Job Overview

The Automation QA Lead holds distinct accountability for quality delivery across Trade, Securities, Accounting, Corporate Actions application changes and initiatives. The role is responsible for defining test architecture, embedding quality into delivery execution, and ensuring stable, compliant, and audit-ready releases.

The role partners closely with Product, Business, Development, Operations, and vendor teams and serves as a functional quality escalation point.

Application Domain: Asset Servicing, Reconciliation, Asset Pricing, Trade life cycle, Corporate actions

Required Technical Skills

- Deep expertise in designing automation frameworks for Web, API, MQ, DB and mainframe systems
- Strong programming ability in TypeScript/JavaScript/Java, Python or similar languages with CI/CD integration
- Experience with containers, observability, test data, workplace lifecycle, performance and reliability testing
- Strong exposure to latest AI tools / technologies with exposure to agentic workflows

Roles Responsibilities

- Accountable for functional test delivery across Securities platforms including Post-Trade, Settlements, Custody, Reconciliation, and Payments.
- Responsible for defining Test architecture, including scope, approach, entry/exit criteria, regression strategy, and quality gates.
- Lead planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of functional and integration testing activities.
- Analyze business requirements, workflows, and dependencies to identify functional risks and coverage gaps.
- Accountable for functional defect triage, severity assessment, business impact articulation, and driving defects to resolution.
- Provide functional quality sign-off for releases, including clearly documented risks, constraints, and mitigation plans.
- Oversee end-to-end business flow validation across upstream and downstream systems.
- Act as an escalation point for functional quality risks, delivery issues, and readiness concerns.
- Drive consistent status reporting,



RAID management, readiness reviews, and stakeholder communications.
- Mentor and guide QA team members, ensuring adherence to functional testing standards, practices, and delivery discipline.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on test effectiveness, consistency, and functional coverage maturity.

Required Knowledge

- Strong understanding of Asset Servicing domains, particularly Post-Trade processing like settlements.
- In-depth knowledge of functional testing, integration testing, regression strategy, and release readiness practices.
- Familiarity with complex enterprise platforms supporting Capital Markets processing (BaNCS or similar).
- Understanding of interface concepts including APIs, file-based integrations, and messaging (SWIFT preferred).
- Knowledge of QA governance, audit readiness, and risk-based testing methodologies.

Required Skills

- Proven experience owning functional QA delivery for complex, multi-system platforms.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess functional impacts and testing risks.
- Excellent defect management, stakeholder communication, and influence skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, risks, and delivery timelines concurrently.
- Exposure to hybrid QA models and automation impact analysis (hands-on automation not mandatory).

Qualifications Skills

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 13+ years of experience in QA / Testing, preferably within Asset Servicing.
- Demonstrated leadership through ownership, accountability, and decision-making (Lead IC role).
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams.
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and quality-driven mindset with strong execution focus.

Shift: EMEA: 12:30pm to 9:30pm IST

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