Test Manager

Computacenter GIS business unit is seeking a confident and highly experienced Test Management professionals with vast testing skills, to bring maturity to their existing project management approach. The ideal candidate will take ownership for end-to-end delivery of assigned testing projects, ensuring high quality in accordance with CC standards and processes. Manage multiple projects in parallel ensuring they are all delivered successfully.Good communication skills and relationship building will enable the candidate to excel at the role, build a culture of strong Test management and advance their career within Computacenter.What you'll doFinancial, Timeline and Effort Control (10%)- Ensure the estimated effort for GIS test resources is as precise as possible and includes all test deliverables - Ensure each test deliverable meets the agreed quality standards, timeline, and effort - If deliverables fall behind schedule and require additional effort ensure an RFC/additional budget is agreed with the PM and Portfolio ManagerTest Planning (30%)- Provide effort and cost estimation, the test schedule, and resource needs (e.g. broader business teams) - Produce the Test Plan including the approach (functional and non functional), environment requirements, data requirements, test users access requirements, entry/exit criteria, communicate the test plan and test schedule to all parties involved (within GIS and the wider business) - Take accountability for reviewing requirements and creating test cases - Take accountability for producing regular progress reports as to the state of test readinessTest Execution (50%)- Hold regular meetings to review test progress and triage defects - Coordinate testers effectively to achieve daily execution targets - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure thorough testing coverage and effective issue resolution - Ensure defects are managed, chased and resolved in a timely manner escalating as required - Produce regular progress reports as to the status of test execution - Manage the test schedule ensuring all parties are informed of any deviation, any slippage should have mitigating actions - Manage risks and issues in collaboration with the projects taking ownership for test related risks and issues - Analyze test results, identify issues, and provide detailed reports and recommendations - Ensure management information is at hand for requirements coverage, defect status, trends and root cause analysis, test execution progress - Ensure stakeholders are fully informed, are bought into and support the test processProject Closure (10%)- Ensure the end of test reports are created - Ensure all test assets are save in the correct area and meet high standards of quality and the Spira project is closed - Ensure feedback is received from all stake holders and lessons sessions held to understand areas for improvement and feed them into the organizational test strategyWhat you'll need- Minimum 10 years of experience as Senior Test Manager - Experience in Genesys testing or SAP or Salesforce testing preferred - Exceptional leadership capabilities with the ability to navigate through change and achieve business and technology driven initiatives managing senior stakeholder expectations - Demonstrable organizational, time management, mentoring and coaching skills leading a team of matrix managed SMEs or Test resources - Extensive experience and deep understanding of Quality and Test Assurance best practices as well as the software development lifecycle including Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies - Detailed knowledge of formal Test Management methodologies, processes and approaches - Proven ability to lead and execute quality assurance and test assurance activities demonstrating excellent communication, presentation and collaboration skills. - Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines proving a clear action plan, regular communication, progress updates and take personal ownership and accountability to deliver - Good demonstrable negotiating and influencing skills to deal with sensitive issues - Ability to draft Testing documentation (test plans, specifications, functional and non-functional) - Knowledge and adoption of Prince 2 or similar project management methodologies - Knowledge and adoption of ISO-IEC-IEEE 29119 - Knowledge and adoption of Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi): - Knowledge and adoption of ITIL v4 Service Validation & Testing - Knowledge and adoption of Test Management tools (e.g Quality centre or Spira) - ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certification - SAFe v6 foundation certification - Team management development training programs - Leadership development training programs - This is a global role and the expectation is to provide a global test serviceAbout usWith over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitization, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. 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