Guidewire Test Manager (Hybrid) Horsham, England
Job description
The Company
RSA is a multinational personal and commercial insurer operating across the UK, Ireland, and continental Europe.
As one of the world’s longest standing general insurers, we’ve learned a thing or two about the value of insurance to our customers. We combine our skills, knowledge and experience to deliver solutions for customers via direct channels, broker relationships and partner organisations.
We have significant businesses in the UK and Ireland where the RSA brand is joined by retail brands MORE THAN and 123.ie while RSA Luxembourg serves brokers and customers in Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands.
RSA employs over 5,500 people and in 2021, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intact Financial Corporation (TSX:IFC), the largest general insurer in Canada and leading provider of global specialty insurance.
Your Role
The purpose of this role is to create and implement the Test Strategy, in line with the RSA UK testing framework and controls. Ensuring the strategy delivers the testing outcomes to meet the CIO delivery goals. You will be responsible for the test team and partner resources, and accountable for evaluating and reporting clear, concise and timely test metrics & dashboards to ensure the Head of Test, the Head of Portfolio Delivery, and plus the wider delivery team are informed of progress and key risks that may impact, time, budget and quality.
- Work with senior business and technology stakeholders to define the test strategy and methodologies to deliver business outcomes in line with RSA testing framework and standards.
- Building up, developing and coaching the Testing Team to enable delivery against business targets and customer requirements.
- Identify and resolve the project testing risks, ensuring clear and concise mitigation plans are agreed and progressed.
- Assure 3rd party outcomes adhere to the RSA test framework and are in line with contract criteria.
- Implements the test data and tooling & virtualisation strategy, ensuring risks, issues deviation is captured, monitored, and mitigated.
About You
- Background as a Test Manager, implementing and maintaining test frameworks, data strategies and test automation roadmaps.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of different Model Based Testing techniques.
- Experience of identifying the appropriate techniques, tools, and guidelines to implement the required tests.
- Knowledge of test automation tools and frameworks such as Cucumber, Gherkin, Ruby, Selenium.
- Good understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile.
About Us
A welcoming, diverse, and inclusive culture is an important element for RSA in our best-in-class ambition. RSA thrives when everyone feels comfortable bringing their best self to work. We have a diverse mix of customers and we want our employee base to reflect that. We celebrate difference, whilst striving to create an environment where colleagues feel respected and valued for their unique potential.
Our commitment to diversity is sincere, continually growing and led right from the top.
RSA takes pride in being accessible to all. We welcome applications regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, or social class. We encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves and harness the power of our diversity.
If you require flexibility in when, where, or how you work, we’d love to hear from you. We also want to ensure that you are supported throughout the application process to enable you to be at your best. If you require adjustments during your application process, please flag this on your application form.
Our Values:
Integrity - Be honest, open and fair. Set high standards. Stand up for what is right.
Respect - Be kind. See diversity as a strength. Be inclusive and collaborate
Customer Driven - Listen to our customers. Make it easy, find solutions. Deliver second-to-none experiences.
Excellence - Act with discipline and drive to outperform. Embrace change, improve every day. Celebrate success yet remain humble.
Generosity - Help others. Protect the environment. Make our communities more resilient.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus
