Test Manager

scrumconnect ltd; Jersey Marine; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in the UK is seeking a Test Lead/Test Manager to own the quality strategy for digital government services. You will lead testing across multi‑disciplinary teams in hybrid cloud and legacy environments, balancing reliability, security, accessibility and compliance.

The role combines hands‑on test leadership with strategic quality ownership, influencing go/no‑go release decisions and shaping environments, data, and processes to support trusted government services.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to define test strategies for complex, multi‑team digital programmes.
• Hands‑on experience designing and delivering test management plans in regulated environments.
• Experience with API, UI, and service layer automation (e.g., RestAssured, Cypress, Selenium, Playwright).
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).
• Strong non‑functional testing knowledge: performance, resilience and security.
• Familiarity with WCAG 2.2 accessibility and GOV.UK design standards.
• Excellent communication and ability to articulate quality risk to senior stakeholders.
• Experience delivering testing in UK public sector/government contexts.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the overall test strategy across Java Spring Boot, AWS Serverless, Ruby on Rails with React, and Legacy Mainframe.
• Lead, mentor, and coach testers across one or more multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Plan and coordinate functional, integration, regression, performance, accessibility, and security testing.
• Establish quality metrics, reporting, and dashboards for stakeholders.
• Drive shift‑left testing within design, refinement, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Own end‑to‑end test environments and test data strategies.
• Lead defect triage and root cause analysis to drive quality improvements.
• Contribute to release planning and go/no‑go decisions.
• Ensure compliance with WCAG 2.2, security assurance, and service standards.
• Collaborate with security, architecture, product, and delivery leads.

Skills

Test leadership

Test strategy

Quality assurance

CI/CD testing

Non-functional testing

Accessibility testing

Security testing

Agile delivery

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Jira

Zephyr

TestRail

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Postman

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

JUnit

Jest

Job description

About Scrumconnect

Scrumconnect Consulting is a UK-based digital transformation consultancy delivering secure, scalable, and user-centred solutions across government and enterprise organisations. We specialise in agile delivery, cloud platforms, data, and modern engineering practices-helping clients build reliable services that meet high operational and compliance standards.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Test Lead/Test Manager to own and shape the quality strategy for digital services delivered to a UK government client. You will lead testing across one or more multi-disciplinary teams operating in a hybrid estate of modern cloud-native services and established Legacy platforms, including Mainframe integrations.

This role combines hands‑on test leadership with strategic quality ownership. You will operate within structured and governed environments where reliability, security, accessibility, and compliance are critical to service success, and you will be a key voice in go/no-go release decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the overall test strategy and approach across services built in Java Spring Boot, AWS Serverless (Lambda/Node.js), Ruby on Rails with React, and Legacy Mainframe systems.

• Lead, mentor, and coach testers working within one or more multi-disciplinary teams (MTD).

• Plan and coordinate functional, integration, regression, performance, accessibility, and security testing across the delivery life cycle.

• Establish quality metrics, reporting, and dashboards to give delivery and government stakeholders clear visibility of risk.

• Drive a shift-left approach, embedding testing into design, refinement, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Own end-to-end test environments, test data strategy, and integration testing across modern and Legacy components.

• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Contribute to release planning, go/no-go decisions, and operational acceptance criteria for live services.

• Ensure services meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards, GDS service standards, and security assurance requirements.

• Engage with security, architecture, product, and delivery leads to balance quality, risk, and pace.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience leading testing across complex, multi-team digital programmes.

• Demonstrable experience defining test strategies that span modern (microservice, serverless, web) and Legacy (Mainframe, monolithic) systems.

• Design, delivery, and oversight of test management plans in a complex environment, balancing different types of products and services.

• Hands‑on experience with test automation frameworks across API, UI, and service layers (eg, RestAssured, Postman/Newman, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, JUnit, Jest).

• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).

• Strong understanding of non‑functional testing, including performance, resilience, and security testing approaches.

• Solid grasp of accessibility testing (WCAG 2.2) and assistive technology validation.

• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (eg, Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, Azure DevOps).

• Experience leading testers in Agile or hybrid delivery models (Scrum, Kanban).

• Experience working in regulated, security‑conscious, or high‑assurance environments.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate quality risk to senior stakeholders.

• Experience delivering testing within a UK public‑sector or government context.

• Familiarity with GDS service standards, the Technology Code of Practice, and the GOV.UK Design System.

Desirable

• Experience testing Mainframe integrations or coordinating testing across Legacy modernisation programmes.

• Experience supporting services through GDS Alpha, Beta, and Live assessments.

• ISTQB Advanced, ISTQB Test Manager, or equivalent professional certification.

• Experience with contract testing (eg, Pact) and chaos/resilience testing tooling.

• Experience building or scaling testing communities of practice.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

At Scrumconnect Consulting, we believe diversity drives innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and supported.

We actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, individuals from under‑representated communities, and those seeking flexible working arrangements.

As a Disability Confident Level 1 employer, we provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment to ensure equal opportunity for all.