Test Manager

Leidos; Whiteley; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Access to Flexible benefits

Flexi-Time Working

Job summary

Leidos UK & Europe is seeking a collaborative Test Manager to lead the testing and acceptance strategy for a critical IT application and infrastructure solution. You will work with customers, technical specialists and international delivery teams to ensure quality outcomes and timely delivery across the project lifecycle.

This hybrid role based in Whiteley, Hampshire requires experience in complex integration or transformation programmes, strong testing discipline, and a commitment to continuous

Qualifications

• Experience leading test activities within complex technology, transformation, or systems integration programmes.
• Strong understanding of the software testing lifecycle and testing methodologies.
• Experience with manual and automated testing, including functional and non-functional testing.
• Experience testing integrated solutions with third-party systems and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall test and acceptance strategy across the programme.
• Manage integration, testing, and acceptance activities throughout project delivery.
• Develop scalable test approaches including automated and manual testing.
• Create and maintain test plans, designs, procedures and supporting documentation.
• Ensure requirements are fully covered through testing.

Skills

Test leadership

Software testing lifecycle

Manual testing

Automated testing

Stakeholder communication

Team coaching

Cloud platforms

Tools

ISTQB

Job description

Test Manager Location: This is a Hybrid role. Whiteley, Hampshire

Clearance Required: This role will require attainment and maintenance of SC clearance

We're looking for a collaborative and forward-thinking Test Manager to join our team and play a key role in delivering a critical IT application and infrastructure solution. Working alongside customers, technical specialists, and international delivery teams, you'll lead the testing and acceptance strategy across the project lifecycle. You'll be responsible for ensuring quality outcomes, managing risks, and driving successful delivery against project milestones and customer expectations. This role would suit someone who is passionate about quality assurance, enjoys solving complex challenges, and thrives in environments where collaboration and continuous improvement are valued. Whether your background is in systems integration, software delivery, or large-scale transformation programmes, we'd love to hear how your experience can help shape our success.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Test Manager, you will:

• Lead the overall test and acceptance strategy across the programme.
• Manage integration, testing, and acceptance activities throughout project delivery.
• Develop and implement scalable test approaches, including automated and manual testing solutions.
• Create and maintain test plans, test designs, procedures, and supporting documentation.
• Ensure business and technical requirements are fully covered through effective testing.
• Identify and manage testing risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and opportunities.
• Work closely with customers, suppliers, and delivery teams to provide test assurance and quality oversight.
• Collaborate with Software Developers and Data Engineers to understand system functionality and improve test coverage.
• Manage the defect lifecycle, including investigation, prioritisation, reporting, and trend analysis.
• Produce clear test reports and acceptance evidence.
• Support and mentor other testers, helping to develop capability across the team.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• Experience leading test activities within complex technology, transformation, or systems integration programmes.
• Strong understanding of the software testing lifecycle and a range of test methodologies.
• Experience with both manual and automated testing appr Coaches, including functional, non-functional, integration, and acceptance testing.
• Experience testing integrated solutions involving third-party systems, applications, databases, and data platforms.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels to understand objectives and drive successful outcomes.
• Experience taking ownership of testing delivery and quality assurance activities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.
• An analytical and proactive approach to problem solving.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and sharing knowledge with others.
• Relevant certifications, such as ISTQB, are welcomed but not essential.
• It Would Be Great If You Also Have Experience working on complex integration or transformation programmes with significant data requirements.
• Experience leading, coaching, or managing small teams.
• Knowledge of Air Traffic Management (ATM) environments or related domains.
• Experience implementing modern testing practices, tools, and automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud-based or modern digital platforms.

What we do for you

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment and Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range

Pay Range: £61,500.00-£78,800.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Securing Your Data

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.