Lead Testing Services Consultant

Location: Milano, Trieste, Pistoia

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

WHAT MAKES US, US  

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! 

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

If you like what we’re saying, keep reading! 

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT FOR US

For Testing Services department, we are hiring a Lead Testing Services Consultant who is a highly skilled professional in areas of testing engineering, consulting, and operation of SaaS solutions with fucus on continuous testing, efficiency, test automation and innovations to ensure reliable service delivery to SimCorp clients.

You will have a great opportunity to use your test expertise to contribute globally to delivery, development and optimization of our services (Continuous Testing and Conventional Upgrade).

To be effective in this role, the Lead Testing Services Consultant should possess leadership skills, encourage and promote continuous learning and improvement practices based on Agile & Lean methodology and DevOps practices, employ creative and innovative approaches in testing with AI applications, and collaborate with local and global teams within SimCorp.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Lead testing activities for implementation or upgrade projects, ensuring effective planning, execution, and reporting at the team level.
• Work with clients to coordinate test cycles, align expectations, and drive success in project delivery.
• Perform in‑depth test analysis and design, ensuring coverage for complex business workflows.
• Lead cross‑unit collaboration at SimCorp to reduce delivery dependencies and resolve impediments.
• Own deviation management from identification through closure, ensuring high quality of defect reporting.
• Lead regular client meetings, guiding them through the full testing lifecycle.
• Mentor team members, contribute to CoPs, and support continuous development of capability across teams.
• Drive knowledge transfer activities, structured training, and cross-team collaboration.

WHAT WE VALUE

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest:

• Solid understanding of enterprise-level software delivery, SDLC & STLC, and testing quality governance.
• 5+ years of experience in testing, business analysis, or consulting roles on complex/financial systems.
• Extensive experience applying Agile frameworks at a project team level.
• Experience working in the financial domain, including delivery of testing or consulting activities for financial institutions or enterprise financial platforms.
• Experience of working with SimCorp Dimension is highly beneficial.
• Experience coordinating testing activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to support and promote automation, efficiency and adoption of AI strategy within the team.
• Proficient SQL and data analysis expertise.
• ISTQB or other relevant qualifications.
• Upper‑intermediate English or above.
• Methodological approach and a solution-focused attitude
• Ability to work with minimal supervision as well as in cross-functional teams
• Leadership skills
• Communications and Stakeholder Management
• Good at keeping deadlines and work within a tight time schedule
• Self-motivation and commitment to fulfill commitments
• Capable of working on one's own, persistent, and adept at acquiring new knowledge quickly

BENEFITS

Attractive salary and bonus scheme are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an work & private life balance. We also practice a tailored approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

NEXT STEPS:

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

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