Test Manager

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Are you looking for a great opportunity to be at the forefront of contributing to our test management process to support our transformation to a DevSecOps approach? This will be alongside supporting current test management activities in a waterfall approach to ensure we deliver quality products to our production environment.

You will be working on a programme of work to convert our main critical infrastructure blood supply system from a Delphi to C# code base where donor, patient and colleague safety is paramount. The system provides our colleagues functionality to support business processes from controlling donor records and appointments, blood product manufacture and testing, stock control through to fulfilment of orders.

You will utilise your leadership, negotiation and communications skills to liaise with wider SDLC teams to deliver change.

This is a 6.5-year programme which started in and there is plenty of scope for you to bring your experience and knowledge to the management, maturity and development of our test management capability. There is every opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a supportive environment. If you thrive in a high energy environment and are deeply committed to safeguarding people, assets, and our organisational reputation, have people, management, technical skills, and defect management expertise, we want you to be part of our close-knit team. Your success is our success.

This is a rewarding role in an organisation dedicated to saving and improving lives. Join us and let us shape the future of test management for this programme together.

Note : This role offers a hybrid working arrangement. However, you will be assigned a base location at one of NHSBT’s main centres. The final base location will be confirmed after the final interview and mutually agreed upon with the line manager during the verbal offer stage.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will play a key role in the modernisation of blood technology, which includes the conversion to a .net / C# code base. Your responsibilities will include :

• Leading a team of senior testers to deliver a thorough and robust testing capability within the blood technology product centre to ensure the safe and secure delivery of technology change to a national critical application into the business.
• Acting as a line manager and mentor for all senior test engineers and test engineers within the blood technology product centre as well as for the wider testing community of practice within DDTS.
• Focussing predominantly on test planning and management but will still be expected to participate in testing delivery work when required
• Ensuring the agreed test management process is correctly followed in a timely nature by all stakeholders.
• Providing regular progress updates and metrics to inform the test function and provide input into regular Programme updates.
• Running stand up meetings with all stakeholders to ensure testing is running effectively and actively support the team remove any blockers to test progress.
• Providing a single point of contact for management of testing.

You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which may involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required (approx. once per month).

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