Senior Test Manager – Retail Banking

Greenstart Management is Hiring for IT Services (Qatar) Test Manager – Retail Banking

Domain:
Retail & Islamic Banking

We are looking for an experienced Test Manager to lead quality engineering and testing across large-scale banking transformation programs for a leading retail bank in the Middle East.

• More than 12 years of software testing and quality engineering experience.
• Strong record of managing large banking programmes and distributed teams.
• Experience controlling testing across multiple vendors, platforms and delivery partners.
• Deep knowledge of structured testing methods, governance, assurance and quality gates.
• Core banking systems.
• Islamic banking principles and products.
• Retail, corporate, SME and wealth banking.
• Digital and branch channels.
• Cards, merchant services and payment platforms.
• Trade finance and treasury services.
• Strong command of Agile, Dev Sec Ops  and continuous delivery practices.
• AI proficiency, with the judgement to apply AI to test design, automation, defect analysis, data validation and reporting where measurable return on investment exists.
• Strong stakeholder, supplier and executive communication skills.

• Own the test strategy, governance framework and delivery plan across the assigned programme portfolio.
• Lead end-to-end testing across core banking, Islamic products, channels, cards, payments and supporting systems.
• Establish clear entry and exit criteria, quality gates, traceability and risk-based test coverage.
• Coordinate business teams, technology teams, vendors and system integrators.
• Drive automation and continuous testing within Agile and Dev Sec Ops  delivery pipelines.
• Govern defects, dependencies, risks and remediation through to closure.
• Provide clear quality, risk and readiness reporting to programme and executive leadership.
• Introduce AI-supported testing only where it improves quality, speed, coverage or cost with clear controls and measurable returns.
• Maintain compliance with security, regulatory, Sharia, audit and operational-resilience requirements.
• Build internal quality engineering capability and reduce long-term dependence on external vendors.

The ideal candidate will have managed testing within a large bank or financial institution undergoing core, digital or enterprise transformation. Experience in Islamic banking and the Middle East is required. The person must combine firm programme control with the ability to work across business, technology and vendor teams.