Role Title: Test Manager
Contract Length: 6 months
Engagement Type: Umbrella or PAYE
Location: London - Hybrid
(ALL KPMG UK CONTRACTORS MUST RESIDE AND HAVE PROOF OF RIGHTS TO WORK IN THE UK)
The Team
KPMG is building a "best in class" Testing / QA Practice with a clear mission - to accelerate business change. By leveraging KPMG's considerable in-house industry knowledge with the leading test tools, methods and practices, KPMG is seeking to help our clients deliver efficient, high-quality change – while minimising risk.
We are currently looking to recruit people who can make a significant contribution to the continuing development of KPMG’s Testing Practice within the Connected Technology team, through sector expertise, client engagement and delivery of new business opportunities.
You will help define and grow the Testing Practice. You will support the achievement of revenue targets, expanding the pipeline of opportunities and developing value propositions for the market in which we operate. You will deliver testing services on programmes and projects across the business, often working directly with clients.
Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters, and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.
The Role
- Developing lasting client relationships and actively building a network and range of experience to help address client needs across the various industries including finance, Corps, Insurance, Public sector to provide compelling and well thought out testing solutions to problems of moderate complexity.
- Build test strategies and detailed test plans for the delivery of testing on projects.
- Manage teams in designing and continuously developing test scripts / suites for functional & technical testing of applications.
- Manage the execution of tests / suites and report results, capture run & key metrics over time.
- Ensure application acceptance criteria for tests are fit for purpose.
- Work collaboratively with client business and IT teams to record and analyse requirements for testing in the most optimum manner.
- Manage the process of raising and resolving test defects in a structured manner and provide solutions.
- Lead and manage testing on project methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall and other hybrid methods alongside helping with the budgeting of testing workstreams.
The Person
- Anticipates the viewpoint of others, listens and addresses concerns.
- Builds co-operative relationships and fosters an environment in which everyone’s opinion is valued.
- Provides on-going feedback, coaching and mentoring to support development needs and career aspirations.
- Proactively engages in cross-functional communications and sharing of information.
- An experienced manager of medium to large testing projects across a variety of IT technology platforms (ideally projects within Transport, Government or Healthcare)
- You have a degree (ideally in a numerate or computing related subject)
- ISEB/ISTQB qualified
- Excellent knowledge of Software Testing / QA Life Cycle including understanding the various types of testing (such as manual, automated, functional, non-functional)
- Confident in developing advanced test plans, acceptance criteria and test conditions from user stories, technical designs, and specifications.
- Team leader with passion to motivate, engage and instil learning culture on the job.
- Good understanding of test management tools (such as HP ALM, JIRA, Zephyr, Azure DevOps)
- Excellent skills in test data management
- Familiarity with various types of delivery methods (including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, Waterfall)
- Ability to assess testing risks and then estimate, plan, and prioritise tasks accordingly.
- Passionate to create and improve internal and industry-standard test frameworks, tools & utilities.
- Some knowledge and experience of test automation, non-functional testing, and technical testing
- You will need to undergo UK security vetting, to the level of Security Check (SC) – ideally you will already hold security clearance (e.g., to BPSS level) or will have been successfully vetted previously.