Our client, a prominent player in the retail industry, is seeking a Senior Programme Test Manager to join their team on a contract basis. This role is pivotal in ensuring qualitative excellence in software delivery, directly influencing the enhancement of sight and hearing standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Enabling the most effective Quality Assurance delivery strategy within time and cost constraints
- Ensuring accurate resource forecasting and actualisation to support QA organisation utilisation
- Managing QE resources to ensure work-package management, from estimates and planning to implementation, execution, and reporting
- Delivering QE outcomes in alignment with Principal engineer or other stakeholder governance requirements
- Leading a team of Quality Managers, Quality Leads, and/or Quality Engineers to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
- Managing the line and performance of internal colleagues assigned as part of the organisational structure
- Acting as a deputy for the Principal Engineer when required
Job Requirements:
- Demonstrable ability to translate complex technical risks into business language for informed stakeholder decisions
- Strong advocacy for quality on projects or initiatives, providing support and education
- Flexible and pragmatic approach to test management
- Proven experience in developing and implementing quality improvement programs
- Ability to identify and utilise synergies with Partners and internal resourcing for cost-effective QA delivery
- Enhance QA and Delivery processes, tooling, and behaviours to embed quality in Specsavers' core software decisions
- Point of escalation for stakeholders to ensure understanding and continuous education of QA principles and goals
- Improve maturity of QA Capabilities, ensuring access to industry advances and standards
If you possess significant experience in software testing and have a passion for quality assurance, our client would love to hear from you. Apply now to play a key role in shaping the future of quality engineering within the technology and retail sector.
