Programme Test Manager

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 3^rd 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.