Sr. Director, QE Transformation

Sr. Director, QE Transformation

Country: United States of America

Your Journey Starts Here:

Santander is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry. We believe that our employees are our greatest asset. Our focus is on fostering an enriching journey that empowers you to explore diverse career opportunities while nurturing your personal growth. We are committed to creating an environment where continuous learning and development are prioritized, enabling you to thrive both professionally and personally. Here, you will find ample opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented colleagues from around the world, sharing insights and driving innovation together. Join us at Santander, where you are supported by a culture of engagement and a commitment to your success.

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The Difference You Make:

Santander US is undertaking a bold digital transformation. In the second half of 2024, Santander launched a new national, digital offering in the United States under the Openbank brand.

Openbank operates with a technological platform designed in-house at Santander that provides secure, easy, and simple best-in-class customer experience by combining functionality and design. It also offers an intuitive user experience with fintech pricing and the trust of a global bank. Today, Openbank serves more than two million customers across Europe (Spain, Portugal, Germany, and the Netherlands), and has €18 billion in deposits, more than any other digital bank on the continent.

The rollout of Openbank in the US market marks the first time Santander combines all its core, award-winning proprietary technology to deliver an innovative and secure cloud-based banking platform. The Openbank launch will accelerate Santander US’ execution against its profitable growth strategy, generating deposits to fund its leading auto franchise.

The Sr. Director, Testing leads the Quality Assurance team for Santander US and is accountable for driving the transformation of the Testing organization aligned to the vision of Santander’s Openbank launch and future roadmap. The position is the owner of the QA Testing Program and is responsible for the continuous improvement of the QA Testing Program including, but not limited to, test automation, test strategy development, testing leadership, talent development, and testing tool usage. The role negotiates staffing and testing delivery budgets in the delivery of test planning, test preparation and test execution activities in adherence to standards for system testing. The incumbent is accountable for all phases of testing for a project or release including (but not limited to) system integration testing, business acceptance testing, performance testing and ADA testing. The role is responsible for incorporating industry leading concepts and practices to ensure the most efficient and effective program, such as AI-driven test generation, cross-platform testing, end-to-end testing, cross-device testing, and shift-left testing.

S/he ensures the effective coordination of test planning and support, with required partners in the Business, CIO group, Infrastructure etc. The position acts as an advisor to the CIO and business partners, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels including C-suite to guide and co-create new testing processes and procedures that enable the delivery of the CBB strategies. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, responsive and results orientated individual with exceptional technical skills, relationship development, communication skills, strong project, financial and management experience.

Job Description

• Designs, analyzes, and supports the company's information technology structure, systems, and processes.
• Acquires, designs, implements, and operates the company's information technology resources (e.g., computer hardware, operating systems, communications, software applications, data, databases, etc.). Deploys, acquires, maintains, and ensures security of information technology assets.
• Plans and tests processes to ensure compliance with system requirements, business objectives, security standards and other technical requirements.
• Designs, drives, and implements a Testing Strategy aligned to the Bank’s Digital Transformation priorities and objectives
• Accountable for the budget forecasting, tracking and realization of financial efficiencies for the Testing organization
• Manages and supports multiple CIO testing teams.
• Owns vendor management for testing services provided to the Bank
• Accountable for leading and delivering testing automation to drive speed to market