About Planit Planit specializes in digital quality, helping clients accelerate the delivery of high-quality software through comprehensive testing services and quality engineering solutions.Planit is a global leader in application testing and quality engineering, providing solutions that enable organizations to deliver high-quality systems, applications, and IT architecture. Planit is a proud NRI company and part of a global movement focused on delivering a sustainable and secure future through better Information Technology exchanges.With 1,800+ permanent employees across multiple continents, Planit has been recognized in Gartners Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services.

:We are looking for an experienced Functional Lead with 9+ years of overall experience with Banking domain expertise to lead test initiatives, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with client, product, and onshore/offshore teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end testing activities across banking applications, ensuring quality, coverage, and timely delivery.
- Define test strategies, test plans, test estimates, resource plans, and overall testing approach.
- Manage functional testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing, UAT, and production validation.
- Work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, business analysts, and project managers.
- Ensure strong understanding of banking processes such as retail banking, corporate banking, payments, loans, deposits, cards, and digital banking.
- Manage testing teams, allocate resources, track progress, and monitor key metrics such as test coverage, defect leakage, and defect closure.
- Oversee defect management, root cause analysis, risk assessment, and mitigation planning.
- Coordinate with multiple teams to resolve dependencies, manage escalations, and ensure release readiness.
- Drive test automation initiatives and continuous improvement in testing processes.




- Prepare and present test status reports, dashboards, risks, and quality metrics to senior management.
- Ensure compliance with banking security, audit, regulatory, and data privacy requirements.

Mandatory Skills

- 12+ years of experience in software testing, including significant experience in test management or test leadership.
- Strong hands-on experience in the banking domain.
- Proven experience managing large-scale testing projects and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, and defect management processes.
- Experience in test management tools such as Jira, Zephyr, HP ALM, or equivalent.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, planning, and leadership skills.
- Experience in test estimation, test metrics, risk management, and release management.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver testing milestones within agreed timelines.

What Planit Offers

- Long-term career opportunities in a global quality engineering organization
- Career coaching and professional development support
- Market-competitive salary and company benefits
- Paid overtime
- Paid training and professional certifications
- Free LinkedIn Learning licence
- Opportunities for permanent relocation to Australia, New Zealand, and the UK based on performance and potential
- Opportunities to work towards internationally recognized testing qualifications such as ISTQB
- Supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment
- Great team culture with excellent career growth opportunities

Our Culture Planit fosters a supportive, collaborative, and team-oriented culture where employees are encouraged to share ideas, develop their skills, and continuously improve.With a flat organizational structure and an approachable senior management team, employees have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution and have their ideas heard.

LocationPlanit JVP Soft Pvt. Ltd. First Floor, Plot No. 5, Software Units Layout, Madhapur Towards Inorbit Mall Road Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

Work Location: Hyderabad

📌 Functional Test Lead - Banking domian (Hyderabad)
🏢 Planit Testing India
📍 Hyderabad