Job Title: Business Design Specialist (Testing)
Department: Technology
Location: London, Liverpool, Glasgow
Contract Type: Permanent
Reporting to: Kirsty Freeman
The Role
A specialist role within the Technology department, combining knowledge of Testing and quality engineering. This role is a specialist working in a multi-disciplined team, alongside Business Design specialists in Architecture and Business analysis, delivering a unified business design capability.
The role is to ensure that quality is thought about and designed into the change processes from the start, to deliver the most effective change, optimizing business processes and proving quality and accuracy of delivery.
Outcomes of the Role
As a Design Specialist, you will provide depth of knowledge across testing, working closely with team members and other design specialisms. The unified Business Design Capability aims to cover Technical and Business design, and overall quality engineering (testing).
Your role encompasses several key responsibilities and areas of focus:
* Motivates and supports teams' members on testing activities for the overall product portfolio.
* Support a culture of high-performance business analysis & innovation.
* Partnering design specialists within the team to provide a holistic unified design team for product change.
* Identify opportunities for synergy, efficiency, and innovation.
* Support establishing Communities of Practise, focusing on testing practices, across all product portfolios.
* Join and support a culture of service excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
* Responsible for ensuring that the vision to be “the firm’s Technology partner - providing sustainable services that enable the business strategy” is delivered.
* Support and embed the Agile culture that helps to accelerate both the pace and value of the deliveries.
* Development of testing policy, testing capacity planning, and tooling.
* Working with other members of the department and business to ensure requirements are correctly documented.
* Formulation and implementation of Testing strategies / approaches.
* Able to apply a Risk-Based Testing approach.
* Resource management (allocation, monitoring, motivating, etc.) and test environment management.
* Preparation/review of test plans, scripts, and reports.
* Responsible for developing and improving the maturing of testing with Rathbones.
* Monitor testing maturity and produce associated reports.
* Working closely with the Product team as a subject matter expert.
* Monitor the market to gain knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies.
* Appreciate the needs of business users and help align IT services accordingly.
* Contribute to project plans for the implementation of upgrades and developments.
* Adhere to all Rathbone, IT department, and IT team policies and procedures.
* Undertake any other task as requested by the Team Manager or Team Lead.
Agile Methodologies:
* Implement agile methodologies to enhance flexibility, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
* Conduct regular stand-ups, retrospectives, and iterative planning sessions.
* Ensure that a consistent framework is in place to manage risks.
* Embed a strong risk culture.
* Ensure adherence to the risk management policy and procedures.
Professional Development
* Take responsibility for ensuring personal continuing professional development.
* Monitor, appraise, and meet the development & training needs of direct reports.
* Fully meet the requirements of Rathbones’ Competencies & Values.
Other
* Support the function budgetary process, headcount planning, & expenditure tracking.
* Contribute to the continuing development of Group Technology.
* Any other duties as required.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Demonstrable leadership and management of large teams.
* Detail-oriented, analytical, and problem-solving mindset.
* Ability to influence and collaborate with diverse personalities.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Proactive and self-motivated with a strong desire to learn.
* Acts with integrity.
* Strong understanding of wealth management products and regulatory requirements.
* Knowledge of Agile methodologies is a plus.
* Proven record of producing quality technical requirements and documentation.
Life at Rathbones
We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, working hard to build a diverse and inclusive workplace. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.
We are committed to building a diverse team and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
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