Test Coordinator

Job Title: Test Coordinator

Location: Buffalo , NY (Hybrid)

Duration: 6+ Months

Job Description:

• Develop and implement test plans that include both functional and non-functional testing.
• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases.
• Identify and analyze software defects and work with the development team to resolve them.
• Coordinate testing efforts across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Work with project managers to ensure testing activities are included in project timelines and budgets.
• Prepare reports on testing activities, including test results and defect metrics.
• Develop and maintain test environments that mimic production environments.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, tools, and techniques for software testing.

Mandatory Skills:

• Lead and direct high priority projects impacting three or more businesses or functions, or complex projects affective multiple businesses or functional areas, often requiring considerable resources and high levels of functional integration from initiation to close. Ensure familiarity with scope and project objectives and establish clear roles and responsibilities for project team members. Projects may be of a technical and/or non-technical nature.
• Develop Project Plan, forecast and schedule. Work with stakeholders to record detailed project requirements, constraints and assumptions to establish project deliverables, using requirement-gathering techniques (e.g. planning sessions, brainstorming, focus groups) and the project charter.
• Ensure plans for assigned projects include work breakdown, project organization chart, cost/budget and communication, risk, quality and resource plans.
• Communicate project plans to affected parties to ensure a common understanding, set expectations and align stakeholders and project team members.
• Ensure execution of tasks defined in the project plan to achieve the project goals. Execute all parts of the project plan and manage the budget/forecast. Monitor and control project work including change controls.
• Measure project performance utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress; identify and quantify variances, complete any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders.
• Implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate project risk events.
• Improve project team performance by building team cohesiveness, leading, mentoring, training and motivating to facilitate cooperation, ensure project efficiency and boost morale.
• Must be familiar with system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and responsibility of each team member, to effectively coordinate team activities.
• Understand and adhere to the Company s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Desired/Secondary Skills:

• Manages high priority projects affecting three or more businesses or functional areas, or complex projects affecting multiple businesses or functional areas.
• Manages changes to project scope, schedule and costs using appropriate verification techniques to keep the project plan accurate, updated, reflective of authorized project changes as defined in the change management plan, and facilitate customer acceptance.

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