Sr. Test Manager – London
Senior Test Manager with extensive experience leading end‑to‑end testing across complex, multi‑supplier delivery environments. Proven capability in defining test strategies, test plans, and governance‑aligned test artefacts. Strong track record of coordinating with SDPs and senior stakeholders to deliver high‑quality outcomes. Expert in E2E test execution, stakeholder management, and risk‑based delivery within regulated programmes.
Hybrid Working
The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
Responsibilities
- Manage all phases of testing across the delivery lifecycle, including test planning, preparation, execution, defect management, and closure.
- Own and lead test phases under accountability, ensuring quality outcomes and adherence to agreed timelines.
- Coordinate closely with SDPs and third‑party suppliers to ensure aligned delivery across dependent test phases.
- Define and implement an end‑to‑end testing approach, covering system, integration, UAT, and E2E testing.
- Produce, maintain, and govern all test artefacts and deliverables in line with standards and agreed sign‑off criteria.
- Develop and maintain the overall test strategy, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and delivery methodology.
- Create and execute detailed test plans, including scope, environments, resources, timelines, and entry/exit criteria.
- Lead E2E test planning and execution, ensuring business processes and technical integrations are validated across systems.
- Act as the primary point of contact for testing across business, technology, and supplier teams.
- Report test progress, risks, issues, and dependencies to programme leadership and governance forums.
Qualifications
- Strong expertise in test strategy and test planning within complex delivery environments.
- Proven experience managing testing in a multi‑supplier and offshore/onshore delivery model.
- Solid understanding of software development and testing lifecycles (Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid).
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Hands‑on experience with E2E testing, validation of business scenarios, and integration points.
- Ability to manage defect lifecycles, prioritisation, and resolution with multiple delivery teams.
- Strong organisational skills, managing multiple test workstreams concurrently.
- Experience producing high‑quality test documentation that meets governance, audit, and compliance expectations.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for reporting and executive updates.
- Proven ability to work under pressure and deliver high‑quality outcomes within tight timelines.
EEO Statement – Disability Confident Employer
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
- Declare they have a disability, and
- Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Please opt in during the application process.
Benefits
- You’ll be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained “Mental Health Champions” across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
- You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s “learning for life” mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Manage Mentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
- You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.
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