Test Manager – Financial Markets

At ING Hubs Spain we are looking for a Test Manager – Financial Markets

Your role and work environment:

Financial Markets (FM) is the Bank’s gateway to professional markets worldwide. Our primary function is to service the needs of ING’s clients with products, services, and guidance. FM aims to be a significant player in our leading and challenger markets, with an additional presence in major international markets and specialist expertise in selected emerging markets and products.

The FM&GT Tribe is the change delivery department of Financial Markets (‘FM’) and Group Treasury (‘GT’), with a purpose to realize our clients’ ambitions by connecting them to global markets, providing financial solutions, and delivering long-lasting value.

We are looking for an ambitious and pragmatic Test Manager to strengthen our team of IT Integrators.

As a Test Manager you will:

• Serve as the interface between various stakeholders (Trading, Operations, IT, and software vendor partners) to plan and execute end-to-end testing with a well-defined strategy.
• Leverage knowledge and experience in financial markets, products, applications, and delivery to lead testing in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Work independently, ensuring that the implications of testing decisions are thoroughly considered and addressed.
• Maintain a comprehensive end-to-end vision and manage testing complexity effectively.
• Initiate further development by planning new Epics, Features, and Stories related to testing.
• Represent the voice of the business in defining and validating key testing scenarios, ensuring quality standards across functional, integration, and migration testing.
• Foster an environment of open dialogue that encourages expertise development through collaboration and idea-sharing, where colleagues take responsibility, support each other to succeed, and stay ahead in testing methodologies.

Your key responsibilities:

• Set up the test strategy, plan, and approach for the entire platform migration, including data, functionality, and interfaces.
• Design and maintain end-to-end test coverage for business use cases, including testing with upstream and downstream platforms.
• Lead test execution by efficiently planning testing activities with IT teams and vendors.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and act as the single point of contact for business and IT teams during testing cycles.
• Track and manage defects and issues, ensuring resolution before key milestones and UAT sign-off.
• Prepare and deliver regular test progress updates to the project/program manager, escalating risks where necessary.
• Own the test sign-off process, ensuring all acceptance criteria are met before go-live.

What are we looking for?

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

As Test Manager you will also need:

• Completed bachelor's degree.
• At least 8 years of professional experience, including 3 years in Financial Markets or Treasury environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of strong experience in Test Management, covering test strategy, coordination, execution, and reporting.
• Proven background in working with trading systems and complex data migration initiatives.
• Familiarity with trade flows, front office, and trade operations activities is advantageous.
• You are structured & proactive in problem-solving.
• You have Strong communication skills (in English) and presentation skills across different skill and seniority levels.
• You are persistent in your approach and able to align with many different stakeholders.
• You are flexible and you easily adapt to a changing environment.
• You enjoy working in a diverse and multi-cultural environment, you trust others and can be trusted.
• You strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment.

What do we offer?

The time you spend at work, the challenges you face or the lessons you get are very important, but… What about your personal life? At ING we want your work to fulfill you in every way, and that is why we take care of even the smallest details.

Check out what is waiting for you!

Be flexible my friend.

Our model is all about flexibility and accountability. Keeping both our customers and our colleagues needs in mind, you determine together which days you work at home and which you come to ING MAD to offer your best self. Do your thing.

Restaurant card.

So that thinking about what to have for lunch doesn’t take up your time or your cravings.

Our house will be your home.

In our offices you can find electric mobility solutions, doctor, hairdresser, gym, The Good Service (to help you with your errands) and much more!

Health insurance.

For you and all your family (spouse/partner and children).

Life insurance.

We help you protect what matters most to you.

Flexible remuneration.

In addition, you will enjoy our flexible remuneration model, through a more tax-advantaged way, you will be able to access other services such as nursery, transport card, training aids…

Transport allowance.

It doesn't matter where you live, we’ll help you get to the office.

Pension plan.

You can benefit from our pension plan after 1 month with us!

Discover ING Hubs Spain

We’re building something exciting—and we want you to be part of it.

ING is launching the new member of ING Hubs in Spain, an integral part of ING in charge of designing and delivering important technological and operational solutions to make banking frictionless for our customers. ING Hubs play a key role in our ‘Growing the difference’ strategy to become the best European bank. This will be our sixth global hub, joining a network of over 13,000 professionals in the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Türkiye and Spain.

What makes us different?

We have a tech-first mindset: We’re not just a bank—we’re a tech company that happens to do banking. Our new hub will be a center of excellence for scalable, fast, and secure technology.

We have global impact: You’ll be working on solutions that serve more than 34 million of customers in over 38 countries.

We are agile: ING was the first bank to adopt agile at scale. We continue to evolve with a collaborative, cross-functional way of working.

Sustainability at the heart of what we do: We have a role to play in defining new ways of doing business that align economic growth with positive environmental and social impact.

At ING, we believe in diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We’re proud of our international teams and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We value authenticity, collaboration, and continuous learning.

We’re looking for curious minds, bold builders, and passionate problem-solvers. If you’re looking for a place to find new ways to drive efficiency and provide superior customer value, where your ideas matter, and where you can grow with purpose—we’re looking forward to meeting you.