Senior Test Manager
Location: Norwich
Salary: circa £70k
This is a great job for someone who thrives on shaping how teams deliver quality, enjoys influencing ways of working, and is energised by driving meaningful change. Are you someone who loves solving complex problems, guiding others, and exploring innovative ways to improve testing across a business?
This role could suit someone experienced in Quality Engineering or Test Management who is ready for a step up, or someone who brings strong test automation expertise and is excited to make an impact across multiple projects and platforms.
A bit about the job
As a Senior Test Manager in our GI Quality Engineering team, you’ll play a key role in delivering critical projects while driving forward our wider transformation and innovation work. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across Aviva to shape testing approaches, embed best practices, and influence how our teams think about quality.
This role exists to ensure our products and systems are rigorously tested, efficient, and continually improving, helping us deliver great outcomes for our customers. You’ll be accountable for test oversight, strategic input at platform level, and championing modern automation practices.
Skills and experience we’re looking for
- Proven experience as a Senior Test Manager, with strong hands‑on expertise in test automation frameworks and tool
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills, with the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels
- A continuous desire to learn, experiment, and explore new automation tools, technologies, and ways of working
- Solid understanding of both waterfall and agile delivery methodologies, with the ability to adapt depending on context
- Excellent planning, organisation, communication, and attention to detail
Whatyou’llget for this role:
Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.And one of the ways we live up to that promiseisby investing in you.We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.
- Startingsalary Bristol: circa 70k (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
- Bonus opportunity 10% – actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
- Generous pensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14% in.
- 29 daysholidayplus bank holidays,and you can choosetobuyorsell up to 5days
- Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefitto help you get expert support when you need it
- Make your money go further -Up to 40%discountonAviva products, and other retailer discounts
- Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through ourMatching Share Planand share in the success of Aviva with ourSave As You Earnscheme
- Brilliantlysupportive policiesincluding parentalandcarer’s leave
- Flexible benefitsto suit you, includingsustainability optionssuch as cycle to work
- Make a difference,be part of ourAviva Communitiesand useyour3paid volunteering daysto help others
- We take yourwellbeingseriously withlots of support and tools
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Aviva is for everyone:
We’reinclusive andwelcome everyone– we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if youdon’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.
We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spendingat least50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.
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