Portfolio Test Manager

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London (Client onsite)

Fractal is seeking a Portfolio Test Manager who is accountable for developing the strategy and managing delivery of all aspects of end to end Testing (functional, non-functional, SIT, end to end testing, OAT, UAT) across a complex portfolio of platforms or major projects , ensuring the offshore testing partners deliver against contractual commitments / base lined plans, departmental best practice and standards and the risk appetite of the stakeholders through the delivery of a signed-off risk based test strategy, test plans and test summary reports

• Provide end-to-end testing best practice advice and guidance to programme / project lead, liaising with business stakeholders to ensure required resources in place to execute UAT testing.
• To work with the Delivery leads and their teams to ensure offshore vendor testing capability and plans are sufficient to meet project time, cost and quality standards.
• Maintain an understanding of industry trends in testing and ensure the best practice embedded in test strategies and plans.
• Support the Head of Testing Services, ensuring continuous improvement within the testing function in order to help drive the strategic agenda.

• Manage the overall test strategy, planning and co-ordination of all phases of testing
• Ensure the delivery of testing to agreed baselined time, cost and quality in adherence with departmental best practice, relevant, appropriate and agreed testing methods, standards and policies for both waterfall and agile methods of delivery.
• Successfully manage the working relationship with the testing Vendor as required to fulfil all testing commitments and plans
• Operate as a testing SME and provide advice to determine the most appropriate testing strategies for projects or programmes
• Definition of Test Strategies, Plans and Approaches as required and in line with best practices
• Ensure the offshore test team is resourced to undertake the required test planning, specification, management, execution and reporting to meet agreed business and non-functional requirements within timescale and cost constraints
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting on testing progress in accordance with agreed project/department/release management timescales
• Regular QA of Vendor output ensuring adherence to testing policy and practices can be evidenced
• Overall responsibility for managing our test environment and data requirements to ensure compliance with any DLG set guidelines
• Ability to demonstrate:
  • Technical skills commensurate with defined experience
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
  • Adherence to defined standards and ways of working
  • Capability to manage and lead a team of systems analysts with varied experience
  • Effective running of daily and weekly progress and governance meetings
  • Provision of technical direction to team members
  • Assurance of the quality of deliverables
• Experience in creating and managing a high-performing team
• Ability to advise and guide Business Analysts, technical and business SMEs through interactive/agile approaches.
• An ability to advise and guide Application Delivery Managers and Solution Designers to ensure the proposed solution fits with the overall system design…