Programme Test Manager

Role Overview

• Defining and owning test strategies across multiple projects within the programme
• Planning and driving testing activities across all stages of system, service and product development
• Working with project managers to plan, prioritise and schedule test activity and milestones
• Estimating testing effort, securing appropriate budget and managing resources effectively
• Providing authoritative guidance on test planning, execution, tooling and automation approaches
• Adopting and adapting appropriate testing methods, tools and techniques to solve delivery challenges
• Measuring and monitoring adherence to testing standards and quality frameworks
• Assessing delivery risks and implementing effective mitigation strategies
• Acting as the escalation point of contact for testing issues at project and programme level
• Managing and resolving issues, risks and dependencies across teams and suppliers
• Driving continuous improvement across testing processes, tools and governance
• Contributing to the development of organisational policies, standards and testing guidelines

Requirements

• Proven experience operating as a Senior or Programme-level Test Manager on large, complex programmes
• Strong experience delivering testing across multi-project, multi-supplier environments
• Demonstrable expertise in test strategy, planning, estimation and execution
• Experience managing delivery risk, governance and escalation at programme level
• Strong people management and leadership capability
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
• Strong business awareness and understanding of organisational delivery drivers
• Experience driving continuous improvement and adopting modern testing practices
• Eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance
• Desirable experience in test automation strategy and tooling
• Performance and non-functional testing
• Coaching teams through testing maturity and transformation

Benefits

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• company matched pension
• life assurance
• 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• paternity pay of two weeks
• volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• opportunity to take a paid day out of the office
• access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• opportunity to gain additional qualifications through our Learning Academy or apprenticeships to help develop your career