ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time. 

1. Manage a team of business user acceptance testers, made up of eight to twelve full time employees, and augmented as needed with contract labor.
2. Provide strategic leadership, directing short-term and long-range planning and budget development to support strategic business goals related.
3. Responsible for managing and leading people, effectively building organization and staff capacity, developing a top-notch workforce and the processes that ensure the organization runs smoothly
4. Advocate for test quality and consistency.
5. Resolve issues that impede testing effort.
6. Ensure that all systems and processes owned by Mortgage are designed to establish compliance within their processes to address concerns of all federal and state regulations.
7. Work closely with other key members of the Center of Enablement team to ensure a holistic understanding of a given change is understood.
8. Focus on growing the capabilities and skills of user acceptance testing teammates.
9. Promote adoption of Agile practices, tools, and approaches.
10. Participate in various departmental projects, as assigned, to include preparation activities related to the next software release.
11. Identify potential areas of process/system improvement and best practices to reduce non-value added process variation and improve service quality and efficiency.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Bachelors' degree, or a minimum of five years of equivalent work related experience.
2. Adaptable, flexible, and with strong problem solving skills.
3. Highly analytical and organized, with an inherent understanding of how to prioritize multiple important initiatives and drive a team to achieve the necessary timelines.
4. Demonstrated success in leading and coaching a diverse staff of qualified professionals.
5. Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
6. Ability to lead executive level meetings.
7. Conceptual ability to analyze problems and devise solutions.
8. Effective in building and maintaining strong relationships across multiple levels of an organization.
9. Ability to understand complex business process with multiple variables, and to communicate and share knowledge with teammates in an effective manner.

Preferred Qualifications:
1. Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Design, or Technology field; banking or financial management education.
2. QA experience within the financial services or mortgage industry.
3. Sound working knowledge of Mortgage and holistic banking, products, services, operations, finance and systems
4. Certified SAFe(r) Agilist or other relevant qualifications.

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS / WORKING CONDITIONS

Sitting/Standing/Walking/Bending/Lifting
? Sitting (if checked, indicate frequency)
Constantly (More than 50% of the time)
? Standing (if checked, indicate frequency)
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? Walking (if checked, indicate frequency)
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? Bending (if checked, indicate frequency)
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? Lifting (if checked, indicate pounds)
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? Visual / Audio / Speaking
Able to access and interpret client information received from the computer and able to hear and speak with individuals in person and on the phone.
? Manual Dexterity / Keyboarding
Able to work standard office equipment, including PC keyboard and mouse, copy/fax machines, and printers.
? Availability
Able to work all hours scheduled, including overtime as directed by manager/supervisor and required by business need.
? Travel (Must select one)
Minimal and up to 10%