Test Management Consultancy Services
Looking for a highly competent & experienced Test Manager with 20+ Years experience across Programme, Functional, Non-functional, Integration, & User Acceptance test phases.
Accustomed to being single point of contact for testing within an organisation, owning either large portions or the whole of the testing function. Extensive experience of working in difficult & demanding environments, dealing with challenging stakeholders & clients on highly complex multi-million pound programmes of work.
Commercially aware of delivery/stakeholder challenges, political issues & sensitivities which can arise when delivering a quality solution using on/off shore and/or virtual teams, within limited or fixed time & budget.
A competent & conscientious leader with excellent organisational, presentation and communication skills, the ability to influence decision-making and build confidence. Accustomed to working accurately under pressure to meet tight or fixed (legislative) deadlines.
Experience:
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Test Governance
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Test Strategy / Planning
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Resource Management
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Stakeholder Management
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Project Delivery Management
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3rd Party / Onshore / Offshore Team Management
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System Test Management
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Integration Test Management
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End-to-End Test Management
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Regression Test Management
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UAT Test Management
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Performance Test Management
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Operational / Non-Functional Test Management
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Penetration Test Management
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Accessibility Test Management
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Waterfall, V-model, DSDM, RUP, Agile/SCRUM, & PRINCE2.
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Managing teams (up to ~50), inc. onshore, offshore & 3rd party resources
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Liaison with senior management & client stakeholders
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Test strategy, process, & plan definition
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Test planning & test process design & improvement
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Test Estimation, forecasting & scheduling
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Progress meetings & metrics reporting to all levels of management/client(s)
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Incident, risk/issue, & defect management
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Design of test cases and test procedures
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Test Environment management
Summary:
– 20+ years test management experience across programme, functional, non functional, integration & user acceptance testing.
– Extensive experience of test management & governance on large/complex multi-million pound projects at project, release, & programme level.
– Extensive experience of high profile/reputable organisations & UK Government bodies.
– Management & Liaison of Onshore / Offshore and 3rd Party Virtual teams & suppliers across the UK, Americas and Middle East.
Clients worked with over the past 20+ years