Senior Test Manager — Hybrid (3 days on-site)

Scrumconnect Limited; Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in Swansea, United Kingdom, seeks an experienced Test Manager to lead testing across complex digital services within a governed environment. You will define test strategies, manage testing teams across multiple delivery streams, and ensure high-quality outcomes through robust governance and metrics.

Collaborate with product managers, analysts, developers and stakeholders to optimise test coverage, risk management and release readiness, while embracing our flexible hybrid

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Test Manager or Senior Test Lead in complex programmes.
• Strong knowledge of test principles, SDLC, and governance.
• Experience with risk management, defect tracking, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement test strategies, plans and approaches.
• Lead end-to-end testing across the software development lifecycle.
• Coordinate functional, integration, system, regression, UAT, performance and security testing.
• Mentor test analysts and engineers across delivery teams.
• Collaborate with PMs, BAs, Developers, Architects and DevOps to ensure coverage.
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria to identify testing needs and risks.
• Establish testing processes, governance and quality controls.
• Monitor progress and report on test status, risks and defects.
• Oversee defect management and ensure evidence meets governance standards.
• Support release decisions with clear testing outcomes and quality metrics.

Skills

Test management

Agile and Waterfall delivery

Stakeholder management

Test strategy development

Team leadership

Governance and quality controls

Education

ISTQB/ISEB certification

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

AWS/Azure

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in Swansea, United Kingdom, seeks an experienced Test Manager to lead testing across complex digital services within a governed environment. You will define test strategies, manage testing teams across multiple delivery streams, and ensure high-quality outcomes through robust governance and metrics.

Collaborate with product managers, analysts, developers and stakeholders to optimise test coverage, risk management and release readiness, while embracing our flexible hybrid