Job Title:  T&T - Manager - Functional Testing - Pune - Engineering

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Manager – Functional Testing (BFSI) – 12 to 16 Years of Experience

Experience: 12–16 Years

Location: Pune

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Functional Testing Manager with 12–16 years of experience in Quality Assurance, preferably within the BFSI domain, to lead large-scale testing initiatives. The candidate should have strong experience in managing large testing teams, cross-border stakeholders, and enterprise testing programs. The role requires driving quality strategy, test governance, and delivery across multiple projects and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage large functional testing teams across multiple projects and geographies.
• Drive end-to-end testing strategy, planning, execution, and delivery for enterprise BFSI applications.
• Manage cross-border and distributed teams, ensuring collaboration with onshore/offshore stakeholders.
• Act as the testing lead for horizontal QA functions, supporting multiple programs simultaneously.
• Establish test governance frameworks, quality metrics, and reporting dashboards for leadership.
• Define test strategies, test plans, resource planning, and risk mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with Business, Product Owners, Architects, Development teams, and PMO to ensure quality deliverables.
• Ensure requirement traceability, test coverage, and defect management across the SDLC.
• Drive Agile testing practices including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews.
• Manage stakeholder communication and status reporting at leadership level.
• Implement process improvements, test optimization, and quality best practices.
• Ensure adoption of test management tools and defect tracking systems.
• Mentor and develop test leads and senior QA members, supporting career growth and capability building.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, automation adoption strategy, and shift-left testing practices.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 12–16 years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Assurance.
• Strong Functional Testing experience in BFSI domain (Banking, Financial Services, Insurance).
• Proven experience managing large QA teams (20–50+ members).
• Experience handling cross-border teams and global stakeholders.
• Strong expertise in Test Strategy, Test Planning, Estimation, and Delivery Management.
• Hands-on experience with test management tools such as JIRA, ALM, Azure DevOps, TestRail, or similar.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and DevOps testing practices.
• Experience in Defect Management, Risk Management, and Quality Governance.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and tight timelines.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Good to Have

• Experience in Contact Center / Contact Centre Transformation programs.
• Exposure to Digital Banking, Payments, Lending, Platforms.
• Knowledge of Automation Testing frameworks and strategy.
• Exposure to API testing, Microservices architecture, and integration testing.

Certifications (Preferred)

• ISTQB / ISTQB Advanced Level Certification
• Agile Certification (Scrum Master / Agile Tester / SAFe)
• Any Quality Engineering or Test Management certifications are an added advantage.

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