National Grid is looking to solve the business problem of managing and leading the testing team and testing activities for the CIS Transformation program, ensuring the successful implementation of large, complex system implementations and providing innovative solutions for the program.
Requirements
- Expert level Project/Testing Management skills including ability to lead diverse group of individuals with strong technical and functional knowledge.
- Experience in working in the Utility (Gas/Electric) domain within a project setting.
- Functional knowledge of Meter to Cash life cycle (Meter, Billing, Service Orders, Finance, Retail Access, Interfaces) a plus.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, and familiarity with Agile testing practices for working in sprints.
- Knowledge of and ability to effectively use the appropriate modeling methodologies and toolsets, requirements management methodologies and toolsets, requirements visualization methods and toolsets, and artifact versioning tools.
- Experience managing performance testing and tools used for load and stress testing to ensure system reliability under various conditions (high volume) especially for API based interfaces.
- Strong understanding of risk management principles and the ability to identify, assess, and mitigate testing-related risks.
Responsibilities
- Organize and lead the Testing team and testing activities for the CIS Transformation program.
- Gather, prepare and document test scripts (both functional and non-functional) for all levels of testing, including but not limited to Unit, System Integration, Functional, End-to-End, Volume, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.
- Develop the testing strategy and plan thorough requirements for User Acceptance Testing.
- Identify potential solutions for the program and provide input to issues and/or risks.
- Lead the testing team members and other program resources to identify, collect and deliver key project milestones.
- Develop and implement a strategy for test automation to improve efficiency and coverage of testing activities.
- Create business and functional testing specifications for large, complex system implementations.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering or similar discipline; or equivalent work experience.
- Ability to work in a hybrid work structure, with flexibility to work remotely or from the office as needed.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work with Business clients, Integration partners and Government agencies.
- Ability to demonstrate clear capability to document the current vs future process flows.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented culture and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
