Test Manager - Automation and Manual

Job Description:

Our client, an esteemed wealth management firm, are seeking a Test Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.

The successful candidate will ensure developed features meet quality and reliability standards before being released to the business and assume responsibility for creating and managing a thorough testing strategy.

As the business continues to evolve, you will help shape the automation roadmap and work with the business to provide expertise on best practises.

• In-depth understanding of both manual and automated testing practices.


• Ability to define a testing maturity roadmap, outlining the path from manual acceptance testing to fully automated testing processes.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, enabling clear articulation of testing processes, progress, and issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.


• Proficient in setting up, running, and maintaining automated regression tests


• Demonstrated ability to evolve testing processes and documentation as technologies and business needs change.


• Ability to assess and mitigate risk by prioritizing testing efforts and focusing on the most critical areas of the product.


• Capable of diagnosing complex issues, identifying root causes, and implementing effective corrective actions.

• Develop and communicate a clear roadmap outlining how the organization will progress from predominantly manual testing to a robust, automated testing framework.


• Set realistic milestones and success criteria for each stage of maturity.


• Conduct thorough acceptance testing for newly developed features, ensuring defects are identified and resolved before features are handed over to the business.


• Reduce manual testing time by a measurable percentage, freeing capacity for exploratory and acceptance testing.


• Build strong relationships with Development, DevOps, and Product teams, ensuring testing requirements and processes are well understood and integrated into the development lifecycle.


• Establish regular feedback loops to continuously refine testing strategies based on stakeholder input.


• Define and track key testing metrics (e.g., test coverage, defect detection rate, mean time to resolution), making data-driven decisions to improve overall quality.


• Implement a reporting mechanism to provide real-time visibility into testing progress and outcomes.


• Achieve a high level of defect detection accuracy, reducing the likelihood of production issues.


• Ensure releases are consistently delivered on time with fewer critical issues, leading to increased stakeholder confidence in the product.


• Regularly evaluate and update testing practices, tools, and documentation to align with best practices and emerging industry standards.


• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging the team to propose and adopt new ideas to drive efficiency and quality.


• Lead the design and deployment of automated regression testing solutions suggesting and using tools such as Selenium, in partnership with Development and DevOps teams.


• Continuously refine testing processes to support rapid yet reliable release cycles.

• A highly competitive salary


• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15965

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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