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Programme Test Manager – Cyber - Outside IR-35
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Programme Test Manager - Cyber - Technology Transformation
📍 Location: Remote (occasional travel to Cambridge)
💰 Rate: Up to £450/day Outside IR35
📄 Contract: Initial contract with extension potential
We're supporting a FTSE100 organisation on a multi-million-pound technology transformation programme and are looking for an experienced Test Manager to lead testing across a complex enterprise delivery. Ideally you have experience within the Cyber Security space.
You'll own the programme-wide testing strategy, coordinating testing across multiple projects, suppliers and business teams to ensure high-quality releases and successful deployments.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the programme Test Strategy, Test Plans and overall test schedule.
- Coordinate System, Integration, UAT, Operational and Performance Testing across multiple workstreams.
- Manage testing activities, dependencies and readiness with delivery teams, suppliers and business stakeholders.
- Oversee defect management, including triage, reporting and resolution.
- Produce test dashboards, status reports and Test Exit Reports.
- Ensure test evidence meets agreed entry and exit criteria.
- Provide assurance to programme governance and support Go/No-Go decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement across the programme testing function.
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Required Skills
- Proven experience leading testing on large-scale technology transformation programmes.
- Strong background in Test Strategy, planning and test governance.
- Experience coordinating multiple projects, third-party suppliers and senior stakeholders.
- Excellent defect management and test reporting experience.
- Strong understanding of System, Integration, UAT, Operational and Performance Testing.
- Ability to provide release assurance and Go/No-Go recommendations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Please do apply if this is of interest!
Programme Test Manager – Technology Transformation
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