Test Consultant
Posted 3 days ago by Totaljobs
£600 Per day
Outside
Onsite
Basingstoke (RG21)
Summary: The Project Test Manager role involves providing specialist oversight and assurance for a secure government IT infrastructure program in Hampshire. The position requires managing test and trial activities, ensuring validation of infrastructure capabilities, and advising program leadership on risks and delivery confidence. The successful candidate will engage with various stakeholders and produce assurance reports while maintaining compliance with security requirements. Active DV Clearance is mandatory for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic oversight and assurance of Test & Trials activity across the programme
- Review and shape Test & Trials Strategies, Plans, and governance frameworks
- Advise programme leadership on test readiness, risks, and delivery confidence
- Provide independent challenge to ensure robust validation and assurance practices
- Support planning and execution of system integration, acceptance, and operational trials
- Engage with engineering, cyber, and operational stakeholders to ensure coordinated test delivery
- Produce high-level assurance reporting and readiness assessments
- Identify delivery risks and recommend mitigation strategies
- Support transition into service and operational acceptance activities
Key Skills:
- Active DV Clearance (mandatory)
- Strong experience delivering Test & Trials consultancy or leadership within secure government or defence environments
- Demonstrable experience shaping test governance, strategy, and assurance frameworks
- Background working on secure IT infrastructure or complex systems programmes
- Experience advising senior stakeholders on test readiness and delivery risk
- Strong understanding of integration, system, and operational testing principles
- Ability to operate effectively within highly controlled, security-sensitive environments
Salary (Rate): £600 per day
City: Hampshire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Project Test Manager
Location: Hampshire (Onsite)
Duration: 18 Months
Clearance: DV Clearance required (Active)
Rate: £550 to £600 per day - Outside IR35
Overview
We are seeking a Project Test Managerto provide specialist oversight and assurance across a highly secure government IT infrastructure programme. This role will focus on managing and governing the test and trial activity, ensuring that infrastructure capabilities are validated, risks are identified early, and delivery remains aligned to operational requirements. The successful candidate will act as a trusted adviser to programme leadership, providing independent challenge, structured guidance, and leadership across complex test environments.
- Provide strategic oversight and assurance of Test & Trials activity across the programme
- Review and shape Test & Trials Strategies, Plans, and governance frameworks
- Advise programme leadership on test readiness, risks, and delivery confidence
- Provide independent challenge to ensure robust validation and assurance practices
- Support planning and execution of system integration, acceptance, and operational trials
- Engage with engineering, cyber, and operational stakeholders to ensure coordinated test delivery
- Produce high-level assurance reporting and readiness assessments
- Identify delivery risks and recommend mitigation strategies
- Support transition into service and operational acceptance activities
Essential Skills & Experience
Active DV Clearance (mandatory)
Strong experience delivering Test & Trials consultancy or leadership within secure government or defence environments
Demonstrable experience shaping test governance, strategy, and assurance frameworks
Background working on secure IT infrastructure or complex systems programmes
Experience advising senior stakeholders on test readiness and delivery risk
Strong understanding of integration, system, and operational testing principles
Ability to operate effectively within highly controlled, security-sensitive environments
If you'd like to discuss this role in more detail, please send your updated CV to and I will get in touch.