Alexander Ash are partnering with a leading markets firm undertaking a major transformation of its legacy Market Data infrastructure, a platform supporting thousands of mission-critical applications and workloads into a modern, cloud-native, performance-optimised environment with enhanced scalability and observability.
We are seeking an experienced Application Test Manager to lead all aspects of testing and quality assurance across this complex migration. You will play a key role in defining and executing the test strategy, ensuring each application transition meets stringent functional, performance, and operational readiness standards.
The ideal candidate will bring deep technical testing expertise within distributed, high-throughput systems, preferably in front-office, trading, or market data environments and a proven track record of establishing robust testing frameworks that drive delivery quality and production stability.
Experience Required:
* 10+ years’ experience in software testing, QA, or test management within financial services or large-scale technology environments
* Proven track record leading complex application migration or modernisation programmes
* Strong understanding of functional, regression, integration, and performance testing methodologies
* Hands-on experience with test governance, automation, and defect management (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
* Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience working with engineering, release, and programme teams
* Ability to provide data-driven readiness assessments and quality reporting
This is a 12-month contract based out of London or Dubai. If interested please email your CV to anushree.singh@alexanderash.com