Test Manager - Manchester - Manchester

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End to End Test Manager - Financial Services

Manchester

55000 - 65000 per annum

To engage projects in E2E testing, provide a single point of contact for all functional and non-functional testing on projects, provide testing governance for all functional and non-functional test phases throughout the lifecycle of a project, provide guidance to Swinton Managers to ensure testing is managed and documented, and provide the Project community with a clear and agreed overall project test strategy.

To engage with projects early within the project life cycle to understand and document High Level Test Approach and Master Test plan.

Responsibilities

* Promote the need and purpose of testing in order to enhance awareness of its importance within Swinton.

* Ability to lead and inspire teams through complex and often challenging circumstances

* Deliver excellent service to customers to ensure their satisfaction from the Testing services teams.

* Ensure Risks raised during testing are documented, communicated and understood by stakeholders.

* Manage UAT coordinators , defect manager and testing resources within business change.

* Provide sign off and recommendations for new implementations to the Business Sponsor and ensure it is established as part of the Go/No Go process.

* Ensure that Risk Based testing techniques are applied where necessary

* Ensure the Test approach on a project is agreed and adhered to.

* Ensure all testing deliverables are of a high quality by ensuring that team members adhere to the quality review cycles as detailed within the overall Test Strategy

* Ensure all test reporting and updates are accurate..

* Ensure all risks and issues are documented, managed and appropriate action taken.

* Ability to think creatively and generate innovative solutions

* Communication :expert at communication at all levels with the ability to effectively impact and influence decision makers.

* Ability to Influence the timescales on large and complex projects to ensure that the appropriate level of time devoted to testing to manage the quality of the delivered system

* Endeavour to keep UAT spend on the project to budget as per the estimates provided.

* Flexible, responding well to Business needs and those of the Project team

* Structured approach to test planning and execution

* Management of business resources during execution phases

* Management of UAT Coordinators

* Contribution towards competency development of employees at all levels

Required Experience:

* Minimum 10 years of Test Management Experience

* Experience of managing test managers, test analysts , defect managers and coordinators

* Creation of test scripts, and experience of carrying out test execution.

* Good understanding of Microsoft Excel and Word.

* Business stakeholder engagement