UAT Test Manager

Planit are world leaders in application testing and quality engineering. We provide solutions that support organisations to deliver high quality systems, applications, and IT architecture.

Planit is now a proud NRI company and part of a global movement to deliver a sustainable and secure future through better Information Technology exchanges. Our team offer expert consultancy, bespoke services, tailored training and unique solutions to complex projects. Specialising in digital quality, Planit have a geographic footprint across many continents, with 1700+ permanent employees and have been recognised in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services.

Our values and ethos are focused on an intrinsic connection to our people, the awareness of our environment and our pursuit to be better than yesterday. We continue to lead the industry with unrivalled ideas, ability, and a quest to discern paradigms.

About the role:

As a UAT Test Manager you will have strong test management experience at a senior level, and demonstrate passionate and enthusiastic leadership of the testing activities at a project or program level.

Responsibilities:

• Foster strong UAT leadership and people lead experience
• Lead, plan and deliver activities to an exceptional quality, within highly complex environments and agreed timeframes.
• Ability to communicate with C-suite/senior leader stakeholders to educate them on innovation/ROI.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and innovation to implement new test practices eg automation/tools for a great return on investment.
• Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Team as well as possible
• Collect and assess metrics against projects and regularly report test progress across your engagements to both clients and Planit seniors.
• Understand how to manage stakeholder expectations, seeking support from more senior Planit employees to handle more complex issues
• Demonstrate a strong awareness of how Planit's work impacts on our clients, and how Planit's recommendations for testing and quality practices can continuously add value to client lifecycles and and end-user satisfaction.
• Leading delivery initiatives both on and/or offshore
• Growing the Planit Agile capability through industry presentations, attendance of group meetups and publication of articles

Experience:

• Solid UAT leadership experience and ability to run UAT practice autonomously.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate at all levels including senior leadership teams/ vendors etc..
• Ideally 8+ years' experience in Test Management/Test Consultant experience covering all areas of SDLC/STLC across multiple industries
• Experience delivering agile transformation initiatives across enterprise organisations with a focus on scrum adoption and consistency of best practice
• Ability to perform a Test Process Optimisation (TPO) review when required, and presenting to clients your findings and recommendations
• Test mentoring and leadership: setting clear vision and directives for teams to gain buy-in including the Business
• Resource and work allocation, pipeline planning, tracking and activity management
• The ability to produce high quality presentations

Culture/Benefits:

• Opportunities to grow your skills vertically and horizontally taking advantage of a world class training and development programme. You choose how deep and wide you want to go
• Hybrid working environment
• An organisation which is driven by innovation - it's at the heart of what we do.
• Competitive Salary package
• Career development initiatives in place to help you to be your best self.Wellness activities, staff discounts, free LinkedIn Learning licenses, referral bonuses and much more.
  

This is an immediate requirement and candidate applications will be processed immediately as they come through. Ability to start immediately or in less than 2 weeks is a great advantage.

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Planit is an equal opportunity employer.