AISB - 1066 - Chef de projet senior - Lead Validation & Tests E2E

Context and project

The position sits within the application service centre of a public administration, working closely with the quality unit. The role strengthens existing test teams with methodological and operational expertise on end-to-end journeys that span several applications, suppliers, administrations or third-party bodies.

The initial focus is a tax domain related to vehicles. The scope may extend to other tax matters requiring cross-functional testing with third-party bodies, authentic sources, partner platforms or external systems.

The role complements existing set-ups. It does not replace application test coordinators, programme managers or suppliers. The goal is to demonstrate, with evidence, that inter-organisational chains work end to end under representative conditions, that incidents can be detected and controlled, and that residual risks are clearly presented before any go-live decision.

Key responsibilities

• Assess the cross-functional consistency of existing test strategies and plans, and propose the necessary additions.
• Identify critical E2E journeys and formalise nominal, alternative, degraded and recovery scenarios.
• Build and maintain a map of stakeholders, applications, interfaces, service agreements, exchanged data, responsibilities and test dependencies.
• Define the cross-functional and interoperability test strategy: scope, coverage, sequencing, environments, test data, entry and exit criteria, expected evidence.
• Prepare a consolidated campaign plan with test coordinators, building on their application-level plans.
• Organise campaigns with third-party bodies: contact availability, test windows, data and escalation channels.
• Design, prepare and, where needed, execute or supervise the most critical E2E scenarios.
• Ensure traceability between business processes, requirements, interfaces, test cases, data, results, defects and evidence.
• Coordinate the analysis of cross-functional defects, identify the system or party responsible, and track fixes and retests through to closure.
• Consolidate results from the various teams and third parties into a single, evidence-based report.
• Flag coverage gaps, unsecured dependencies and risks affecting service, revenue, compliance or users.
• Issue an independent Go, No Go or conditional Go recommendation to programme coordination and decision-making bodies.

Expected deliverables: initial assessment and prioritised improvement plan, stakeholder and systems map, reusable cross-functional test strategy, consolidated campaign plan, catalogue of critical E2E scenarios, traceability matrix, campaign preparation files, consolidated dashboard, campaign reports with execution evidence, Go/No Go recommendations with residual risks and mitigating measures.

Candidate profile

Background and experience

• At least 10 years of experience in quality assurance, test management or validation of complex information systems.
• Significant experience in E2E and interoperability testing involving multiple organisations, suppliers, applications and technologies.
• Proven experience in a senior advisory and coordination role with established test teams.
• Design and supervision of scenarios covering back-office exchanges and processing chains.
• Hands-on experience in test data preparation.
• Management of cross-functional defects, cross-team diagnosis and follow-up of multi-party corrective plans.
• Production of campaign reports and Go/No Go recommendations for decision-making bodies.

Required technical skills

• Coordination of E2E test campaigns across multiple applications, teams, suppliers and third-party bodies (expert level).
• Cross-functional test management: strategy, planning, coverage, entry/exit criteria and Go/No Go (expert level).
• Consolidated defect management, severity arbitration, retests and corrective plan follow-up (senior level).
• Quality indicators, traceability matrices, executive reporting and go-live recommendations (senior level).
• Functional and technical management of interoperability testing and data exchanges (senior level).
• Test and defect management tools: Jira/Xray, Confluence or equivalent (senior level).
• Experience in a regulated, multi-organisational environment (strong asset).
• Ability to step back, structure and secure without taking ownership away from existing teams.
• Cross-functional leadership and ability to secure commitments without direct authority.
• Ease in dealing with business, technical, supplier and institutional profiles.
• Ability to challenge suppliers and partners constructively and factually.
• Rigour, anticipation, autonomy and ability to work to tight schedules.
• Analytical and synthesis skills, with clear prese