Test Engagement Manager

Are you an experienced Test Engagement Manager looking for your next opportunity to make a real difference to the successful delivery of an exciting portfolio of complex change?

We are at a very exciting place in our transformation journey and this role will give you the chance to develop your talents and make an impact, all whilst being part of a friendly, enthusiastic, and inclusive team. This is a hybrid role with remote working and some occasional onsite collaboration in our central Leeds & Bradford offices.

About the role

As Test Engagement Manager, you’ll be responsible for reviewing, shaping, and leading the Engineering team's quality approach, introducing modern test engineering principles (TDD, automation, ‘shift-left’) and managing confidence through excellent stakeholder engagement. You’ll champion best practice and work with other disciplines to build a community of testing and technical excellence. You will

• Provide leadership to the test community, driving adoption of modern test engineering techniques, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing

• Establish the most appropriate test approach, governance and structure for change initiatives that enables successful delivery of business outcomes

• Through your line management, create a culture and environment that supports the personal development of colleagues through coaching and mentoring

• Perform oversight and management of testing delivery across the team

• Identify risks, and create mitigation plans to ensure testing tasks result in the right outcomes

• Promote the use of test automation to drive value of testing activity

• Drive performance of suppliers delivering testing services to the society

About you

You’ll support the achievement of our strategic outcomes, build high performing teams, whilst being a role model to the colleagues around you. What will you bring to the role?

• Prudent risk taking with sound commercial acumen to drive risk-based testing techniques, planning, and estimating

• Good presentation skills to engender a thorough understanding of testing techniques and methods

• Effective communication, engagement and influencing skills to implement your vision for testing

• Hands on and practical knowledge of testing automation practices and tool sets

• A passion for coaching and supporting colleagues with career development

• Experience of different delivery methodologies of both Waterfall and Agile

• ISEB (or equivalent) certification to Practitioner level in Software Testing