Programme Test Manager

Summary: The Programme Test Manager role is a hands-on position focused on providing testing expertise to ensure quality assurance for products developed in a public sector context. The position involves engaging with stakeholders, refining testing strategies, and managing testing resources while monitoring progress and risks. This contract role is based in Edinburgh and may extend up to 23 months. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in complex digital programmes and agile environments.

Key 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

Key Skills:

• 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.

Salary (Rate): £600 daily

City: Edinburgh

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT