ConnectedGroup, established in 1997, is a dynamic, independent and progressive consultancy providing executive search solutions to clients across Asia.
Main Function:
Analyse requirements to Design, Develop and Deliver high quality code (under direction of an application engineer and project manager) for the main Commodities platform, Openlink. Typically these are developed using AVS and Oracle.
Main Duties:
Delivers the functionality requested by the Application Engineer (VP).
The following is included:
- Low level design of solution
- Coding and unit testing of the solution
- Work with testers to verify the solution
- Rework defects and take part in defect analysis
Skills /Experience Required:
- Relevant university degree
- 6+ years development experience preferably in investment bank
- 4+ years of working experience in OpenLink AVS
- 4+ years of development experience in SQL / PLSQL (Oracle) & Database design (Oracle)
- 2+ years experience in MS Visual studio C# / .Net
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
I work for ConnectedSearch, the Executive Search Division of ConnectedGroup, H.Q. in Hong Kong, established in 1997, a search consultancy providing senior talent search solutions to blue-chip clients across Asia. I am here to update & attract the potential talent for my clients' requirements
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
“Senior Compliance Solutions Developer – AVP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
ConnectedGroup, established in 1997, is a dynamic, independent and progressive consultancy providing executive search solutions to clients across Asia.
Main Function:
The candidate is expected to design, develop, test and deliver Compliance solutions under the direction of an application engineer and project manager. He/she will build in-depth knowledge of both the technical and business aspects of the systems and become well-versed in the business functions supported by the systems. Working as part of the larger team would see the candidate share their expertise with other team members.
Additionally, the successful candidate will have soft skills to complement their hard-core technical skills. The candidate will have at least 2 to 3 years of business analysis experience with an investment bank (ideally in a compliance function), strong communications (verbal and written) and documentation skills, good knowledge of SDLC and some understanding of IB products and the trade life cycle.
As well as project work, the candidate will be involved in explaining functionality to BFIT, Compliance and/or other system users. Second line support may be required for the parts of the system that are already in production which may involve direct interaction with same. The candidate will be expected to proactively improve their skills and take on greater responsibilities as their capabilities increase. There are significant opportunities for career development and training.
Main Duties:
Delivers functionality requested by the Application Engineer (VP). The following is included:
- Low level design of solution
- Coding and unit testing
- Work with testers to verify solution
- Rework defects and take part in defect analysis
- Work closely with Business Facing IT
- Participate in architectural design, documentation and estimations.
Skills /Experience Required:
- Relevant university degree
- 7+ years development experience preferably in investment bank compliance IT
- 5+ years experience in SQL / PLSQL (Oracle) & Database design (Oracle)
- 2+ years experience Unix/Shell Scripting
- 3+ years experience Informatica
- 3+ years experience doing code reviews
- 2+ years experience as business or technical analyst (ideally in bank compliance IT)
- 2+ years experience SQL performance tuning
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- 3+ years developing or supporting trade surveillance or AML apps (ideally Mantas or Actimize).
- 2+ years experience Business Objects
- Basic Knowledge of trade life cycle, investment banking products and banking regulatory compliance
- Basic knowledge of batch scheduling tools and monitoring (Autosys)
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
Main Function:
The candidate is expected to design, develop, test and deliver Compliance solutions under the direction of an application engineer and project manager. He/she will build in-depth knowledge of both the technical and business aspects of the systems and become well-versed in the business functions supported by the systems. Working as part of the larger team would see the candidate share their expertise with other team members.
Additionally, the successful candidate will have soft skills to complement their hard-core technical skills. The candidate will have at least 2 to 3 years of business analysis experience with an investment bank (ideally in a compliance function), strong communications (verbal and written) and documentation skills, good knowledge of SDLC and some understanding of IB products and the trade life cycle.
As well as project work, the candidate will be involved in explaining functionality to BFIT, Compliance and/or other system users. Second line support may be required for the parts of the system that are already in production which may involve direct interaction with same. The candidate will be expected to proactively improve their skills and take on greater responsibilities as their capabilities increase. There are significant opportunities for career development and training.
Main Duties:
Delivers functionality requested by the Application Engineer (VP). The following is included:
- Low level design of solution
- Coding and unit testing
- Work with testers to verify solution
- Rework defects and take part in defect analysis
- Work closely with Business Facing IT
- Participate in architectural design, documentation and estimations.
Skills /Experience Required:
- Relevant university degree
- 7+ years development experience preferably in investment bank compliance IT
- 5+ years experience in SQL / PLSQL (Oracle) & Database design (Oracle)
- 2+ years experience Unix/Shell Scripting
- 3+ years experience Informatica
- 3+ years experience doing code reviews
- 2+ years experience as business or technical analyst (ideally in bank compliance IT)
- 2+ years experience SQL performance tuning
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- 3+ years developing or supporting trade surveillance or AML apps (ideally Mantas or Actimize).
- 2+ years experience Business Objects
- Basic Knowledge of trade life cycle, investment banking products and banking regulatory compliance
- Basic knowledge of batch scheduling tools and monitoring (Autosys)
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
"Sr. Java Developer (Credit Technology Group) – AVP Level" based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
Main Function:The Credit Technology group is looking for a hands-on tech lead/senior developer with strong financial industry experience in designing and developing electronic trading platforms and external connectivity to financial industry clients and ECNs using proprietary protocols and industry standard protocols like FIX and ION.
The primary focus of this position will be to lead and develop the Credit electronic trading platform in line with the business strategic and be responsible for delivering client and broker ecommerce services for various credit products. This role involves working closely with the global development team to facilitate electronic trading across various platforms and to deliver projects in a timely fashion.
Main Duties:
- Liaise with business users and other development groups to gather ongoing requirements.
- Take responsibility for projects to meet these ongoing requirements
- Apply design and system architecture skills to ensure continual increase in performance and stability of the core system
- Produce documented and tested software for delivery to production. - Participate in design and code reviews
Experience Required:
- 7+ years of Core Java/J2ee, FIX development and design experience in the financial industry
- 3+ years of experience in ION or any other vendor provided connectivity software
- 4+ years of experience in design and development of high frequency & high volume eTrading application
- 3+ years of experience in messaging protocols especially TibcoRV, MQ Series or JMS
- Knowledge of Perl or any other scripting knowledge would be a definite plus - Thorough understanding of electronic connectivity to brokers, clients and ECNs
Experience Preferred: Working on E-trading platform. Experience working as a team lead.
Skills / Aptitude Required: Java, SQL, System design and architecture, Understanding of design patterns and data structures, XML and associated tools and utilities
If this opportunity excites you, send across your contact details / updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com & let us initiate the discussion.
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
The primary focus of this position will be to lead and develop the Credit electronic trading platform in line with the business strategic and be responsible for delivering client and broker ecommerce services for various credit products. This role involves working closely with the global development team to facilitate electronic trading across various platforms and to deliver projects in a timely fashion.
Main Duties:
- Liaise with business users and other development groups to gather ongoing requirements.
- Take responsibility for projects to meet these ongoing requirements
- Apply design and system architecture skills to ensure continual increase in performance and stability of the core system
- Produce documented and tested software for delivery to production. - Participate in design and code reviews
Experience Required:
- 7+ years of Core Java/J2ee, FIX development and design experience in the financial industry
- 3+ years of experience in ION or any other vendor provided connectivity software
- 4+ years of experience in design and development of high frequency & high volume eTrading application
- 3+ years of experience in messaging protocols especially TibcoRV, MQ Series or JMS
- Knowledge of Perl or any other scripting knowledge would be a definite plus - Thorough understanding of electronic connectivity to brokers, clients and ECNs
Experience Preferred: Working on E-trading platform. Experience working as a team lead.
Skills / Aptitude Required: Java, SQL, System design and architecture, Understanding of design patterns and data structures, XML and associated tools and utilities
If this opportunity excites you, send across your contact details / updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com & let us initiate the discussion.
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
"Java Manager (Equities & Derivatives Team) – AVP Level" based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
Design and deliver high quality Java code
Low level design of solution
Coding and unit testing of the solution
Work with testers to verify the solution
Rework defects and take part in defect analysis
Skills:
Java/J2ee, EJB, Struts, JSP, JDBC, JMS, Junit, Java Libraries, XML, XSLT, Eclipse, Servlets, Ant, Tomcat
Unix (preferably SOLARIS)
SQL (Oracle, SQL server or Sybase)
OO Design
Skills and Knowledge: Scores more than 3.7 in brainbench Java test within previous 6 months
Please note that this is an individual contributor role. There is no team reporting to this position
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
Low level design of solution
Coding and unit testing of the solution
Work with testers to verify the solution
Rework defects and take part in defect analysis
Skills:
Java/J2ee, EJB, Struts, JSP, JDBC, JMS, Junit, Java Libraries, XML, XSLT, Eclipse, Servlets, Ant, Tomcat
Unix (preferably SOLARIS)
SQL (Oracle, SQL server or Sybase)
OO Design
Skills and Knowledge: Scores more than 3.7 in brainbench Java test within previous 6 months
Please note that this is an individual contributor role. There is no team reporting to this position
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
“Sr. C# Developer – AVP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
Department Overview:
Fixed Income Technology is responsible for the development and support of all front, middle and back office applications and systems that are used to support Fixed Income business globally. Systems supported are a combination of In-house development and vendor applications, using a variety of technologies. The Fixed Income team is comprised of over 200 staff in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.
The Fixed Income business aims to be one of the leading liquidity providers in the derivatives and the Government bond markets, and to offer an integrated sales, trading and research service to the client base comprising investor business, corporates, financial institutions and hedge funds. The product offering includes Government Bonds, interest rate swaps, basis swaps, interest rate options & swaptions, FRAs and caps / floors.
Main Function: Designing and developing the front office trade store, associated feeds, and position management system, building on a newly developed .Net trade and position server framework. Troubleshooting of production issues where necessary.
Main Duties:
- Liaise with business users and other development groups to gather ongoing requirements.
- Take responsibility for projects to meet these ongoing requirements
- Apply design and system architecture skills to ensure continual increase in performance and stability of the core system
- Produce documented and tested software for delivery to production.
- Participate in design and code reviews
Experience Required:
Working on the design and architecture of a large distributed system
Unit testing, system testing, performance testing
Production troubleshooting Work on a Fixed Income trading platform.
Experience working as a team lead.
C# Development
Ability to code business requirements into end to end solutions using C#
Experience of n-tier / component based development Database development experience using T-SQL and Oracle Database design including stored procedures, triggers, etc
Experience in complex and large stored procedures - being able to understand, code and improve it.
Performance tuning
Data migration
OO Design.
Skills Required:
C#, SQL, System design and architecture, Understanding of design patterns and data structures, XML and associated tools and utilities, C++, VB, Bonds and Swaps, Talarian/ TIBCO, MS SQL Server, COM+
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
Fixed Income Technology is responsible for the development and support of all front, middle and back office applications and systems that are used to support Fixed Income business globally. Systems supported are a combination of In-house development and vendor applications, using a variety of technologies. The Fixed Income team is comprised of over 200 staff in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.
The Fixed Income business aims to be one of the leading liquidity providers in the derivatives and the Government bond markets, and to offer an integrated sales, trading and research service to the client base comprising investor business, corporates, financial institutions and hedge funds. The product offering includes Government Bonds, interest rate swaps, basis swaps, interest rate options & swaptions, FRAs and caps / floors.
Main Function: Designing and developing the front office trade store, associated feeds, and position management system, building on a newly developed .Net trade and position server framework. Troubleshooting of production issues where necessary.
Main Duties:
- Liaise with business users and other development groups to gather ongoing requirements.
- Take responsibility for projects to meet these ongoing requirements
- Apply design and system architecture skills to ensure continual increase in performance and stability of the core system
- Produce documented and tested software for delivery to production.
- Participate in design and code reviews
Experience Required:
Working on the design and architecture of a large distributed system
Unit testing, system testing, performance testing
Production troubleshooting Work on a Fixed Income trading platform.
Experience working as a team lead.
C# Development
Ability to code business requirements into end to end solutions using C#
Experience of n-tier / component based development Database development experience using T-SQL and Oracle Database design including stored procedures, triggers, etc
Experience in complex and large stored procedures - being able to understand, code and improve it.
Performance tuning
Data migration
OO Design.
Skills Required:
C#, SQL, System design and architecture, Understanding of design patterns and data structures, XML and associated tools and utilities, C++, VB, Bonds and Swaps, Talarian/ TIBCO, MS SQL Server, COM+
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
“Development Manager - VP Level (BPM / BPMN with J2EE)" based in Manila with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
Role Description:
- The Development Manager BPM/BPMN is responsible for development, delivery and support of BPM (Business process Management) related projects for the Bank’s professional service center in Manila.
- The BPM IT product manager will head a BPM Development team, working closely with Business Analysts, users and other business process authors in the Finance domain to assist in the configuration and development of BPM applications for the Bank.
- Ensures that sound development, documentation and testing techniques are implemented to turn “as-is” or “to-be” processes from BPMN notation into a solid working application.
- Responsible for coordinating and working with resources from Finance and IT project teams (development, data modeling, database administration) in developing BPM applications
- Works with Application Architect and Information Architect to develop solutions that advance best practices within enterprise architecture type frameworks.
- Handles multiple project assignments, manage and negotiate work load with delivery leads, escalate issues as necessary, and possess excellent leadership and communication skills.
Experience:
- 12+ years IT development and management experience
- Job progression should include hands on development experience, development team leader, architecture and group management
- Investment Banking experience is a MUST
- Must be able to demonstrate complex project delivery
- International management experience e.g. must have worked outside of the Philippines for multi-national organization
Management:
- Team and group management
- People skills
- Large priorities management experience e.g. multi reporting lines, conflicting priorities etc.
- Must be self-starter and able to motivate the team i.e. “can do”-attitude
- Takes responsibility for actions and leads by example
Technical:
- Developer experience i.e. must have been hands on developer and understand the software development life cycle
- Corporate development managing outsource vendors does not qualify
- 5+ years of Java and J2EE experience (must be up to date with currents standards but may not be an active developer)
- Experience in Oracle, Application servers, ETL / integration tool sets and BPM tooling
- BPM development and implementation experience (any vendor package)
The ideal candidate would come from IB background, undertaking hand development and demonstrate job progression from developer, development team lead to manager with architecture role. This should be coupled with business understanding, strong interest in the technology and a focus on delivery.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your contact details / updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com & let us initiate the discussion.
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
- The Development Manager BPM/BPMN is responsible for development, delivery and support of BPM (Business process Management) related projects for the Bank’s professional service center in Manila.
- The BPM IT product manager will head a BPM Development team, working closely with Business Analysts, users and other business process authors in the Finance domain to assist in the configuration and development of BPM applications for the Bank.
- Ensures that sound development, documentation and testing techniques are implemented to turn “as-is” or “to-be” processes from BPMN notation into a solid working application.
- Responsible for coordinating and working with resources from Finance and IT project teams (development, data modeling, database administration) in developing BPM applications
- Works with Application Architect and Information Architect to develop solutions that advance best practices within enterprise architecture type frameworks.
- Handles multiple project assignments, manage and negotiate work load with delivery leads, escalate issues as necessary, and possess excellent leadership and communication skills.
Experience:
- 12+ years IT development and management experience
- Job progression should include hands on development experience, development team leader, architecture and group management
- Investment Banking experience is a MUST
- Must be able to demonstrate complex project delivery
- International management experience e.g. must have worked outside of the Philippines for multi-national organization
Management:
- Team and group management
- People skills
- Large priorities management experience e.g. multi reporting lines, conflicting priorities etc.
- Must be self-starter and able to motivate the team i.e. “can do”-attitude
- Takes responsibility for actions and leads by example
Technical:
- Developer experience i.e. must have been hands on developer and understand the software development life cycle
- Corporate development managing outsource vendors does not qualify
- 5+ years of Java and J2EE experience (must be up to date with currents standards but may not be an active developer)
- Experience in Oracle, Application servers, ETL / integration tool sets and BPM tooling
- BPM development and implementation experience (any vendor package)
The ideal candidate would come from IB background, undertaking hand development and demonstrate job progression from developer, development team lead to manager with architecture role. This should be coupled with business understanding, strong interest in the technology and a focus on delivery.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your contact details / updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com & let us initiate the discussion.
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
"C++ Developer (FX eComm & Cash) - AVP Level" based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
Department Overview:
FX Development is composed of approximately 80 people. The team is composed of Java Swing developers, C++ on Linux developers, FX Options pricing specialists, project managers, programme managers and system testers.
The development is split up into two main workstreams, namely FX Cash eCommerce and FX Options eCommerce. The development resources are organised into a pool of developers. A developer is likely to work on a mixture of FX Cash and FX Options projects throughout their career in the team.
Main Function:
- Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Deployment
- Would be expected to carry out all steps of the development lifecycle to deliver new versions of FX Cash and FX Options, namely:
- Working with business analysts and project managers to understand the requirements
- Analysing those requirements to find the most appropriate technical solution for incorporating them into FX and creating a technical specification where needed
- Developing those requirements
- Unit / system / regression / performance testing those requirements
- Reviewing code produced by others
- Working with the business representatives during the UAT stage
- Supporting the implementation of each new code release
Essential Skills:
C++: Must have extensive experience of writing multithreaded server applications on Linix/Solaris.
SQL : Must have experience of using SQL, and ability to write stored procedures, triggers.
Have worked on multi-tier enterprise systems which have a high frequency messaging element between severs and server to GUI.
Middleware : Must have experience of using middleware messaging components such as Tibco, Talarian, Solace or MQ.
Preferred Skills:
C++ on Windows
FIX Protocol: Experience in high performance and highly scalable real-time FIX Protocol implementations.
Person Requirements
- Able to deliver good quality accurate solutions to tight time-scales
- Must be able to multi-task efficiently
- Must be comfortable with changing priorities and requirements, often late-on in the development cycle
- Overall should be confident, enthusiastic and proactive.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with other development team members, other project members, other managers and users, gauging the level of technical knowledge of the audience in these communications
- Must be able to participate in technical discussions within the development team, communicating any issues that have a project-wide scope to the necessary level.
- Must be able to participate in a culture of “knowledge sharing” within the development team.
- Must be self-motivated, setting a high level of professionalism and excellence
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
FX Development is composed of approximately 80 people. The team is composed of Java Swing developers, C++ on Linux developers, FX Options pricing specialists, project managers, programme managers and system testers.
The development is split up into two main workstreams, namely FX Cash eCommerce and FX Options eCommerce. The development resources are organised into a pool of developers. A developer is likely to work on a mixture of FX Cash and FX Options projects throughout their career in the team.
Main Function:
- Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Deployment
- Would be expected to carry out all steps of the development lifecycle to deliver new versions of FX Cash and FX Options, namely:
- Working with business analysts and project managers to understand the requirements
- Analysing those requirements to find the most appropriate technical solution for incorporating them into FX and creating a technical specification where needed
- Developing those requirements
- Unit / system / regression / performance testing those requirements
- Reviewing code produced by others
- Working with the business representatives during the UAT stage
- Supporting the implementation of each new code release
Essential Skills:
C++: Must have extensive experience of writing multithreaded server applications on Linix/Solaris.
SQL : Must have experience of using SQL, and ability to write stored procedures, triggers.
Have worked on multi-tier enterprise systems which have a high frequency messaging element between severs and server to GUI.
Middleware : Must have experience of using middleware messaging components such as Tibco, Talarian, Solace or MQ.
Preferred Skills:
C++ on Windows
FIX Protocol: Experience in high performance and highly scalable real-time FIX Protocol implementations.
Person Requirements
- Able to deliver good quality accurate solutions to tight time-scales
- Must be able to multi-task efficiently
- Must be comfortable with changing priorities and requirements, often late-on in the development cycle
- Overall should be confident, enthusiastic and proactive.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with other development team members, other project members, other managers and users, gauging the level of technical knowledge of the audience in these communications
- Must be able to participate in technical discussions within the development team, communicating any issues that have a project-wide scope to the necessary level.
- Must be able to participate in a culture of “knowledge sharing” within the development team.
- Must be self-motivated, setting a high level of professionalism and excellence
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
Friday, September 18, 2009
“Sr. Test Manager – VP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
ConnectedGroup, established in 1997, is a dynamic, independent and progressive consultancy providing executive search solutions to clients across Asia.
** Experience working in an Investment Bank is a must for this requirement **
Job Description - Sr. Test Manager – VP Level:
Main Function:
- Delivering test projects against functionality, schedule, cost and quality.
- People management of Testers and Test Managers.
- First level of escalation on projects managed by direct reports.
- Providing strategic direction and initiatives within testing domain.
- Recruitment and resource allocation.
Main Duties:
- Deliver testing functionality requested by the Business Sponsor.
This includes: - Liaison with the end customer during the requirements gathering and analysis phase. This may entail significant periods of travel
- Documenting the applications to the standards of the division
- Design of solution
- Estimation of effort, schedule and cost of the solution
- Test summary and defect report creation and dissemination
- Oversight to the department team during analysis, design, execution and delivery of the solution
- Assignment of test activities
- Verification of the solution
This is a hands on role and includes the following planning and tracking: Change requests, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, People, Communications, Project Risks
Line management of ~15 Test Analysts.
Lead Strategic Test Centre initiatives and competency development.
Provide proactive involvement with:
- Improving the Investment Banking capability of the division through coaching, mentoring and training
- Improving the testing capability of the division.
- Improving the defined Software Engineering Processes via the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG)
Experience/Skills Required:
- ISEB Foundation Certification in Software Testing (or equivalent)
- A minimum of 12 years of experience in software engineering or related areas
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in successfully managing projects
- Experience of running a sizeable test team (30+)
- Experience working in an Investment Bank
- Experience across different types of testing e.g. Automation, Performance and Usability
- Experience with demanding customers in a time-pressured environment
- Experience of working in a global organization
- In depth knowledge of and proven track record in software testing lifecycle
- Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office trading concepts
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model, (CMM)
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model Integrated, (CMMI)
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
** Experience working in an Investment Bank is a must for this requirement **
Job Description - Sr. Test Manager – VP Level:
Main Function:
- Delivering test projects against functionality, schedule, cost and quality.
- People management of Testers and Test Managers.
- First level of escalation on projects managed by direct reports.
- Providing strategic direction and initiatives within testing domain.
- Recruitment and resource allocation.
Main Duties:
- Deliver testing functionality requested by the Business Sponsor.
This includes: - Liaison with the end customer during the requirements gathering and analysis phase. This may entail significant periods of travel
- Documenting the applications to the standards of the division
- Design of solution
- Estimation of effort, schedule and cost of the solution
- Test summary and defect report creation and dissemination
- Oversight to the department team during analysis, design, execution and delivery of the solution
- Assignment of test activities
- Verification of the solution
This is a hands on role and includes the following planning and tracking: Change requests, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, People, Communications, Project Risks
Line management of ~15 Test Analysts.
Lead Strategic Test Centre initiatives and competency development.
Provide proactive involvement with:
- Improving the Investment Banking capability of the division through coaching, mentoring and training
- Improving the testing capability of the division.
- Improving the defined Software Engineering Processes via the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG)
Experience/Skills Required:
- ISEB Foundation Certification in Software Testing (or equivalent)
- A minimum of 12 years of experience in software engineering or related areas
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in successfully managing projects
- Experience of running a sizeable test team (30+)
- Experience working in an Investment Bank
- Experience across different types of testing e.g. Automation, Performance and Usability
- Experience with demanding customers in a time-pressured environment
- Experience of working in a global organization
- In depth knowledge of and proven track record in software testing lifecycle
- Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office trading concepts
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model, (CMM)
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model Integrated, (CMMI)
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply.
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
“Test Manager – AVP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position
ConnectedGroup, established in 1997, is a dynamic, independent and progressive consultancy providing executive search solutions to clients across Asia.
** Experience working in an Investment Bank is a must for this requirement **
ConnectedGroup, established in 1997, is a dynamic, independent and progressive consultancy providing executive search solutions to clients across Asia.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 9+yrs of total experience working in Testing
- 4+ years of experience in successfully managing projects in an investment bank
- Strong experience in different types of testing e.g. Automation, Performance and Usability
- Strong experience in test strategy
- Experience in handling multiple projects & testing teams
- In depth knowledge of and proven track record in software testing lifecycle
- Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within cost
- ISEB Foundation Certification in Software Testing (or equivalent)
- Knowledge of and proven track record in Investment Banking domain are desirable
- Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office trading concepts
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model, (CMM)
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model Integrated, (CMMI)
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and ability to tailor communications to the appropriate level for the audience
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
** Experience working in an Investment Bank is a must for this requirement **
ConnectedGroup, established in 1997, is a dynamic, independent and progressive consultancy providing executive search solutions to clients across Asia.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 9+yrs of total experience working in Testing
- 4+ years of experience in successfully managing projects in an investment bank
- Strong experience in different types of testing e.g. Automation, Performance and Usability
- Strong experience in test strategy
- Experience in handling multiple projects & testing teams
- In depth knowledge of and proven track record in software testing lifecycle
- Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within cost
- ISEB Foundation Certification in Software Testing (or equivalent)
- Knowledge of and proven track record in Investment Banking domain are desirable
- Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office trading concepts
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model, (CMM)
- Knowledge of SEI Capability Maturity Model Integrated, (CMMI)
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and ability to tailor communications to the appropriate level for the audience
Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply
If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com
Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role.
Regards,
Srini.
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