Test Manager / QA Lead

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, or test management roles
• Proven experience as a Test Manager, QA Lead, or similar role in complex programmes
• Strong expertise in test management, including test strategy definition and test planning
• Hands-on experience with functional and non-functional testing
• Experience in technology migration or conversion projects, such as on-premise to cloud migration
• Ability to coordinate testing across multiple teams, workstreams, and stakeholders in parallel
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with both business and technical teams
• Experience with test tracking, reporting, defect management, and quality metrics
• Ability to manage testing-related risks, dependencies, and escalations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of testing governance, quality assurance standards, and compliance requirements
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of VMware environments
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other public cloud platforms
• Experience testing infrastructure, platform, or cloud-based solutions
• Familiarity with automation strategies and tools in a migration context

• Define, prepare, and own the end-to-end test strategy and test plans for the migration programme
• Create a test framework for application testing teams, including pre-migration prerequisites and post-migration verification activities
• Lead and coordinate testing activities across programme workstreams, where relevant
• Coordinate testing activities across application testing teams during migration cutover
• Analyse requirements and ensure appropriate test coverage, including functional and non-functional aspects
• Oversee test case design, preparation, and execution
• Review and quality assure test artefacts to ensure alignment with agreed standards
• Work closely with project, technical, and business teams to align testing activities with project timelines and milestones
• Track, monitor, and report on test planning, test execution progress, defects, risks, and quality metrics
• Manage testing-related dependencies and risks, proactively escalating issues where required
• Support business teams during testing phases and provide guidance on testing best practices
• Ensure testing activities are aligned with quality standards, governance, and compliance requirements
• Facilitate defect triage and support issue resolution in collaboration with development, infrastructure, and technical teams