Test Manager

Job Description

Your role as a leader

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Test Manager to join our Wellington team. In this role, you will help shape the future of testing and quality engineering, driving innovation and supporting digital transformation across a range of complex client environments.

You will play a key role in delivering quality outcomes across client engagements while also contributing to the growth of our Quality Engineering (QE) practice. This includes developing high-performing teams, strengthening client relationships, and supporting the pursuit of new opportunities.

The impact you’ll make

• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with clients and vendors through delivery excellence, thought leadership, and market presence
• Manage project delivery, including planning, budgets, risks, and reporting
• Lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams, driving a culture of continuous improvement and quality
• Translate complex testing data into meaningful insights, providing clear recommendations and articulating risks and value to senior stakeholders
• Facilitate client workshops and stakeholder engagements, helping teams navigate complex challenges and align to programme goals
• Apply Deloitte and industry-leading Quality Engineering frameworks to uplift testing capability and delivery standards
• Solve complex business challenges by designing fit-for-purpose testing solutions
• Drive continuous learning and adoption of emerging tools, practices, and methodologies
• Manage QE resources across local and global delivery teams
• Provide testing advisory services, including process optimisation and quality uplift across programmes

Qualifications

Your expertise

• Proven Test Manager with 6+ years’ experience delivering and scaling enterprise testing capability across Large ERP Transformation Programmes particularly in government or enterprise environments 
• Expertise in end-to-end test management, including strategy, planning, execution, governance, and executive reporting 
• Hands-on leader with experience building and leading QA and technical test teams 
• Experience across the full testing lifecycle: unit, system, integration, UAT, regression, performance, API, and data validation 
• Proven delivery across Agile, hybrid, and traditional methodologies, including multi-vendor environments 
• Experience supporting cloud transformations, including cutover, data migration validation, and business readiness 
• Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, ALM, and enterprise test management solutions, including environment and defect management 
• Strong capability in integration and API testing across complex system landscapes 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently at all levels 
• Commercially aware, with experience working in consulting or client-facing environments 
• Relevant tertiary qualification (or equivalent experience) in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline 

Additional Information

Our workplace and culture  

Our purpose is to make an impact that matters. We are driven by our desire to create positive outcomes for our clients, communities, and people. Everything we do is with intent - the intent to make a meaningful difference.  

Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do. Living these values, which include ‘taking care of each other’ and ‘fostering inclusion’, is essential to ensuring everyone feels included at work and able to reach their full potential.   

For us to succeed and thrive as an organisation, we understand the importance of creating a culture where diverse perspectives matter and where everyone is given an equal opportunity to grow and develop.  

Deloitte Talent Experience  

We hold a simple belief – that our people’s hard work should be recognised and rewarded beyond their remuneration. We have reimagined what ‘work’ looks like and how we can empower all our people to create a work experience that is distinct to their needs. Founded on concepts of trust, balance, wellbeing, and the importance of personal connection, this is the Deloitte experience.  

We offer:  

•  Flexible work arrangements – work in a way that suits you, us and our clients best  
•  Subsidised professional qualifications and paid professional memberships  
•  Subsidised health insurance  
•  Income protection insurance  
•  22 days annual leave  
•  Social events, social sports teams, and monthly firm drinks  
•  A focus on wellness and well-being   
•  Community focused volunteer days  
•  A focus on the environment and sustainability  

We believe the strongest teams are made up of diverse individuals and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognise that women and individuals from under-represented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all criteria. If you're passionate about this role and believe you have the skills, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience, ideal working hours or qualifications aren't a perfect match.

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