Location
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom
Job description
A quick look at the role
The Testing Manager is responsible for leading and managing the testing process for IT projects, ensuring the quality and reliability of software applications and systems. They are responsible for developing test strategies, overseeing test execution, managing a test team, and collaborating with project stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes. The IT Test Manager plays a critical role in ensuring that software products meet quality standards, adhere to requirements, and deliver a positive user experience.
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Your core responsibilities
- Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies, plans, and schedules in alignment with project goals and timelines
- Lead and oversee the testing process, including test case creation, test script development, test environment setup, and test execution
- Build and manage a high-performing test team (with contract and perm), including resource allocation, task assignment, performance monitoring, coaching and mentoring
- Collaborate with project stakeholders, such as project managers, business analysts, and developers, to ensure clear communication, requirements understanding, and timely issue resolution
- Create and maintain test artifacts, including test cases, test scripts, test data, and test reports, to ensure proper documentation and traceability of testing activities
- Establish defect tracking and management processes, including defect identification, prioritisation, and resolution, to ensure timely and effective defect resolution
- Define and implement test automation frameworks and tools to improve test efficiency, coverage, and reliability
- Ensure quality assurance standards are in place and adherence to quality standards, processes, and best practices is maintained throughout the testing lifecycle across all projects and programmes
- Identify and mitigate testing risks and issues, proactively addressing potential roadblocks that could impact testing timelines or quality
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Our essential requirements
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent, ideally in a computing related discipline.
- Appropriate professional qualifications such as ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
- Experience running the testing component of a large multi release transformation programme
- Testing lifecycle, both third party and in house developed applications.
- Knowledge of development lifecycles, including Waterfall and Agile.
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