Test Manager

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At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday.

However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.

Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

The Contract Test Manager is responsible for defining and leading the test strategy for SAP solutions and their integration with third-party platforms. The role provides oversight across system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT) and regression testing, helping to ensure that solutions are robust, reliable and fit for purpose before release.

The role combines hands-on test management with governance, risk management and stakeholder coordination. It works closely with delivery vendors, development teams, architects, business analysts, product owners, release managers and business test users to embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.

The role acts as the central point of accountability for test delivery across relevant projects and releases. It provides clear recommendations on release readiness, identifies risks in requirements and solution design, and promotes continuous improvement in testing practices, tools, automation and reporting.

This role is offered on a contract basis for a duration of 6 months.

• Manage UAT and Regression testing across multiple domains.
• Validate SIT deliverables from delivery vendors
• Define, document, and own the project test plans, approach, and governance framework across projects and releases,
• Develop and maintain detailed test plans, schedules, and resourcing models, ensuring alignment with overall delivery and release objectives.
• Establish and enforce testing standards, frameworks, methodologies, and tools, including test automation where appropriate.
• Ensure clear entry/exit criteria are agreed and adhered to for all test phases; provide go/no-go recommendations based on results and risk.
• Lead risk-based testing, identifying, managing, and mitigating quality risks throughout the lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with development teams, architects, business analysts, product owners, release managers, and other stakeholders to ensure testing is integrated into the delivery pipeline.
• Validate integration architecture mainly between SAP and third-party platforms, ensuring testability is built into system design
• Assess and challenge architectural decisions that may compromise system stability, resilience, or long-term maintainability, acting as a technical authority who can push back on poor design choices.
• Design and execute resilience testing to ensure primary systems maintain functionality when ancillary systems fail or experience degradation, including verification of failover mechanisms, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation patterns
• Analyse functional and non-functional requirements for completeness, testability, and alignment with system goals, identifying and articulating gaps in requirements including performance, scalability, reliability, and usability considerations
• Challenge ambiguous or incomplete specifications before development begins and ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects.
• Provide high-quality test documentation, including strategies,…