Location: | Manchester |
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Salary: | £47,874 to £55,295 Grade 9 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 25th September 2024 |
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Closes: | 8th October 2024 |
Job Ref: | 7859 |
As IT & Digital (IT&D), we help to create the University of the future by co-designing new ways of working, enhancing productivity, reducing complexity, supporting innovation, and providing the insights to drive continual improvement. Embracing a digital future in an evolving modern university, you will be working in partnership with our academic and Professional Services colleagues to deliver digital services that help the University achieve its strategic objectives in teaching and research, nationally & globally.
Details about the Team:
The Software Engineering department in IT&D implements software solutions to support the university across all of its business domains. This includes both, off-the-shelf configured products and internally developed solutions. Within Software Engineering we are constantly delivering quality iterations of these products into production. Currently we are working with multiple significant business transformation projects alongside the development and re-platforming of key student and academic management systems.
Details about the Role:
The Test & Release team within the Software Engineering department is recruiting a Test Manager for the strategic management and application of the IT & Digital testing framework. Reporting to the Head of Test and Release, the Test Manager will collaborate with key stakeholders across the University to ensure that planning, delivery, governance, and acceptance of testing is robust, to enable the smooth transition of IT solutions to operations. Providing operational leadership, you will lead on the implementation of best practice initiatives that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the testing function, whilst finding new testing methodologies and test management frameworks that contribute to our testing strategy.
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Key Skills, Experiences and Qualifications:
Your experience in developing and leading on best practice, processes, and standards relating to effective test management as well as possessing proven influencing, communication and interpersonal skills will be essential to the role.
(Please refer to the job description and candidate pack attached below for full details.)
If you would like to join our people and share our ambition, we would love to hear from you!
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