Test Manager in London

British International Investment is the UK’s development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. With a mission to solve the biggest global development challenges, we aim to create a virtuous circle of investment and impact. Your contribution will be essential. It won’t be easy: we do the hardest work in the most complex markets. Be prepared to test your skills, get creative and say your piece as you take on high-profile work as part of a diverse team of exceptionally smart, passionate people. In return, you can take your career to all-new places in a culture that rewards curiosity and collaboration and balances high performance with wellbeing.

BII at a glance:

• Over 75 years supporting sustainable business growth in developing and emerging markets
• £8.8 billion in net assets
• 1,400+ businesses invested in
• 950,000 workers in the businesses we support
• £9 billion in new investments planned in the next 5 years
• 650+ people in our diverse global team

Team and role overview:

This newly created role is part of the Business Applications team, which is responsible for the overall application landscape within BII. Key to this role is the establishment of a centralised test function within BII to support application development and software delivery across multiple platforms and domains. The role blends strategy and hands-on delivery and will initially operate as the sole tester/test manager.

Purpose:

Define, implement, and own a robust and scalable testing capability that lifts delivery quality, reduces risk, and accelerates value across BII’s application ecosystem. Success looks like: a clear end-to-end test strategy and governance, efficient test planning and execution across streams (functional, integration, system, UAT, non-functional), measurable quality improvements, effective defect management, and smooth releases, while exploring if automation and AI-assisted testing would benefit BII.

Responsibilities:

• Define and own the end-to-end test strategy and governance across functional, regression, integration, UAT, non-functional streams.
• Establish a centralised testing function, frameworks, processes, and release criteria.
• Lead test planning, estimation, and scheduling across teams and workstreams to ensure on-time, risk-managed delivery.
• Be hands-on as required and operate confidently as the sole tester/test manager in the early phase.
• Lead test case and script development aligned to business requirements and specifications.
• Establish and maintain regression packs.
• Manage test execution for unit, integration, system, and UAT; ensuring developer testing is completed as required.
• Drive defect management and triage, coordinating internal teams and third parties to timely resolution.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for automation and AI-driven testing and develop business cases that clearly articulate ROI and value to the organisation.
• Establish metrics and reporting for progress, coverage, quality, defect trends.
• Execute and coordinate regression and upgrade testing for eFront (BII’s core deal and portfolio management system) and related platforms.
• Participate in sprint planning, release management and retrospective ceremonies.
• Coach and mentor teams to build test capabilities.
• Stay current on testing trends and best practices.

The candidate:

Successful candidates will have a background in building and leading test functions across complex estates, owning strategy and delivery. D365, BI, eFront experience is nice-to-have.

Essential skills:

• Strong experience in defining and implementing test strategies, frameworks, and processes.
• Willingness to be hands-on.
• Knowledge of automated testing tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, TestRail).
• JIRA/Confluence experience.
• Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Exposure to AI-driven testing.
• Knowledge of data pipelines, data warehouses and Power BI dashboards.
• Familiarity with eFront and Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Experience in financial services or asset management.

Candidates should be strongly motivated by BII’s development mission and ideally demonstrate some commitment to development or social goals through previous executive or non-executive activity.

Our cultural values:

We look for team members who aspire, as we do, to work at our best and to be:

• Impact-led, commercially rigorous
• Tenacious in the face of challenges
• Collaborative and caring

British International Investment is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

Please provide a cover letter with your application.