Principal Consultant

Job Description Principal Consultant & Senior Consultant (Testing Governance)

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu (WFO)

Work Model: Onsite

Shift Timings: 9:00 AM 6:00 PM (Occasional Night Shift during Go-Live)

Domain: Banking / Financial Institutions

Role Overview

We are hiring for Principal Consultant and Senior Consultant roles to drive and support Program-Level Testing Governance for a large-scale IT Transformation program within a banking environment.

The engagement involves centralized governance, strategic testing oversight, quality control, and ensuring seamless coordination across functional, non-functional, infrastructure, and business testing streams.

Experience Requirements

• Principal Consultant: 15+ Years of Experience
• Senior Consultant: 812 Years of Experience
• Strong exposure to large banking transformation programs is mandatory.

Principal Consultant Testing Governance

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end Testing Governance for large-scale IT transformation programs.
• Define and implement centralized testing strategy and governance frameworks.
• Oversee functional, non-functional, infrastructure, and business testing streams.
• Establish dashboards, reporting structures, and defect lifecycle governance.
• Drive risk management and quality control mechanisms.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Ensure regulatory compliance within a banking environment.

Senior Consultant Testing Governance

Key Responsibilities:

• Support program-level testing governance initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with track leads to ensure testing processes and controls are consistently implemented.
• Monitor testing quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting.
• Ensure defect lifecycle governance and compliance adherence.
• Coordinate across multiple testing streams within the transformation program.

Mandatory Skills

• Hands-on expertise in large banking transformation programs.
• Strong exposure to infrastructure testing and enterprise-scale programs.
• Strong understanding of banking / regulated environments.
• Experience with test management tools such as ADO (Azure DevOps).
• Expertise in dashboards, test reporting, and defect lifecycle governance.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership communication skills.

Desired Skills

• ISTQB or equivalent certification.
• Extensive experience in Centralized Test Governance frameworks.
• Experience in cloud / hybrid environments.
• Advanced knowledge of ADO for Test Management Controls.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and governance leadership.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and quality-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Experience working in regulated financial environments.