TEST LEAD - Banking Payment Systems
Helen Wilson Recruitment
- R689.00 per hour
- Contract Specialist position
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Johannesburg
- Posted 05 Sep 2025 by Helen Wilson Recruitment
- Expires in 33 days
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Job 2621598
About the position
1 Year Fixed Term Contract
Hybrid working conditions
Hourly rate of R689
NON NEGOTIABLE: MUST come from Banking & Completed Degree & 3 years Test MANAGER experience
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the Test Manager in the overall program plan under the various project portfolio and/or programmes.
- Manage and oversee the day-to-day test activities of the test managers.
- Work with stakeholders to review, provide feedback, and sign off on the test strategy, test plans, and other artifacts for the testing service delivery.
- Coordinate with the test management teams to ensure the adoption of testing methods, standards, and tools.
- Ensure that any changes to the scope of services are communicated to the respective test service providers and the impact is factored into the plan.
- Act as the first point of escalation for any test/implementation issues raised by stakeholders.
- Quantify, manage, track, and report test-related statuses, targets are met by test managers.
- Elicit and document Test and Implementation requirements
- Drive and collaborate with all stakeholders to plan all testing-related deliveries for the project.
Education and Experience Required:
Qualification:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or other related field (master's degree is advantageous)
- Professional qualification in test management required.
- A relevant post-graduate qualification is preferred.
Experience:
- 3+ years' experience in a Testing Manager role with experience working on complex programme structures.
- Experience in leading diverse teams.
- Experience in the following payment systems:
- Low-value electronic payment systems (debits and credits)
- Card payments
- High-value and settlement systems
Skills and knowledge required:
- Progressive experience managing and deploying testing management functions for application teams.
- Experience with Application Release Management
- Experience with IT Resource and Capacity Management
- Experience driving change across IT and Business stakeholders.
- Experience aligning teams to testing best practice methods and tools and building new tools where necessary.
If you have not received any feedback from us within 5 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
By sending your CV along with other additional documents you give consent to HWR to process and retain your personal information for the current opportunity as well as for future opportunities
Desired Skills:
- Payments
- Banking
- Testing Manager
- Application Release Management
- IT Resourse
- Capacity Management
- Stakeholder Management
Desired Work Experience:
Desired Qualification Level:
Helen Wilson Recruitment
About the agency
Helen Wilson Recruitment is a niche market recruitment agency based in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.
We have three consultants and we service a handful of clients with whom we have been doing business for between five and ten years.
Because we are small and exclusive we believe we have an advantage over some of our competitors in that we can provide a focused and dedicated service.
Between us we have many years of experience in recruitment, particularly in the Financial Services, and have built up a solid network and database over the years.
We aim to give individual attention to our clients’ needs and match them as closely as possible with the most appropriate applicants.
We understand that human capital is the most expensive and critical resource to the client and we try to manage the recruitment process effectively and intelligently.
Equally we realise that the act of looking for and starting a new job is a stressful for the applicant so we approach the task with sensitivity and compassion.
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