Job Description
Job Title: Testing Manager
Role type: 12-month Fixed-Term Contract
Location: London Hybrid 2 days WFH
Salary:Up to -65,000 depending on experience
Benefits:
- 25 Days rising to 30 days with service + plus your birthday off
- Personal pension scheme with generous, matched company contributions
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical cover with Bupa (single cover)
- Holiday buy/sell scheme (up to 5 days)
- Eye care reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Recognition awards
- Social events such as paid-for Summer/Christmas Parties
- Superb learning and development opportunities
About the position of Testing Manager:
We are currently recruiting an experienced Testing Manager to join an established mortgage lender on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced testing professional to lead and oversee a team of five testers, overseeing testing activities and ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions across the business. Experience within the mortgage or wider financial services sector would be highly advantageous, although this is not essential.
Responsibilities for the position of Testing Manager:
- Lead, manage and develop a team of five testers, providing direction, support and mentoring.
- Take ownership of the testing function, ensuring effective planning, coordination and delivery of testing activities.
- Develop and implement appropriate test strategies, plans and approaches to support business and technology projects.
- Oversee the end-to-end testing lifecycle, ensuring testing is completed to agreed timescales and quality standards.
- Work closely with project managers, business analysts, developers and key stakeholders to ensure testing requirements are understood and delivered.
- Monitor testing progress, identify risks and issues, and provide regular updates on testing activities.
- Ensure defects are effectively managed, prioritised and resolved.
- Drive continuous improvement across testing processes, methodologies and standards.
- Ensure appropriate test documentation, reporting and governance are maintained.
Experience required for the position of Testing Manager:
- Proven experience in a Testing Manager, Test Lead or similar senior testing role.
- Previous experience managing, leading or mentoring a team of testers.
- Strong knowledge of the end-to-end software testing lifecycle and testing methodologies.
- Experience developing test strategies, test plans and managing testing delivery.
- A recognised testing qualification, such as ISTQB, would be highly desirable.
- Experience within the mortgage lending or wider financial services sector would be advantageous but is not essential.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work across both technical and business teams.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- A proactive approach with a focus on quality, continuous improvement and team development.
- Available to start immediately or at short notice would be highly advantageous.
For more information regarding the role of Testing Manager, please get in touch with us.
Stellar Select is acting as an employment agency and is a corporate member of the REC.
Due to a high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application has been successful. We aim to contact all successful contacts within two business days.