Test Manager

About the Position

We are seeking a Test Manager to join our team and lead quality assurance across Agile teams. Reporting to the Head of Test, you will define and execute test strategy, governance, and delivery standards. This role is pivotal in embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle and ensuring continuous improvement in testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the test strategy and quality governance across the team.
• Act as the primary contact for test assurance within the release train.
• Coordinate with feature teams (including third-party testers) on test planning, execution, and defect management.
• Ensure test approaches are risk-based, standards-aligned, and appropriate for the delivery context.
• Monitor test progress, triage defects, and escalate risks and blockers as needed.
• Track and report on key quality metrics (e.g., test coverage, defect leakage, automation adoption).
• Define and maintain a test coverage model for the team, ensuring traceability to business and technical requirements.
• Take ownership of incidents related to testing within the team, ensuring thorough root cause analysis (RCA) is conducted and that corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurrence.
• Identify and implement improvements to testing processes and practices based on incident learnings and delivery retrospectives.
• Work collaboratively with central Automation, Non-Functional Test teams to ensure alignment to the programme requirements and to preserve and drive consistent standards.
• Validate that Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) are planned and addressed.
• Lead UAT planning and coordination across releases.
• Support Planning to ensure test effort, dependencies, and resources are visible and accounted for.
• Ensure entry/exit criteria are defined and met at each delivery stage.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in testing practices across the team.
• Contribute to the test community of practice and champion quality across the organisation.
• Ensure automation developed by feature teams is integrated into the central framework for reuse.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in a similar role.
• Skills:
  • Test Strategy
  • Quality Assurance
  • Agile
  • Test Planning
  • Defect Management
  • Quality Metrics
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Test Automation
  • CI/CD
  • Non-Functional Testing
• Tools: Proficiency in Azure DevOps, Cypress, Postman, AccelQ, etc.
• Certifications: ISTQB certification or equivalent is desirable.
• Additional Skills: Experience in automation testing, performance testing, or AI is a bonus.

We Offer

• Location: Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW)
• Working Hours: Standard (09:00am-17:30pm)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Benefits:
  • 26 days holiday, increasing with service to 30 days, plus bank holidays
  • A day off for your birthday
  • Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
  • Matched pension contribution
  • Health cash plan plus Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance and Critical illness cover
  • Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
  • Free local gym access
  • Local bar / restaurant discounts

About the Company

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses, and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of an £8 billion loan book.

Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application.

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