Senior Manager, QA Architect, Digital Banking

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:  Forbright is a nationwide full-service bank and commercial lender focused on helping to build a brighter future for our clients and the communities we serve. Forbright is committed to exceptional client service by providing seamless, innovative personal banking services to depositors and creative financing solutions to visionary middle market businesses and investors in healthcare, technology, financial services, real estate, and other industries.  COMPANY CULTURE:  We are a dynamic, high energy, fun, and fast-paced organization that has an exciting growth trajectory, meaningful mission, and embedded responsible practices into our daily interactions. We offer our team members a culture of collaboration, inclusion, flexibility, recognition, and giving back. We look to hire individuals that are passionate about our mission, and who are motivated, customer and results-oriented, innovative, adaptable, and thoughtful. COMPANY MISSION:  We are a mission-driven institution. We operate a sound dynamic institution that is well capitalized, liquid, profitable and uses best practices to manage risk and assure compliance with laws and regulations. We use Forbright’s capital, capabilities, innovation, and expertise to help our clients succeed and contribute broadly to building a brighter future. 
JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Manager, QA Architect, is responsible for assisting in test strategy, designing test cases, and performing manual and automated testing across the digital banking ecosystem. This role is a part of a team of quality assurance specialists and works closely with other departments, including Product, Operations, and Business Units, to ensure seamless quality of systems and processes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a key individual contributor to QA project teams 
• Ensure adherence to standard quality practices and processes 
• Conduct end-to-end testing to validate business, technical, and functional requirements 
• Design and execute manual and automated test scripts 
• Run automated tests, analyze the results, and troubleshoot any failures 
• Recommend, integrate, and optimize testing and AI tools and frameworks to support scalable and maintainable quality solutions into STLC 
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in technology, and recommend new technologies and solutions as appropriate 
• Ensure that projects are executed in compliance with all relevant regulations, standards, and policies 
• Support data management and ensures timely delivery of testing milestones 
• Identify and mitigates operational risks during system testing 
• Manages multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment 
• Provide status updates 
• Document and communicate risks associated with test strategies and plans 
• Work with offshore team 
• Perform other duties as assigned 

QUALIFICATIONS:

•  Bachelor's Degree required; Computer Science Degree preferred  
• Minimum of 8 years of QA/testing experience, including 4+ years specifically in test automation required 
• Proficient in C# with Selenium WebDriver for UI automation 
• Experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines 
• Strong understanding of API testing and tools (e.g., Postman, RestSharp, Swagger) 
• Knowledge of mobile automation for both iOS and Android platforms (Appium preferred) 
• Knowledge of performance testing tools like JMeter 
• Exposure to containerization tools (e.g., Docker) for test environments 
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including internal and external partners, maintaining ongoing communications and expectation alignment 
• Experience in the financial services industry, preferably in a bank or other financial institution 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)   
• Strong technical skills, with a deep understanding of technology systems and integration methodologies 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders 
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail    
• Outstanding problem-solving and time management skills 
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented  
• Adaptable and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment 
• Can work independently and within a team; solution-oriented with a collaborative approach 

The pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications and prior experience. $110,000 (entry level qualifications) to $135,000 (highly experienced).

POSITION REQUIREMENTS: We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are capable of p