Test Manager

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Test Manager

UK Research and Innovation

Contract: Open-Ended

Hours: Full Time

Salary: £50,702 - £56,336 per annum (depending on experience)

Closing Date: 5th July 2021

The Organisation

Operating across the whole of the UK with a combined budget of more than 6 billion, UK Research and Innovation is a new entity that brings together nine partners to create an independent organisation with a strong voice for research and innovation, and a vision to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. UKRI will build on the successful elements from the current funding system and maximise the contribution of each of the component parts to create the best environment for research and innovation to flourish.

Job Purpose

As an experienced Test Manager, you will work in-house contributing in the Quality Assurance of different systems for UKRI. With a passion in cutting-edge technology, you will provide test leadership and innovation to ensure appropriate solutions are in place to meet business requirements.

Utilising your strong technical skills, you will lead in providing quality solutions to the business through the introduction of new standards and technologies, as well the optimisation of current key technologies. You will need to have an aptitude to pick up new skills quickly and a desire to provide coaching and mentoring to QA Analysts within the organisation.

A test manager takes ownership of the quality assurance and testing (QAT) strategy as part of a broader risk-based approach and takes ownership for delivery and strategy implementation.

Test Managers

• are responsible for test improvement and optimisation
• may promote and advocate test capabilities internally and outside the government
• take responsibility for talent, succession planning and supplier management
• make important decisions relating to test within the context of the delivery environment
  
  

Qualifications And Experience Required

• Degree level qualification is not essential but is desirable, it is more important to be able to demonstrate experience on current projects you have worked on and your role in them
• Supervising test teams
• Performance improvement initiatives and managing change
• Strong commercial awareness and customer focus
• Experience and knowledge of software development processes and tooling including test automation frameworks
• A previous technical software development role would be an advantage
• Use of an agile development methodology would be an advantage
• Experience with continuous integration & continuous deployment.
  
  

What We Offer

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits including a flexible working scheme, a Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

How To Apply

Applications are handled by UK Shared Business Services, to see more details and to apply please visit our job board. Please include a covering letter outlining how you fit the role criteria.

The closing date for applications is 5th July 2021.