Client & External Testing Coordination Support TestPlanning post trade Jira (f/m/x) Prague

On behalf of our client, an international financial service provider located in Prague, we are looking for an external resource with skills and abilities as stated below:

Client & External Testing Coordination Support Test Planning post trade custody settlement CSD Jira Dashboard (f/m/x) Prague

PROJECT:

(CORE Project - Client Testing Support)

Role title

External Client Testing Coordinator - CORE Project

Context

The CORE project is a major transformation initiative impacting post-trade services and client operating models. The program introduces changes to processes, systems, and external interactions that require structured end-to-end validation prior to activation.

Within CORE, the Client Testing stream ensures that internal teams, clients, and external counterparties can validate new or changed processes, connectivity, and operational scenarios ahead of go-live.

To reinforce this activity, we are seeking an external Client Testing Coordinator to support the planning, execution, and coordination of client and external testing activities within the program.

Key responsibilities

The external Consultant will support the Client Testing team in the following areas:

Client & External Testing Coordination

• Coordinate client and external testing activities across multiple markets, releases, or activation waves.
• Act as a central point of contact for external participants (eg clients, service providers, market infrastructures, vendors) during test preparation and execution phases.
• Support the organisation of guided simulations, bilateral and trilateral testing in alignment with end-to-end testing and migration activities.

Test Planning & Execution Support

• Support the preparation and maintenance of client testing plans, timelines, and test windows aligned with overall project release schedules.
• Assist in defining and validating test scope, scenarios, and entry/exit criteria for client-facing testing.
• Coordinate test readiness activities, including environment availability, prerequisites, and participant onboarding.

Documentation & Reporting

• Support the preparation, consolidation, and maintenance of client testing documentation, templates, and guidelines.
• Track testing progress, participant status, and execution outcomes.
• Consolidate defects, issues, and observations and ensure structured follow-up with relevant stakeholders.

Stakeholder & Governance Support

• Ensure close alignment with end-to-end testing, migration, operations, IT, and PMO teams.
• Contribute to testing governance forums and provide regular status updates.
• Identify and escalate risks, constraints, and dependencies impacting client testing delivery.

Required experience & skills

Mandatory

• Proven experience in test coordination within financial services, ideally in post-trade, custody, settlement, or asset servicing environments.
• Hands-on experience coordinating external or client testing involving multiple stakeholders and constrained timelines.
• Good understanding of end-to-end testing approaches within large transformation programs.
• Strong organisational, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multi-stream, multi-stakeholder project environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with CSDs, settlement platforms, or market infrastructure environments.
• Prior involvement in market migrations, regulatory change initiatives, or large-scale operating model transformations.
• Familiarity with testing tracking tools, dashboards, or Jira-based environments.
• Experience working with external vendors, service providers, or market infrastructures.

Deliverables

• Up-to-date client testing plans and coordination artefacts.
• Structured tracking of client participation, execution status, and results.
• Consolidated reporting on testing progress, risks, and issues.
• Support to the successful execution of CORE client testing phases.

Location & working mode

• Onsite/hybrid, depending on project needs.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across regions and time zones.

Language

• English required (spoken and written).

Additional information

• Start date of assignment: 01.04.2026 or 01.07.2026
• Initial contract duration: till 01.07.2027
• Degree of employment: Full-time
• Location: Prague (50 % remote)

Please let us know if this project is of interest to you and when you could be available. We are looking forward to your reply.

Best regards,

Andy

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