Test Manager

Together; Heald Green; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday day off

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Travel season ticket loans

Ride to work scheme

Gym access

Bar/restaurant discounts

Holiday homes

Buy & sell holidays

Birthday off

Job summary

Together in the UK is seeking an experienced Test Manager to lead QA across Agile teams. Reporting to the Head of Test, you will define test strategy, governance, and delivery standards, and act as the primary contact for test assurance across the release train.

Based at our office in Cheadle (SK8 3GW), you will coordinate with Product and Engineering, oversee test planning and UAT, track quality metrics, and drive automation adoption within a central framework.

Qualifications

• Experienced Test Manager with a track record of leading test strategy and governance in Agile environments.
• ISTQB certification or equivalent is desirable.
• Proficient with Azure DevOps, Cypress, Postman and related CI/CD practices.
• Strong in test planning, defect management, quality metrics, and UAT.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the test strategy and quality governance across the team.
• Act as the primary contact for test assurance within the release train.
• Coordinate test planning with feature teams and third party testers.
• Ensure risk-based testing approaches and adherence to standards.
• Monitor progress, triage defects, and report quality metrics.
• Define and maintain a test coverage model linked to requirements.
• Own incident management in testing, with RCA and corrective actions.
• Drive improvements to testing processes and automation adoption.
• Collaborate with central Automation and Non Functional Test teams.
• Lead UAT planning and coordination across releases.

Skills

Test strategy

Governance

Delivery

Agile

QA

Test planning

Defect management

UAT coordination

Non-functional testing

Automation testing

CI/CD pipelines

AI experience

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Cypress

Postman

AccelQ

Job description

• Working Hours: Standard (09:00am-17:30pm)
• Office or Field Based: Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW)
• Contract type: Permanent

Company Description

Benefits of working at Together

• Based on site in Cheadle (SK8 3GW) - Monday to Friday
• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.

Job Description

This is an exciting time for Tech within Together as we transform our business with a new end to end platform. Reporting to the Head of Test and working along side two other Test Managers, you will lead quality assurance across Agile teams, defining and executing test strategy, governance, and delivery standards. Acting as the primary contact for test assurance, you will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and within the context of change and major strides forward within our tech capabilities.

You will oversee test planning, execution, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives, while managing testing across multiple teams and vendors. The role also includes ownership of incidents within your technical area, driving root cause analysis, defect leakage measurement, and process improvements. Additionally, you will maintain a test coverage model, ensuring clear traceability, transparency, and reporting of quality metrics aligned to business objectives.

Typical Duties include:

• Own and drive the test strategy and quality governance across the team
• Act as the primary contact for test assurance within the release train.
• Coordinate with feature teams (including third-party testers) on test planning, execution, and defect management.
• Ensure test approaches are risk-based, standards-aligned, and appropriate for the delivery context.
• Monitor test progress, triage defects, and elevate risks and blockers as needed.
• Track and report on key quality metrics (e.g., test coverage, defect leakage, automation adoption).
• Define and maintain a test coverage model for the team, ensuring traceability to business and technical requirements.
• Take ownership of incidents related to testing within the team, ensuring thorough root cause analysis (RCA) is conducted and that corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurrence.
• Identify and implement improvements to testing processes and practices based on incident learnings and delivery retrospectives.
• Work collaboratively with central Automation, Non Functional Test teams to ensure alignment to the programme requirements and to preserve and drive consistent standards
• Validate that Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) are planned and addressed.
• Lead UAT planning and coordination across releases.
• Support Planning to ensure test effort, dependencies, and resources are visible and accounted for.
• Ensure entry/exit criteria are defined and met at each delivery stage.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in testing practices across the team.
• Contribute to the test community of practice and champion quality across the organisation.
• Ensure automation developed by feature teams is integrated into the central framework for reuse.

Qualifications

As the perfect candidate for this role, you will already be an experienced Test Manager with a strong track record of leading test strategy, governance, and delivery within Agile environments. You will be skilled at managing testing across multiple teams, driving quality standards, and partnering with stakeholders to identify, mitigate, and communicate delivery risks. An ISTQB certification, or equivalent testing qualification, is desirable.

We would expect you to have expertise in test planning, defect management, quality metrics, UAT coordination, non-functional testing, and enterprise-scale test automation. Proficiency in tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), Cypress, Postman, and AccelQ etc would be assumed with a strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern testing practices. We also encourage candidates to apply who have experience in either automation testing, performance testing or experience with AI. knowledge of Developing is also a bonus, but equally non essential.

We require a collaborative leader who is passionate about; continuous improvement, promoting a quality-first culture, and mentoring testers to drive best practice, increase automation adoption, and improve overall delivery quality.

Additional Information

Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.