Test Manager - Life Insurance

Job Title: Test Manager / Test Coordinator ( Life Insurance)

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Brussels / Antwerp, Belgium

Language: Dutch / French

Job Description:

Profile: Test Manager/ Test Coordinator — Life

Purpose of the role

The Test Analyst is responsible for drafting, coordinating and executing a test plan, possibly together with other test analysts, to ensure thorough acceptance testing of new or modified programs/software. These acceptance tests ensure that the final production rollout of the new software is of high quality and error-free. Hands-on focus — not a test coordinator role.

Main responsibilities

Test plan creation

Define the scope of the test project

Perform risk analysis related to testing

Determine test strategy (stakeholders — who, test levels — when, quality attributes — what)

Define test clusters

Develop the test approach (RRBT: Risk Requirements Based Testing)

Specify test environment and infrastructure

Set up the test organisation

Create the test schedule

Validate acceptance criteria

Test preparation and analysis

Prepare test activities and analyses based on requirements and functional analysis

Execute tests, possibly together with testers from the operations organisation for system and acceptance tests

Perform (re)tests

Log defects

Check and analyse test results

Assess and report findings

Validate requirements and functional design

Create test cases, including test data and test scripts

Guide and support testers

Coordination of test execution

Track progress of the test plan

Explain test activities to testers and follow up on these activities

Ensure activities proceed according to agreed quality and quantity standards

Report on test progress, including coverage and defect counts

Profile

Languages

Dutch: native

French: good understanding required; speaking is a strong advantage

English: required (understand, speak, read, write)

Must have

A1 or university degree in Computer Science, or equivalent by experience in a similar role

Minimum 10 years’ experience as a test analyst on Mainframe environments

Experience with functional testing

Experience in the insurance sector, preferably in life insurance

Experience with a test management tool, preferably ZEPHYR

Experience with defect management tools, preferably JIRA

Strong communication skills

Experience working in an Agile environment

Proactive mindset

Commitment and engagement

Nice to have

Experience with TOSCA (test automation)

Experience with Enterprise Architect

Experience working in release processes and environments

Experience with output systems

Experience with archiving systems

Regards,

Sivaranjani