Test Manager

Job Information

• Location: London – 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
• Clearance: Active SC Clearance (issued within the last 5 years) with willingness and eligibility to undergo DV Clearance (Mandatory)

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Test Manager to lead the end-to-end testing strategy, governance, and delivery for a complex enterprise programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring quality across functional, integration, automation, performance, and operational acceptance testing while managing stakeholders, risks, resources, and delivery timelines.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical testing expertise, experience managing complex projects, and the ability to drive quality assurance best practices across multiple teams including third party suppliers, and guide the teams in creating fit-for-purpose technical assets.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: 
identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

Mandatory Skills

• Proven experience in Test Management, including ownership of test strategy, planning, execution, reporting, and governance.
• Strong background in software testing across functional, integration, system, and non-functional testing.
• Experience developing and managing test scripts, test cases, and test execution activities.
• Solid understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and working within Agile project environments.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium and Microsoft Visual Studio for test automation and quality assurance activities.
• Experience using Atlassian Jira and Confluence for test management, defect tracking, and project documentation.
• Experience with Tricentis NeoLoad or similar performance testing tools.
• Strong stakeholder management, risk management, and test governance experience.
• Ability to manage testing across multiple teams, suppliers, and complex project environments.
• Active SC Clearance and willingness to enter the DV clearance process.

Essential Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Test Manager delivering end-to-end testing on large-scale enterprise programmes.
• Proven experience managing System Integration Testing (SIT) and testing across complex integrated systems.
• Strong experience leading test teams and coordinating Test Analysts, Test Leads, and Automation Engineers.
• Experience defining test strategies, managing defects, tracking risks, and delivering clear test reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Practical knowledge of API testing, integration testing, test data management, and quality assurance processes.
• Experience driving automation-first approaches and continuous improvement within testing functions.
• Proven ability to manage testing activities within complex, business-critical project environments.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Microsoft Playwright and Cypress automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of .NET/C#, JMeter, Postman, RestAssured, and SQL.
• Experience working within SharePoint environments or similar enterprise platforms.
• ISTQB certification and/or AWS certifications.
• Previous experience working within secure government or highly regulated environments.

Your security clearance - Developed Vetting (DV)

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.
To obtain DV clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 10 years, along with other very detailed criteria and requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

What does 'Get The Future You Want' mean for you?

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Management or, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance.  Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people.  All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.