Manager, Software Engineering (SDET) QA - Java

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Manager, Software Engineering (SDET) QA - Java

Overview
The Decision Management team is looking for a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test to drive our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about software development and testing, highly motivated, intellectually curious, and analytical, and possesses an ability to drive and improve test strategy for our Feature teams.

Major Accountabilities:
• Establish & monitor objectives for the department and staff members to align with department strategies and objectives.
• Successfully lead definition, development and delivery of major cross-department initiatives with broad scope and long-term business implications. Partner with business to identify innovative solutions and drive strategic decisions.
• Develop business case in alignment with the MasterCard objectives. Actively look for opportunities for Innovation and creative problem solving. Make presentations to the Senior Management, Business Owners and other Stakeholders and help them in decision making process.
• Provide recommendation to Senior Management on selection of technologies and strategic technical direction for the department.
• Lead implementation of processes and supporting tools per the evolving needs of the organization. Identifying process gaps, provide estimates for business solutions, define the initial scope/requirements of the project and manage the scope during the lifecycle of the project.
• Plan overall project scope as well as define scope for each phase and iteration to meet business needs/time-to-market needs.
• Ensure the project or effort is adequately staffed; trained and managed. Ensure personnel have appropriate skills and behaviors; and effectively communicate performance results; as necessary, managing each effort within approved manpower and budget guidelines.
• Perform strategic planning; financial planning; administration and management of department.
• Play a crucial part in a technical test lead role to help drive Quality and to build and implement test approaches, automation improvements and monitoring earlier in the development cycle.
• Collaborate closely with our development teams to enhance our existing software development processes.
• Partner with developers to improve and automate test and release processes.
• Help make Quality as an integral part of the development process.

All About You
• Have advanced experience in core Java programming and the ability to provide technical leadership to senior members of the staff
• Have knowledge and skills in test fundamentals and methodologies, ideally ISTQB or ASTQB-qualified
• Be experienced in working with other developers to ensure that systems are designed for
• reliability, performance and testability.
• Have the ability to create acceptance and integration automation tests, integrate with Continuous integration DevOps CI/CD (Jenkins/Bamboo) and code coverage tools (Sonar).
• Be skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly

Knowledge / Experience:
• Budget and Resource Management experience
• Experience including management experience with multiple diverse teams and experience conducting formal performance reviews
• Managing financials for multiple projects and programs.
• Advanced knowledge of Project Management, Strategic Planning, some finance experience and related curriculum.
• Understanding of and advanced experience with Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies. Experience with five to eight years of methodology is highly desirable.

Skills/ Abilities:
• Ability and knowledge to assist in policy development and establish plans.
• Management skills to coach other co-workers utilizing strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Requires ability to provide overall business or technical project planning for product enhancements.

Pay Ranges
Vancouver, Canada: $122,000.00 - $195,000.00 CAD Annual

Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.