Test Manager

SiriusPoint•New York, NY

2d•$950 - $1,200

About The Position

SiriusPoint is seeking a Test Manager for its Ceded Outwards Reinsurance Transformation team to drive technology implementation testing for its Global Ceded function. The Test Manager will be accountable for the program’s overall testing strategy, planning, coordination, governance, execution oversight, defect management, and testing readiness. The role serves as the primary coordination point among business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, subject matter experts, and project leadership. The Test Manager reports directly to the VP, Reinsurance Product lead, with a dotted line to the Business Product Owner, the Global Head of Ceded Reinsurance. The role also has indirect reporting responsibilities to the Transformation and Change Director via the EPMO. The successful candidate will work with senior Ceded Reinsurance subject matter experts, business stakeholders, data and enterprise architects, and delivery teams. This contract engagement requires flexibility to work across US and UK time zones at least two days per week. Examples include starting at 7 a.m. for EST coverage or working until 7–8 p.m. for GMT coverage. The posting gives a contract day-rate range of $950–$1,200 USD and also notes a possible £700–£850 per day outside IR35 arrangement. Other contracting options may be considered.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end testing within complex technology, business, or transformation programs, including test strategy, planning, execution, defect management, and UAT.
Strong understanding of system, integration, regression, end-to-end, data, and user acceptance testing across multiple systems, interfaces, and business processes.
Experience managing test dependencies involving environments, data, integrations, releases, and third-party solutions.
Strong planning, organization, risk-management, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, resources, and deadlines.
Proven ability to lead and coordinate business, technology, vendor, and subject-matter teams across geographies and time zones without direct reporting authority.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills, including communicating complex testing issues, status, and risks at working and executive levels.
Strong attention to documentation, evidence, controls, governance, and delivery accountability, with confidence to challenge insufficient coverage and escalate issues when needed.
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, computer science, engineering, systems analysis, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Working knowledge of insurance operations, including policy administration, underwriting, claims, financial reporting, compliance, and risk management.
Flexibility to work with US and UK time zones at least two days per week.

Nice To Haves

Experience in insurance, reinsurance, or financial services, particularly testing financial, accounting, reconciliation, data, or reporting processes.
Experience supporting large-scale system implementations with third-party technology vendors or implementation partners.
Familiarity with test-management and defect-tracking tools.
Experience with SICS or other accounting platforms.
Ability to write basic SQL queries.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and execute the program test strategy and master test plan.
Define testing scope, objectives, phases, entry and exit criteria, timelines, dependencies, and governance.
Coordinate system, integration, regression, UAT, data validation, operational readiness, end-to-end, and performance testing.
Align testing milestones with the overall program and implementation plan.
Identify testing resource requirements and coordinate availability across business and technology teams.
Identify and proactively manage testing risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
Lead development and review of test scenarios, test cases, expected results, and supporting documentation.
Establish traceability between business requirements and test coverage.
Ensure coverage of end-to-end business processes, integrations, data flows, reporting, controls, exceptions, and downstream impacts.
Coordinate test data requirements and test environment readiness; establish and monitor readiness criteria for testing phases.
Lead and coordinate day-to-day testing execution across business users, technology teams, vendors, and subject matter experts.
Monitor execution against the test plan and milestones, including completion, pass/fail status, retesting, and supporting evidence.
Identify and escalate issues that may affect testing timelines or implementation readiness.
Establish and manage the defect management and triage process, including severity, priority, ownership, escalation, and closure criteria.
Facilitate defect-triage sessions and monitor defects from identification through remediation, retesting, and closure.
Escalate critical or aging defects and report residual defects and associated implementation risks.
Coordinate UAT across relevant business functions and partner with business leads and subject matter experts on test coverage.
Ensure testers understand testing objectives, responsibilities, schedules, and evidence requirements; monitor UAT and outstanding issue resolution.
Coordinate testing completion, acceptance, and formal sign-off.
Report testing progress and readiness to project and program leadership; develop dashboards covering execution, pass/fail rates, defects, risks, dependencies, and outstanding decisions.
Maintain comprehensive testing documentation and evidence and escalate resource, environment, data, dependency, or delivery issues.
Provide an objective assessment of testing readiness before implementation and production deployment.
Build relationships with senior management and vendors, applying IT implementation experience with internal subject matter experts and external partners.
Ensure adherence to project and change management policies and methodologies as per PMO guidelines, and share feedback and improvement opportunities.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
FSA for medical and dependent care
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance
Employer-paid basic long-term disability
Voluntary employee-paid long-term disability
Company medical leave
Parental leave: eight weeks at full pay after six months of service
Voluntary short-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident benefits
Company-paid travel assistance programs
401(k) with a 6% safe harbor match, fully vested after two years, with pre- and post-tax contributions
Gym reimbursement
Legal plan
Pet insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Generous paid time off
Flexible work arrangement
On-site pantry
Team outings
Employee resource groups (ERGs)
Competitive, above-market compensation package