Project Test Manager

Allwyn UK; Watford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Allwyn UK as a Test Manager to lead testing activities across various product functions for the National Lottery. You will develop and implement testing strategies, ensuring quality and reliability, alongside fostering team collaboration and empowered culture.

Benefits

26 days paid leave (plus bank holidays)

Annual bonus scheme

2 x Life Days

4 x Salary of Life Insurance

Pension matching contribution up to 8.5%

Single Private Health Cover

£500 Wellness Allowance

Income Protection

Enhanced parental leave

Eye Care, Dental and Cycle To Work schemes

Qualifications

• Demonstratable test management experience.
• Experience in implementing Quality KPIs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead test activities for projects across multiple product functions.
• Implement testing strategies early in the software development lifecycle.
• Coordinate projects with multiple integration dependencies.

Skills

Test management

Stakeholder management

Quality KPI implementation

Change advocacy

Team leadership

Job description

Join our journey to create a new experience for the National Lottery and help us to power change for the greater good.

ABOUT US:

We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group – a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus and Italy. We are the operator of the Fourth Licence (10 year licence) for the National Lottery since February 2024.

We’ve developed ground-breaking technologies, built player protection frameworks, and have a proven track record of making lotteries better. Our aim is to create one of the UK’s most inclusive organisations – where people can bring the best of themselves, to do their best work, every day, for the benefit of good causes.

While the main contribution of the National Lottery to society is through the funds to good causes, at Allwyn we put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we do. Join us as we embark on a once-in-a-lifetime, largescale transformation journey to build a bigger, better, and safer National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes.

The role requires the person to be in the office 3 days per week at our Watford office

ROLE PURPOSE:

As part of the QA/ Test enablement team this role will lead the test activities for projects that span across multiple product functions including Digital, Retail, Data and Balancing

This role will work closely with vendors to assure the full scope of testing across the software development lifecycle. This role forms part of the QA/ Test enablement team, who operate as a ‘Centre of Excellence’, providing testing services across agile and end-to end teams.

Building a team that aspires to excellence, collaboration and continuous learning, ensuring the integrity and reliability of all lottery systems is a key part of this role

HOW YOU WILL DO THIS:

• As a Test Manager, you will work closely with other Test Managers within the product functions and the wider Test enablement teams devising the end-to-end test strategy for a variety of projects
• You will be responsible for the implementation of Test Strategies for a variety of projects, ensuring testing happens as early as possible within the software development lifecycle working with various vendors to achieve this
• You will be responsible for the co-ordination of a variety of projects that may have multiple integration dependencies across different product portfolios,
• You will be responsible for all Project Test Reporting including the delivery of Quality KPI’s to track progress and quality
• You will be an advocate of change, driving continuous improvements and innovative ways to test to improve product quality and speed to market e.g. implementation of AI strategies
• Ability to right size the resource requirements to support project demands
• Line management and mentorship, building a team culture based on transparency and trust
• Ability to foster and maintain effective relationships with internal and external management teams

KEY MEASURES OF SUCCESS:

• Ability to provide ‘real time’ test progress reporting to show the status of a given project and the ability to predict quality trends
• Ability to implement and roll out the Test Strategies/ Test Plans for a variety of different projects
• Team engagement scores, driving a culture of ownership and empowerment and a place in which team members want to work
• Ability to foster and maintain effective relationships with internal and external management teams

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstratable test management experience
• Experience in the implementation of Quality KPI’s, measuring quality, progress and the ability to predict quality trends
• You can prioritise and focus on ‘what matters’, whilst under pressure
• Strong, engaging stakeholder management skills across internal and external teams
• Experience of cultivating a high performing test/QA team, leading by example

Our goal is to create one of the UK’s most inclusive organisations – where people can bring the best of themselves, to do their best work, every day, for the benefit of good causes.

Allwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer which prides itself in being diverse and inclusive. We do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or victimisation in the workplace. All employment decisions at Allwyn are based on the business needs, the job requirements, and the individual qualifications. Allwyn encourages applications from individuals regardless of age, disability (visible or hidden), sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

• 26 days paid leave (plus bank holidays)

• Annual bonus scheme

• 2 x Life Days

• 4 x Salary of Life Insurance

• Pension: we’ll match your contribution up to 8.5%

• Single Private Health Cover

• £500 Wellness Allowance

• Income Protection

• Enhanced parental leave (maternity and paternity)

• Eye Care, Dental and Cycle To Work schemes