Lead Test Manager: Strategy & Delivery (Hybrid)

Leonardo UK Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension up to 15%

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Free online courses

Referral bonus

Flexible benefits

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Lead Test Manager to provide vision, leadership, and delivery oversight across some of the UK’s most complex programmes in a hybrid Bristol-based setting. You will ensure resources, governance, and execution meet the highest standards while collaborating with customers and the wider team.

You will lead test teams, shape delivery strategies, manage test governance and reporting, and mentor engineers to grow the next generation of leaders in an agile environment with

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience across test teams and programmes.
• Proven ability to deliver test and assurance solutions at scale.
• Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to represent testing at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to test teams, including line management, workforce planning, and career development.
• Shape and oversee delivery strategies for testing across multiple projects and programmes.
• Take responsibility for test outcomes across cost, schedule, quality, and security.
• Represent testing at programme boards, customer reviews, and senior leadership meetings.
• Own test governance, assurance, and reporting processes at programme level.
• Support bids, proposals, and business winning activities with authoritative input on test strategy.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and standardisation across the test community.
• Mentor Principal and Senior Test Engineers, building the next generation of leaders.

Skills

Test leadership

Test governance

Stakeholder management

Agile/SAFe exposure

Strategic thinking

Tools

ITIL

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Lead Test Manager to provide vision, leadership, and delivery oversight across some of the UK’s most complex programmes in a hybrid Bristol-based setting. You will ensure resources, governance, and execution meet the highest standards while collaborating with customers and the wider team.

You will lead test teams, shape delivery strategies, manage test governance and reporting, and mentor engineers to grow the next generation of leaders in an agile environment with