Portfolio Test Manager

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Hatfield

Hatfield

213489-en_GB

Life on the team

Portfolio Test Manager

Location: Hatfield (with Hybrid)

Must have the ability to undertake Security Clerance if requested

The Portfolio Test Manager provides strategic leadership and expert guidance on test methodologies and best practices. This role is accountable for delivering test management services to Customer Onboarding & Programme Delivery. The focus is on providing high-quality test managers to ensure timely delivery of customers on Computacenter tooling and strategic projects and programmes.

What you’ll do

Programme Delivery (25%):

  • Work closely with the Head of Programme Delivery, PMs and Business SMEs to ensure that the projects and programme pipeline is accurately sized for testing resources, budgeted and reviewed monthly for any changes.
  • Ensure test managers are following, communicating and delivering against the organisational strategy, test budget is agreed with the PMs, plans are finalized, and all test deliverables meet the highest standards and are delivered on schedule.
  • Identify any environmental requirements for upcoming Projects and Programmes and ensure these are communicated
  • Collaborate with Product Leads to drive the strategy for non-functional testing, ensuring the protection of operational stability.

Customer Onboarding (25%):

  • Work closely with the Director of Customer Onboarding and the leadership team and PMs to ensure customer onboarding is fully resourced for testing, budget is approved, plans are finalized.
  • Work closely with Customer Onboarding and the Environment Management team to identify the environmental (inc. Data) requirements for customer projects and ensure that the Customer Test Environment (CTE) is fit for current and future customer demand.
  • Cost models are reviewed regular, reflect the work being executed.

Team Management (global team) (40%):

  • Establish a core team of expert GIS Test Managers working alongside Project Managers and Business SMEs to deliver projects into production to the highest standards.
  • Provide leadership, direction, and support to team members.
  • Provide clear and effective communication of the team’s goals and
  • Ensure vendors are managed effectively, provide management information and deliver to SLA’s and KPIs
  • Take ownership of issues, escalating as necessary
  • Provide regular progress reporting
  • Provide financial oversight and reporting
  • Conduct regular audits for test deliverables against policy and standards and implement continuous improvement initiatives

Test Strategy & Environment Evangelist (10%):

  • Take ownership for delivering key testing initiatives as set by the Head of Testing & Environments
  • Ensure Test & Environment policies and standards

What you’ll need

Essential

  • Minimum 10 years of experience as a Portfolio Test Manager or Programme Test Manager
  • Exceptional leadership capabilities with the ability to navigate through change and achieve business and technology driven initiatives managing senior stakeholder expectations
  • Demonstrable organisational, time management, mentoring and coaching skills leading a team of test experts
  • Extensive experience and deep understanding of Quality and Test Assurance best practices as well as the software development lifecycle including Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies
  • Excellent Knowledge and adoption of Prince 2 or similar project management methodologies
  • Knowledge and adoption of ISO-IEC-IEEE 29119
  • Knowledge and adoption of Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi):
  • Knowledge and adoption of ITIL v4 Service Validation & Testing
  • Knowledge and adoption of Test Management tools (e.g Quality centre or Spira)
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certification
  • SAFe v6 foundation certification
  • Team management development training programmes
  • Leadership development training programmes
  • This is a global role and the expectation is to provide a global test service

Desirable:

  • Prince 2 certification
  • TMMi professional certification
  • ITIL v4 certification
  • Excellent analytical skills, able to understand e2e solutions and troubleshoot issues

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

We are an award-winning employer!

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