Job Description
Programme Test Manager- 11-month contract (possible extension up to 23 months) - Edinburgh - £600 per day via umbrella
One of Loriens leading Public Sector Clients are looking for a highly experienced Programme Test Manager to join the team.
Assignment Description
This hands-on Programme Test Manager role will provide the testing knowledge, expertise, and capability to quality assure the products being developed against the product requirements/other test basis.
Responsibilities
- Engage with stakeholders (including 3rd parties) to understand the systems under test, architecture, associated interfaces, business processes, and requirements
- Refine the Programme Test Strategy and ways of working
- Understand testing dependencies and feed into the prioritisation of components being delivered by the teams in order to produce test schedules aligned to wider service delivery plan
- Produce appropriate level of Test Plans (strategies) aligned to programme test strategy
- Define testing resource requirements and manage the testing resources assigned to the service test team
- Be responsible for ensuring that all appropriate testing types are executed as defined within the Test Plan, and that tests are evidenced accordingly and traceable to requirements/other test basis
- Define Test Environment Requirements highlighting dependencies
- Actively monitor testing schedules against delivery plan, producing progress reports, RAG status, interim quality assessment, and highlighting risks, and issues and recommending mitigation steps
- Produce Test Completion Reports highlighting residual risks and recommended mitigation
- Participate in implementation readiness activities
- Strive for continuous improvement; input to test improvements roadmap
- Be an active participant in the Testing Practice and Testing forums
Essential skill set
- 3+ years' experience as a Test Manager working in complex digital programmes and agile development environment
- Experience of the full project life-cycle
- Thorough knowledge of testing types, testing processes, procedures and associated governance
- Experience in a wide variety of testing techniques and tools
- Strong experience in test planning, risk management, and test team management
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills and a proven ability to collaborate with all stakeholders.
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.