Test Manager

Hybrid Working – Local office – 2 days a week on site.

Financial Services

Lorien's leading banking client is looking for a Test Manager to lead testing across a large-scale transformation programme within a major financial services environment. This is a senior leadership role focused on defining and delivering a comprehensive testing strategy while coordinating testing activities across multiple programmes, business functions and delivery teams.

You will act as a Testing Change Agent, bringing together existing testing capabilities, aligning resources, influencing senior stakeholders and ensuring successful delivery through multiple teams and managers rather than direct hands-on execution.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in complex enterprise environments and has experience driving testing across major business and technology transformation programmes.

This role is based in a local office.

This role will be Via Umbrella.

Working in a Hybrid Model of 2 days a week on site.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, own and deliver the overall Test Strategy from inception through to execution.
• Own the Test Completion Report (TCR) suite and ensure high-quality governance and reporting.
• Establish and maintain effective JIRA governance across testing activities.
• Coordinate testing across Programme, BAU and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Lead resource planning and test data coordination across multiple workstreams.
• Oversee planning, scheduling and execution of all testing phases.
• Align existing testing resources into a cohesive delivery model.
• Drive consistent testing approaches across technology and business teams.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure effective end-to-end delivery.
• Deliver through other managers and distributed testing teams across multiple organisations.
• Influence senior stakeholders and provide clear reporting on testing progress, risks and delivery outcomes.
• Ensure testing supports successful business and technology integration across multiple programmes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Senior Test Manager or Head of Test within large enterprise environments.
• Demonstrable experience creating and implementing Test Strategies from scratch.
• Strong leadership experience delivering through managers and cross-functional teams.
• Experience coordinating large-scale testing across multiple programmes and business units.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise testing governance and best practice.
• Experience owning Test Completion Reports (TCRs).
• Strong JIRA governance and reporting experience.
• Experience coordinating test resources, environments and test data.
• Excellent stakeholder management with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders.
• Strong organisational and programme coordination skills.
• Results-driven with the ability to deliver within complex transformation environments.
• Comfortable working with engineering teams and enterprise technology toolsets.

Highly Desirable

• Previous High Street Banking Experience.
• Experience delivering large-scale integration programmes.
• Experience within Wealth Management or Financial Services transformation.
• Experience working across BAU change and strategic transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of enterprise testing tools and modern delivery practices.

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Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.