Manager Quality Assurance Job Listing at First Data in Omaha, NE

Finance

First Data is seeking a Test Manager to lead and manage testing efforts within their Testing Center of Excellence Organization. 

They will oversee a team of testers that develop and execute test plans and test scripts to ensure the delivery of quality software applications. 
Test may include either mainframe or distributed platforms, network, system, end to end, performance, automation, and security testing. 

Job Specific Responsibilities

This position requires that the successful candidate must be a lawful permanent resident or US Citizen.

Candidate Requirements

• Experience with IT Structured Software Testing, Testing Specialized, and Rational Tool Suite
  
  
• Ability to supervise staff and make personnel decisions
  
  
• Ability to articulate the company's business requirements and objectives regarding quality
  
  
• Ability to manage quality assurance and testing projects, schedules, tasks, and deliverables
  
  
• Ability to effectively communicate quality issues and recommendations to improve quality to senior level IT management
  
  
• Determine process and priorities based on the requirements of a situation
  
  
• Knowledge of quality assurance and testing processes and tools and industry standards on quality models
  
  
• Negotiate to resolve customer issues by seeking win-win solutions that add value to the customer
  
  
• Develop unique strategies to promote the effectiveness of the group
  
  
• Understand how the IT Group operates and how his/her role meets customer needs and creates value
  
  
• Identifies opportunities or problems and acts quickly and decisively to respond to the situation
  
  
• Takes initiative to work on challenging or 'stretch' work assignments
  
  
• A Bachelor of Science/Arts degree or equivalent with 8+ years of experience

Business Segment Overview

First Data’s Global Operations and Technology division closely integrates operations, technology and product development to make sure we have the right platforms in place today and into the future to meet the ever changing demands of our partners. With nearly 17,000 employees OT makes sure we offer the security, reliability, speed, and simplicity that our customers look for in a processing provider.

OT is a large organization touching nearly every aspect of First Data service delivery, including; product development; client project delivery; infrastructure operations; global service delivery; information services, strategic sourcing, and enterprise security, risk and compliance into a single end-to-end organization.

About

First Data is a leading provider of payment solutions for financial institutions and merchants around the world. With over 42 Billion merchant transactions annually and nearly 750 Million credit/debit cards on file, First Data powers the payments value chain in over 80 countries across the globe. We are proud of our extensive customer relationships supporting over 7,000 financial institutions and the largest merchant distribution network in the industry with over 1,200 partners servicing merchants large and small.

Our 25,000 employees are industry experts helping businesses simplify payment processing and improve the customer experience with our broad portfolio of solutions, including: Credit and Debit card issuing and acquiring, STAR® PIN-Debit Network, Point of Sale Terminals and deployment services via our subsidiary, TASQ Technology, Gift Card and Loyalty Solutions, TeleCheck® Electronic Check Acceptance Services, MoneyNetwork® Payroll Distribution, eCommerce and online banking solutions, world-class security services like our new TransArmorsm STAR® CertiflashSM Solutions, and more.

First Data. Beyond the Transaction.