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System Performance Testing Lead
| Company | State Street |
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| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $130000 – $212500 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
- Understanding of global portfolio management, trading and compliance, across asset classes
- Ability to write technical specifications which can be used by developers to produce solutions
- Experience in agile methodology and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Rally, RTC) preferred
- Risk management skills, especially those acquired at G-SIFI organizations and/or large public accounting firms
- Knowledge of key risk indicators, governance, oversight and escalation practices
- Strong execution management skills for delivery of programs and initiatives
- Ability to collaborate and work across multiple stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Managing a global project team of functional and automated testers who design, plan, and execute system performance testing for all in scope workflows, data, and architecture, while maintaining and enforcing global standards
- Developing and managing a playbook for automated test strategies and scripts across State Street and client systems
- Interpreting and responding to system performance data; assisting in adjusting architectures to tune various systems
- Managing creation and delivery of internal and client facing documents (client proposals, playbooks, test automation, test plans)
- Building, navigating, and managing complex relationships and expectations with both internal and client stakeholders
- Participating in various stages of the transformation lifecycle to strengthen testing processes, procedures, and standards
- Managing delivery through the extensive use of vendor partners; maintaining deliverable quality, timeliness, and execution within program budgets
- Providing regular status updates and supporting program reports as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in agile methodology and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Rally, RTC) preferred
- Electronic trading platforms experience is useful but not essential
- Experience in portfolio management theory and application is useful but not essential
- 5+ experience directly engaging clients at senior levels of their organizations
