Test Manager

Technopride Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Technopride Ltd in London seeks an experienced Test Manager with strong General Insurance domain expertise to lead large-scale transformation programmes, including Duck Creek or Guidewire upgrades. You will define and deliver end-to-end test strategy across multiple streams, promote shift-left practices, drive automation with Playwright, and ensure robust governance.

The role requires coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, managing test data, environments, and vendor testing, while

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading test programmes in General Insurance.
• Proven track record with Duck Creek or Guidewire upgrades.
• Strong automation mindset with Playwright and CI/CD integration.
• Experience in test strategy, governance, and data management.
• Ability to manage multi-vendor testing across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end test strategy across streams for Duck Creek/Guidewire upgrades.
• Lead test planning, estimation, and scheduling across teams.
• Design and implement automation strategy for UI and API layers.
• Establish NFT testing strategy (performance, security, accessibility).
• Drive Test Data Management and environment provisioning.
• Govern vendor testing activities and oversee defect lifecycle.
• Provide reporting on quality metrics to senior stakeholders.
• Mentor high-performing test teams and lead regression activities.

Skills

Test management

General Insurance

Playwright

Automation testing

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Vendor coordination

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related

ISTQB Advanced/Expert certifications

Tools

JIRA

Postman

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 26/11/2025

We provide end-to-end IT solutions and services including Applications services, Data & Analytics services, AI/ML Technologies and Professional services in the UK and EU market.

Job Description

Role Summary

We are seeking an experiencedTest Managerwith strongGeneral Insurance domain expertiseand a proven track record of leading large-scale transformation programmes—specificallyDuck CreekorGuidewireplatform upgrades. The role is responsible for defining and delivering the end-to-end test strategy across multiple streams (functional, regression, integration, UAT, and non-functional). The ideal candidate brings a test engineering mindset, promotes shift-left practices, drives automation adoption (including Playwright), and enhances quality through continuous testing and robust test governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end test strategy for Duck Creek or Guidewire upgrade programmes, aligned with programme timelines, release plans, and business objectives.
  
• Lead test planning, estimation, and scheduling across distributed teams and workstreams to ensure timely delivery.
  
• Implement a risk-based testing approach; maintain a dynamic test risk register and ensure timely mitigation.
  
• Design and implement the automation strategy across UI and API layers, including frameworks, CI/CD integration, and reusable assets.
  
• Define non-functional testing (NFT) strategy spanning performance, load, scalability, security, and accessibility testing, collaborating with platform and infrastructure teams.
  
• Establish a robust Test Data Management (TDM) strategy including data profiling, synthetic data creation, masking, subsetting, and environment refresh cycles.
  
• Drive test environment strategy, including provisioning, configuration management, and use of service virtualization or mocks for dependency testing.
  
• Promote a Test Engineering culture through shift-left testing, testability by design, contract testing, and continuous feedback loops.
  
• Manage stakeholders across business functions, product ownership, architecture, infrastructure, vendor partners, and third-party suppliers.
  
• Coordinate and govern vendor/supplier testing activities, validating deliverables such as patches, fixes, and acceptance testing artifacts.
  
• Oversee the defect management lifecycle, ensuring effective triage, prioritization, and resolution; establish and enforce quality gates.
  
• Provide detailed reporting on quality metrics, coverage, defects, automation ROI, risks, and readiness to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
  
• Build and mentor high-performing test teams, including test leads, automation engineers, performance specialists, and TDM experts.
  
• Lead regression and upgrade-specific testing activities, including baseline regression packs, compatibility testing, data migration validation, cutover rehearsals, and post-go-live verification.
  

Required Technical & Domain Skills

• Extensive experience inGeneral Insurancetesting with functional understanding of policy, billing, claims, rating, and endorsement processes.
  
• Demonstrated delivery experience onDuck CreekorGuidewireupgrade programmes (major version upgrades, LOB migrations, patch upgrades).
  
• Strong hands-on expertise withPlaywrightfor web UI automation: designing scripts, debugging, parallelization, flakiness reduction, and CI integration.
  
• Solid grounding in UI and API automation frameworks with experience integrating automated tests intoCI/CD pipelines(Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.).
  
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, REST-assured, or equivalent) and service virtualization techniques.
  
• Test Data Management experience including masking, synthetic data creation, subsetting, and TDM tooling.
  
• Non-functional testing experience with performance/load testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.) and general security testing awareness.
  
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA) and modern reporting and orchestration tools.
  
• Knowledge of cloud environments, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code concepts impacting test environments.
  
• Experience leading testing within large-scale transformation programmes involving multi-vendor ecosystems and geographically distributed teams.
  
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and steering committees.
  
• Proven capability to scale testing operations, implement best practices, and transform legacy QA approaches into engineering-led continuous testing models.
  

Desired Certifications & Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
  
• Relevant certifications such asISTQB Advanced/Expert, Agile testing certifications, ScrumMaster/Kanban certifications, or Duck Creek/Guidewire certifications (if available).
  
• Playwright training or proven experience in implementing Playwright at scale is highly desirable.
  

Success Criteria & KPIs

• Reduced production defects associated with upgraded components and integrations.
  
• Increased automation coverage across critical business and technical flows, demonstrating tangible automation ROI.
  
• On-time completion of regression cycles and successful cutover rehearsals with minimal defects or rollbacks.
  
• Effective mitigation of testing risks and timely stakeholder sign-off for releases.
  
• Improved feedback loops through CI-driven continuous validation and quality gates.
  

Typical Deliverables

• Comprehensive test strategy and test plan.
  
• Automation strategy and Playwright framework implementation.
  
• Non-functional testing (NFT) strategy and TDM strategy documentation.
  
• Test schedules, estimates, resource plans, and traceability matrices.
  
• Test cases, automated test suites, and environment/data preparation scripts.
  
• Regular dashboards and reports on test progress, risks, defects, and quality.
  

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an engineering-first mindset.
  
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical risks in business terms.
  
• Collaborative and influential leadership style across cross-functional and vendor teams.
  
• Resilient, adaptable, and able to thrive in high-pressure transformation environments.