Test Manager
£300pd – £320pd (Outside IR35)
2/3 Days in Wolverhampton
Our client, who specialise in document digitisation, have a need for a Test Manager on a greenfield system implementation with a new client of theirs.
KEY TASKS
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Experience in developing and implementing Functional and Non-Functional test strategies and test plans.
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Develop a clear test strategy, methods and standards addressing core areas like security, performance, resilience, and interoperability to provide guardrails for release.
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Develop test cases, test scripts, and test data covering both functional and non-functional needs and ensure they appropriately tested with clear gates introduced when tests fail to demonstrate sufficient quality.
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Plan for test environments closely mirroring production, specifying required configurations, and tools required.
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Provide regular test progress reports to service owners, product managers, technical leads, and other stakeholders, aligning updates with project milestones and business objectives.
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Promote continuous improvement by implementing best practices, industry standards, and emerging technologies relevant to network and infrastructure testing.
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Create documentation for the testing process, including test plans, test reports, schedules, and dependencies.
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Strong communication skills and able to work collaboratively, where required as part of a team.
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Highly technical with a background in delivering testing and/or quality assurance on large complex programs.
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Proven track record of completing projects to specifications while dealing with changing schedules, cross-team dependencies, and evolving requirements.
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Strong in risk and issue management.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
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Use of all Test Tools, Jira, Confluence, Hubspot
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ISEB/ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing and qualifications relating to test management (e.g., ISTQB Advanced Test Manager).
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Full lifecycle testing experience – from Unit testing through to Acceptance Testing.
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Project lifecycle experience in the delivery of end-to-end projects, as well as familiarity with different development methodologies and disciplines (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, DevOps).
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Good SQL skills.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
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Good Verbal and Written Communication
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Collaboration skills
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Ability to work well on own or as part of an Agile team
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Ability to work flexibly.
CONTACT WITH OTHERS:
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Technical Implementation
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Application Support
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Development
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Product
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Technical Project Managers
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Customer Service
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Clients