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Senior Manager, Test Manager, Quality Engineering, Government and Public Sector

London, England, GBFull-time2026-11-08 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead test delivery, strategy, and governance for complex, large-scale government and public sector programmes, ensuring secure and resilient solutions for national services.

Role type

Senior Manager, Test Manager

Builds

Secure, resilient, and future-ready essential services for the UK nation

Domain

Government and Public Sector

Required skills

Test strategy and planning, SIT and UAT leadership, test automation strategy, risk-based testing, team leadership and coaching, defect management, test environment and data governance, Agile delivery, GenAI testing considerations

Preferred skills

Public sector or highly regulated environment experience, large-scale digital transformation programme experience, client-facing engagement experience

Technologies

Azure DevOps, Jira, Xray, Zephyr, qTest

Responsibilities

Lead functional test workstreams (SIT, UAT, automation); Create and own test strategies, plans, estimates, and quality gates; Define risk-based test approaches with traceability; Lead SIT across integrated systems and services; Lead UAT including business-user engagement and acceptance reporting; Establish functional and automated testing approaches; Lead and develop test teams; Produce test dashboards and completion reports

Seniority

Senior Manager, strategic leadership and team management