Test Manager
Chatham
Salary to £50k + Bonus

An exciting opportunity for a hands-on Test Manager join our forward-thinking client in Chatham.

Our client requires a Test Manager to lead and mentor a busy team working on a dynamic portfolio of projects in a fast-paced environment. The successful Test Manager should have financial industry experience, feel confident engaging with executive level stakeholders and possesses the imagination, focus and drive to deliver critical business projects on time

The focus of your role

You will manage all test phases on one or more release based projects/programmes. You will coach and mentor test analyst, test managers and test lead's

What you'll do

* Implementation and co-ordination of the End-to-End Assurance and Test Strategy in the systems development life cycle
* Product delivery implementation activities, managing deliverables, project budgets, planning and forecasting, involved in recruitment and rotation plans, Providing test direction for the area.
* Analysing new work and changes to existing projects to estimate the effort needed and to determine people and test environment requirements
* Producing the project test strategy and/or test approach
* Creating detailed test schedules, including identifying the dependencies on other areas
* Ensuring all subordinate test documentation is produced by the appropriate individual and reviewed
* Planning and managing all test stages for the project including co-ordination with external teams and attending project checkpoint meetings
* Authorising the completion of test stages and arranging sign-off with the client and other key stakeholders
* Coaching and mentoring more inexperienced TM/TLs

What you'll bring

As a Test Manager you will be able to demonstrate:You will be Certified to ISEB / ISTQB Foundation and Practitioner or Advanced level.

* Test Management skills (incl testing types, methodologies and testing life cycles) to include awareness of industry standards,
* Proven Leadership, Delegation and prioritisation skills
* Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
* Proficient in producing test cases and test data from requirements specifications
* Experience of delivering quality assurance solutions
* Excellence in functional, integration and end-to-end testing using both manual and automated tests
* Excellence in recording results / evidence and the defect management process

Huntress Search Ltd does not discriminate on the grounds of 'protected characteristics' as defined under the Equality Act and other relevant UK legislation.

Huntress Search Ltd acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.