Test Manager
Posted Today by 1771321657
£100,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
City of London, London
Summary: The Test Manager role is a newly created leadership position within a global financial services organization, focused on enhancing enterprise testing capabilities. This strategic role involves defining testing strategies, establishing a Test Centre of Excellence, and optimizing third-party testing partnerships. The successful candidate will report to senior IT leadership and engage with executive stakeholders to elevate testing from an operational function to a strategic assurance capability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define & own the enterprise-wide test strategy aligned to regulatory, audit & resilience requirements
- Establish & mature a Test Centre of Excellence to standardise tooling, governance, & quality frameworks
- Lead & optimise a strategic third-party testing partner (onshore & offshore model)
- Drive the transition from manual-heavy delivery to a scalable, automation-led approach
- Introduce measurable KPIs, cost transparency & vendor performance management
- Embed quality assurance across Agile & traditional delivery environments
Key Skills:
- Leading third-party testing vendors at scale
- Operating within regulated financial services environments
- Establishing or transforming a Test Centre of Excellence
- Defining & delivering automation strategy across enterprise systems
- Engaging senior stakeholders with risk-based reporting & assurance frameworks
- Working across complex portfolios including SaaS & bespoke platforms
Salary (Rate): £100,000 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Test Manager
£95,000 - £100,000?|?Hybrid (2-3 days per week in the office)?|?London
We are partnering with a global, regulated financial services organisation undertaking significant investment in its enterprise testing capability.
This is a newly created leadership role designed to formalise & elevate testing across complex transformation & BAU portfolios. The mandate extends well beyond operational test management this appointment will define strategy, strengthen governance, optimise third-party delivery, & establish a scalable Test Centre of Excellence.
This is a high-visibility role reporting into senior IT leadership, with direct exposure to executive stakeholders & programme boards.
You will:
- Define & own the enterprise-wide test strategy aligned to regulatory, audit & resilience requirements
- Establish & mature a Test Centre of Excellence to standardise tooling, governance, & quality frameworks
- Lead & optimise a strategic third-party testing partner (onshore & offshore model)
- Drive the transition from manual-heavy delivery to a scalable, automation-led approach
- Introduce measurable KPIs, cost transparency & vendor performance management
- Embed quality assurance across Agile & traditional delivery environments
The organisation operates within a regulated financial services environment where governance, compliance & resilience are critical. Testing must provide demonstrable assurance at programme & enterprise level.
It is a strategic leadership mandate requiring commercial acumen, governance maturity & the ability to influence at Director level.
We are seeking a senior Test Manager or Head of Testing with experience in:
- Leading third-party testing vendors at scale
- Operating within regulated financial services environments
- Establishing or transforming a Test Centre of Excellence
- Defining & delivering automation strategy across enterprise systems
- Engaging senior stakeholders with risk-based reporting & assurance frameworks
- Working across complex portfolios including SaaS & bespoke platforms
You will combine strategic thinking with delivery credibility & be able to evidence where you have built capability, reduced risk exposure, improved automation maturity & enhanced vendor performance.
Strong stakeholder presence & commercial awareness are essential.
This is a rare opportunity to build a testing capability properly with executive backing & clear investment intent.
The successful candidate will shape the organisation's long-term quality framework, materially influence cost efficiency, & elevate testing from operational function to strategic assurance capability.
Apply via the link or contact Brushoth Kannapiran at brushoth@pioneer-search.com.
