Senior Programme Test & Assurance Lead

Investec; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Investec is expanding its Corporate Banking proposition and seeks an experienced Programme Test & Assurance Manager to lead testing, assurance and launch readiness across the roadmap, with an immediate focus on Client Release 3.

This is a senior delivery role bringing together Product, Technology and Operations to ensure new capabilities are fully tested and client-ready, with end-to-end quality governance and evidence-based release decisions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Programme Test Manager or senior test leader within complex multi-team delivery programmes.
• Experience defining and driving an integrated test strategy from planning through execution, acceptance and go-live.
• Expertise across end-to-end testing, OAT, UAT, and release assurance.
• Ability to translate delivery scope into practical test plans, scenarios, ownership and evidence.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the programme-wide test and assurance strategy, creating an integrated approach across features, platforms, teams and business processes.
• Lead end-to-end Client Journey Testing, cross-team integration testing, Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Build realistic testing around complete client and colleague journeys, covering happy paths, exceptions, failure scenarios, recovery processes and manual interventions.
• Coordinate testing across Product, Technology, Operations, Client Services, Risk, Compliance, data and third parties, ensuring dependencies and hand-offs are properly validated.
• Establish clear testing governance, including scope, ownership, entry and exit criteria, environments, test data and evidence standards.
• Lead defect and quality management, driving effective triage, resolution and retesting while maintaining visibility of residual risks and workarounds.
• Assess overall release readiness and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations to support go/no-go decisions.
• Provide concise reporting to senior stakeholders on testing progress, coverage, defects, dependencies, risks and readiness, escalating material concerns early.

Skills

Programme Test Manager

Test & Assurance

End-to-end testing

Stakeholder management

Job description

Investec is expanding its Corporate Banking proposition and seeks an experienced Programme Test & Assurance Manager to lead testing, assurance and launch readiness across the roadmap, with an immediate focus on Client Release 3.

This is a senior delivery role bringing together Product, Technology and Operations to ensure new capabilities are fully tested and client-ready, with end-to-end quality governance and evidence-based release decisions.