City : Montreal

Category : Regular Full-time

Industry : Finance

Employer : National Bank

National Bank of Canada is pursuing the most important technological upgrade in its history. We are reviewing our systems and processes in order to simplify them and further align them with the needs of our customers.

Join the team responsible for ensuring that the organization's master customer data meets the needs of the bank, now and in the future. Supporting one of the pillars of our digital transformation while ensuring we have a positive impact on our customers. Join us and work in a multidisciplinary team that manages and delivers technology projects related to the management of shared data across the organization.

• Do you love technology?

• Do you love working on concrete projects? Are you naturally curious and love to challenge existing ideas?

• If you are a passionate person with contagious energy, show initiative and like to work in a team, we invite you to read the following!

Your main challenges:

• Develop a deep understanding of the business needs, specifications, issues, risks, context and technological components of the initiative

• Produce test strategies and ensure the planning and global integration of testing activities as part of technological solution implementation projects (in both a Waterfall and Agile model)

• Supervise and assist test workers (onsite / offshore), coordinate the activities of team members, act as a coach with resources in the control of quality activities

• Monitor and control quality activities and ensure compliance with established policies, standards and procedures

• Propose and influence the definition and evolution of team practices and processes

• Participate in the implementation of automation tool for regression tests and functional tests in a DevOps context

• Recommend the appropriate quality management tools

• Ensure the quality of deliverables and respect for deadlines

• Daily monitoring of quality activities including, among other things, the development of tests, the execution of tests and the management of defects

• Participate in the creation and execution of test cases if necessary

• Certify the conformity of the tests and the quality of the delivered solution.

• Make recommendations on the deployment of the solution in production

• Participate in the development of automation as well as capacity & performance (CPR) strategies

• Identify the risks associated with the quality activities implemented and propose mitigation plans

• Produce estimates for the implementation of quality activities

• Act as a quality management advisor to stakeholders in the same project

• Represent the project in various governance forums with various stakeholders

• Create and communicate status reports adapted to different audiences, reports which are complete and demonstrating high quality and mastery of the information

• Make sure to always deliver business value in a timely manner

• Promote appropriate solutions and make recommendations in order to remedy any situation that could hinder the smooth running of projects.

• Bachelor's degree related to the industry and six years of relevant experience or Master's degree related to the industry and four years of relevant experience
• CSTE and / or CSQA certification, and / or ISTQB, desirable
• Experience in test management (5 years)
• Experience in Agile project management (2 years)
• Experience in using tools like Jira, Xray, Jenkins
• Experience in test automation
• Knowledge of best practices in quality assurance and testing practices
• Knowledge of the DevOps development process and the principle of CI / CD (continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD))
• Experience in application development projects including a large number of technical integrations and interdependencies
• Knowledge of the concepts, technologies and solutions of a modern digital platform (Microservices, API, Real-time data flow, Orchestration, "Straight Through Processing", etc.) and of their application in the context of customer data management.
•  Experience in banking, desirable
• Ability to make links between the various stakeholders (Squad, other sectors of the NBC)
• Ability to communicate with all levels of management in a clear, concise and precise manner both verbally and in writing
• Bilingual (spoken / written) French and English.

The Bank has innovated by modernizing its performance evaluation system to better meet our clients’ evolving needs. From now on, the corporate values (expected behaviours) of partnership, agility and empowerment count as much as the business objectives.

Working at National Bank means having access to competitive working conditions, a wide range of employee benefits, a dynamic work environment and telemedicine services.

National Bank values all aspects of diversity and sees it as a tremendous source of wealth. We want to offer an open, respectful work environment where all employees can achieve their full potential. Senior management has made a concrete commitment to promote this value across all sectors of the organization.  We're committed to providing accommodations as needed and ensuring accessibility during the recruitment process and after hiring.  If you have any specific needs, please let us know during our initial conversation and we'll be happy to accommodate you.

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