Test Manager
Posted Today by Harvey Nash
£600 Per day
Outside
Undetermined
Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Test Manager role involves overseeing end-to-end testing activities for a major AWS Cloud and Data Centre Migration programme in Manchester. The position requires managing testing across multiple workstreams and third-party partners, ensuring quality assurance and stakeholder visibility throughout the transformation process. The successful candidate will define the test strategy and governance framework while engaging with various stakeholders. This contract position is outside IR35 and spans six months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and deliver the overall test strategy and governance framework
- Manage testing across AWS cloud migration and data centre migration activities
- Provide programme-level test delivery oversight across multiple workstreams
- Coordinate and oversee third-party delivery partners and vendors
- Ensure quality assurance across functional, integration, infrastructure, regression, and UAT phases
- Provide oversight and assurance of 3rd party testing activities across the programme
- Drive defect management, risk mitigation, and reporting to senior stakeholders
- Work closely with programme, infrastructure, network, DevOps, and business teams
- Provide holistic management and coordination of testing activities delivered by Test Managers
- Maintain clear visibility and assurance across end-to-end testing activities
- Oversee task management and coordination of the Programme Test Team
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Test Manager within large-scale transformation programmes
- Strong experience delivering testing within AWS cloud migration programmes
- Experience supporting data centre migration and infrastructure transformation initiatives
- Experience managing third-party suppliers and offshore/onshore partners
- Strong stakeholder management and executive reporting experience
- Good technical understanding of cloud, infrastructure, and network environments
- Experience operating within Agile and hybrid delivery environments
- Strong analytical, governance, and risk management capabilities
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Exposure to automation testing strategies and tooling
- Experience within enterprise or regulated environments
- ISTQB certification or similar testing qualifications
- Experience working within complex banking or financial services environments
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Test Manager – AWS Cloud & Data Centre Migration – Contract
Location: Manchester x3 days per week
Rate: Up to £600 per day – Outside IR35
Contract Length: 6 Months
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Test Manager to support a major AWS Cloud and Data Centre Migration programme for a leading organisation based in Manchester. This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-profile transformation programme, overseeing end-to-end testing activities across multiple workstreams and third-party delivery partners during a large-scale cloud and infrastructure transformation. You will play a key role in ensuring programme-level test governance, delivery assurance, and stakeholder visibility across all phases of testing activity.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and deliver the overall test strategy and governance framework
- Manage testing across AWS cloud migration and data centre migration activities
- Provide programme-level test delivery oversight across multiple workstreams
- Coordinate and oversee third-party delivery partners and vendors
- Ensure quality assurance across functional, integration, infrastructure, regression, and UAT phases
- Provide oversight and assurance of 3rd party testing activities across the programme
- Drive defect management, risk mitigation, and reporting to senior stakeholders
- Work closely with programme, infrastructure, network, DevOps, and business teams
- Provide holistic management and coordination of testing activities delivered by Test Managers
- Maintain clear visibility and assurance across end-to-end testing activities
- Oversee task management and coordination of the Programme Test Team
You will engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, requiring strong communication, governance, and delivery management skills.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Test Manager within large-scale transformation programmes
- Strong experience delivering testing within AWS cloud migration programmes
- Experience supporting data centre migration and infrastructure transformation initiatives
- Experience managing third-party suppliers and offshore/onshore partners
- Strong stakeholder management and executive reporting experience
- Good technical understanding of cloud, infrastructure, and network environments
- Experience operating within Agile and hybrid delivery environments
- Strong analytical, governance, and risk management capabilities
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Exposure to automation testing strategies and tooling
- Experience within enterprise or regulated environments
- ISTQB certification or similar testing qualifications
- Experience working within complex banking or financial services environments
Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Harvey Nash for immediate consideration.