Senior Test Manager

Aviva; York; Hybrid; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Test Manager – Salary Circa £60,000.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Test Manager to join the Quality Engineering Centre of Excellence. We have a multi-site team working in a range of roles/assignments, across projects and platforms.

The role requires candidates with a broad insight across products and systems used in our Aviva business while maintaining a deep knowledge in the area that you are assigned. This role requires an individual who will work with stakeholders to change the current way of working.

A bit about the job:

• This role is working as a Senior Test Manager within the Quality Engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering specific projects and working across the platform on transformation & innovation activities in collaboration with other teams.
• The quality engineering team is embarking on a period of transformation and requires a personality at the forefront of this process to advocate for quality engineering.
• The role involves working closely with all roles in IT and senior business stakeholders whilst understanding the impact on users & our customers.
• Mentoring other members of the team, leading through coaching and developing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the estate.

Aviva operates a “smart working” policy meaning that we spend approximately half of our time working in an office this role is based in Perth, Glasgow, York and Bristol.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• System development life cycle methodologies, implementing QE metrics delivering efficiency, automation, & quality improvements experience is essential.
• Experience setting QE standards and patterns implementing best practices, asset libraries, test data & tooling strategies.
• Both functional and non-functional experience including performance, security & accessibility testing.
• In depth understanding of how to define & manage risks, issues & interdependencies as they relate to QE standards and patterns.
• Establish positive stakeholder & QE industry relationships by connecting through collaboration inside and outside of Aviva.

What you’ll get for this role:

• National Salary: Circa £60,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity: 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

• Generous pension scheme: Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Abigail Aitken a call on [phone] or send an email to [e-mail].