires close collaboration with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers and external vendors to ensure quality is embedded throughout the SDLC.

In addition to programme leadership, the successful candidate is expected to remain hands-on by contributing to automation strategy, API validation, test design reviews, defect investigation and quality improvement initiatives.

Added Advantage

Product Knowledge: Asset Management, Wealth Management, Regulatory Reporting and Investment Platforms.

Technology Experience: Automation Testing, API Testing, Mobile Testing, Automation Frameworks, Microservices, Cloud Platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kafka/MQ and CI/CD testing.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

Best in class leave policy

Gender neutral parental leaves

100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)

Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education

Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members

Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents

Accident and Term life Insurance

Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Define and own Test Strategy, Test Governance, Test Planning, Quality Gates and Release Sign-off across multiple programmes and workstreams.

Define Automation testing and implement in projects.

Lead end-to-end delivery of SIT, UAT, E2E, Regression and Production Validation testing across internal and vendor teams.

Drive quality engineering practices including automation, API, mobile and integration testing to improve quality, coverage and delivery efficiency.

Manage testing dependencies including environments, test data, vendor coordination, defect triage, risk management and release readiness activities.

Provide hands-on support for requirement analysis, test design reviews, API validation, data verification and defect root-cause analysis.

Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Development, DevOps and Operations teams to ensure quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Lead, mentor and develop QA and Automation Engineers while driving continuous improvement, quality metrics and delivery transparency.

Ensure compliance with SDLC standards, audit requirements and organisational quality processes.

Your skills and experience

12+ years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Engineering or Test Management, including leadership of enterprise-scale programmes.

Automation testing tools

Strong expertise in Test Strategy, Test Planning, Risk Management, Defect Management, Quality Governance and Release Management.

Hands-on experience in API, Integration, Data, Mobile and Automation Testing using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Postman or Rest Assured.

Strong technical knowledge of Java or Python, SQL, REST APIs, Microservices, JSON/XML and modern integration architectures.

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Agile delivery methodologies and cloud-based platforms.

Proven experience managing distributed teams, vendors and large-scale end-to-end testing programmes.

Strong stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.

Experience in Asset Management, Wealth Management, Financial Services domains is highly desirable.

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

Training and development to help you excel in your career

Coaching and support from experts in your team

A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

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We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.