Technical Project Manager & Automation Tester

About the role

The primary responsibility of Technical Project Manager is the overall technology delivery of the Product and Manage Application(s) lifecycle of applications. Together with other team-members like Engineering leads, Product Owners, plan the project timeline, assess risk, prioritize technical tasks and plan milestones and delivery of project.

The responsibility could span multiple products and would require collaboration across various global teams with a mix of both internal and external members.

We’re looking for potential team members who …

• Have strong fundamentals with in-depth knowledge of core technologies, Deployment models, different environments such as Dev, QA, Non-Prod and Production.
• Have a strong understanding of software development process and various Testing Methodologies and Testing platforms.
•  Have extensive experience working in agile cross-functional and continuous delivery teams and in-sprint Automation.
• Are data driven and pragmatic problem solvers with an eye for business who capable in creating order out of uncertainty and think strategically about tough trade-offs.
• Have a resilient personality, comfortable with change and able to get over setbacks and motivate peers to do the same.
• Can listen, comprehend the vision, challenge requirements and work out a realistic design.

About the Team

Our team is the global L&H Reinsurance Engineering team, responsible for the technical Architecture and Engineering of IT solutions for Reinsurance business unit. The team members are passionate about technology with deep understanding of reinsurance business. We closely collaborate with other teams and colleagues around the globe to share knowledge and engineer solutions.

Growing experience will, over time, give you a broad view on Architecture & Engineering of a global reinsurer and enable you to have a comprehensive understanding, people and systems involved and how these systems shape business outcomes. This will allow you to build up an excellent foundation for a next career step in a role closer to the operational business activities in our global organization.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will possess …

• Over Ten years of experience in Technical Project Management with strong fundamentals on different deployment models, various environments such as Dev, Train/Test, Non-Prod with strong experience in Test Driven Development.
• At least Five years of experience in Automation Frameworks such as Selenium/Playwright and related technologies in an enterprise system.
• At least Five Years of experience in Release management and Agile squad/scrum management, defect management lifecycle.
• Responsible for maintaining agile boards, Epics, Story points, prioritization, ability to effectively run retrospective, backlog grooming and focus on agile metrics to drive efficiency of the teams to deliver business value.
• Substantial Technology background with experience in the delivering IT projects including cloud-native applications, operations and knowledge of state-of-the-art technology.
• Strong analytical skills, and seek problems in a structured way, joining your own creative ideas and those of others.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide programs, operating effectively across the organization and within complex contexts.

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 3,800] and [EUR 6,300] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:​

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, ​
• the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

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