Test Manager

Overview

As Test Manager, you will lead end-to-end testing across a large telecoms transformation, ensuring quality and readiness through the delivery lifecycle. You will partner with project teams, business stakeholders and IT to drive cross-functional collaboration, manage risks, and provide clear progress visibility to programme leadership. The role focuses on UAT and Operational Readiness Testing to enable a smooth go-live. You will shape testing governance and assurance across multiple streams, supporting successful deployment and go-live readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate testing across multiple programme workstreams
• Plan, execute and report on end-to-end testing activities
• Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Lead Operational Readiness Testing (ORT) for go-live preparedness
• Consolidate testing status, risks, issues and dependencies into programme reporting
• Coordinate Test Leads and stakeholders across Network, Digital and IT
• Ensure adequate test coverage across complex processes
• Support go-live readiness, cutover planning and deployment activities
• Provide governance, assurance and challenge across testing functions

Key requirements

• Proven experience as a Test Manager, Senior Test Manager or End-to-End Test Lead
• Strong telecommunications (Telco) background
• Experience across large-scale transformation, migration or platform programmes
• Understanding of either: Network testing and telecoms infrastructure, or Digital and IT testing environments
• Strong UAT and Operational Readiness Testing (ORT) experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience coordinating multiple teams and suppliers within complex delivery environments

• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• cross-functional collaboration
• end-to-end testing
• UAT
• ORT

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