Senior Technical Program Manager (QA)

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Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success.

Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day.

And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives.

Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.

Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.

And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.

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In this role you will :

• Work closely with the E2E PMO and Platform Directors to lay out Automation Test Strategy
• Run E2E Testing PMO and manage E2E Testing processes spanning Fast Forward, Finance Modernization and other Finance initiatives
• Work with Product Program Manager and across the Technical Project Managers of Finance portfolio encompassing multiyear initiatives such as Fast Forward and Finance Modernization initiatives to develop a deep understanding of the products and features
• Ability to deliver in a Continuous Deployment (CD) and Continuous Integration (CI) environment
• Able to write test cases, runfunctional, automated, or performance tests, and managing defects
• Experience in unit testing, functional testing, system integration testing, regression testing, GUI testing, web service testing, and browser compatibility testing.
• Test Automation experience of functional, security and solution / system level tests
• Provides a portfolio level testing view across all products that shows progress of what has been committed on a pre-defined cadence
• Work with Product PMO and E2E Teams on testing roadmaps, deliverables and other required artifacts
• Define and manage how the teams should be operating to allow visibility into the delivery process
• Help Automate Test cases by leading conver
• Continued coaching for the teams on best practices around sizing, grooming, prioritization, dependency mapping, etc.
• Facilitate testing conversations / testing solutioning between teams and identify / close dependencies or linkages
• Co-Lead monthly product and tech syncs with leadership team, providing updates and escalating risks
• Trouble-shoot issues and surface up impediments with delivery
• Handle the Rally process (Capabilities, Features, User Stories, acceptance criteria process), request spaces, ensure consistency in set-up, enable necessary fields, and metrics dashboards

Qualifications :

• 7+ years of experience working as a Project Manager / Delivery Manager / Test Lead preferably working on complex, enterprise level platforms
• Deep experience with teams working in Agile, Test delivery and SAFe (Scaled Agile Frameworks) a plus
• Knowledge of Test Automation Tools such as Selenium, Junit, Jmeter, etc
• Strong attention to detail
• Loves working in an entrepreneurial environment that is lean, fast paced, and dynamic.
• A strong driver personality - constantly pushing toward clarity and delivery while balancing the need for great collaboration.
• Ability to lead through influence
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to quickly create relationships and build trust with internal and external collaborators.

Preferred Qualifications :

• In-depth knowledge and experience with Rally and Confluence
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical discipline
• Any of the following test certifications - QAI, ASQ, IIST, ISEB, ISTQB - are a plus.
• RTE and other Agile certifications a plus

Salary Range : $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include :

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities
30+ days ago