Role Overview
Location: Home-based with UK travel, including extended periods in Central Scotland
Contract: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months
Security Clearance: SC eligibility required
We’re recruiting an experienced Test Manager to support delivery on a major programme, a complex and high‑profile initiative involving the testing of large‑scale systems and physical simulators used for specialist training environments. This role requires someone with proven experience delivering testing on complex, multi‑supplier programmes who can operate with minimal supervision, engage confidently with senior stakeholders, and be effective quickly.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Significant experience as a Test Manager on large, complex programmes, within regulated or public‑sector environments
- Proven delivery across multi‑supplier and multi‑stakeholder settings
- Strong experience across functional, non‑functional, automation and integration testing
- Demonstrable stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior levels
- Experience managing risk, reporting status and driving delivery outcomes at pace
- Strong leadership capability, with experience mentoring and developing teams
- Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands
- Eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance
What You’ll Be Doing
- Planning and driving testing activities across all stages and iterations of system, service and product development
- Defining and delivering test strategy, estimates and execution plans aligned to programme needs
- Providing authoritative guidance on testing methods, automation, tooling and quality standards
- Leading integration and acceptance testing in line with agreed system and service designs
- Managing defect lifecycle activities, including defect triage and resolution
- Overseeing automation outputs and reviewing code quality produced by the team
- Measuring, monitoring and reporting on testing performance, KPIs and delivery risks
- Managing escalations, issues and blockers to ensure delivery outcomes are met
- Driving continuous improvement across testing processes, tools and frameworks
- Coordinating and influencing a complex network of stakeholders and delivery partners
Benefits
- 23 days' holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
- Company‑matched pension, life assurance, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and more
- Volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice – opportunity to take a paid day out of the office
- Access to Employee Network Groups and Learning Academy for development opportunities
We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com and we’ll get back to you.
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