Deputy Test Manager in Farnborough

The Deputy Test Manager will report into the Programme Test Manager. The Deputy Programme Test Manager and Test Architect (Deputy Test Manager) will own test process and best practice accountability for all Test engineering tasks conducted within the Programme. They are supported by Test Leads, who will have specific test leadership responsibilities for a subset of the test organisation within a Government critical national infrastructure programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the "down and in" aspects of Test management (typically but not exclusively Internal Leidos Stakeholders).
• Responsible for assessing (and where required, course correcting) the Leidos Test Teams adherence to the Programme Test Strategy and supporting artefacts (such as Master Test Plans, Test Process documents, and Test Work Instructions).
• Supporting the Test team and scheduling Test effort, ensuring estimates are credible and data driven.
• Supporting provision of test estimates for resources and test activities with the Programme Test Manager.
• Identifying current test environment needs and future needs based on Technical risks and our change roadmap.
• Acting as alternative Approver for Test Readiness Review ("TRR") prior to Test entry and Test Exit Reviews ("TER") from Leidos owned Test Stages (for cases where the Programme Test Manager is unavailable).
• Supporting Test Readiness Review ("TRR") prior to Test entry and Test Exit Reviews ("TER") from Authority owned Test Stages (for cases where the Programme Test Manager is unavailable).
• Reviews and quality checks of all assured Leidos Test deliverables.
• Establishing Test Process improvement, and Commons ways of working across the Programme.
• Responsible for generation of secondary test artifacts enabling test effectiveness (such as Test Design Templates, Test Automation Framework, and Test Process Improvement recommendations).

Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communication skills - ability to communicate with technical and non-technical team members.
• Excellent understanding of the Testing Lifecycle and the different types of testing such as Functional, Non-Functional, Positive and Negative and Integration Testing.
• Able to understand existing Test Process and identify improvements and efficiencies.
• Experience of creating Test Cases based on requirements and design documents.
• Experience of authoring and reviewing test deliverables for external stakeholders.
• Experience of Test Management, Leading, Coordination, Planning, Reporting and Test Control.
• Knowledge or experience with software testing frameworks (e.g. Katalon Studio, Selenium, SoapUI, Junit, DART, or similar) or other Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery tools.
• Knowledge or experience Hybrid (Agile, Iterative and Waterfall) test workload management and bug tracking (e.g. Jira, BitBucket, or similar).
• Experience working in a regulated environment testing.
• Self-motivated and willing to speak to colleagues to explore areas of uncertainty.
• An Enabler mind-set, willing to do, then demonstrate, and then empower others to take work forward, rather than retain work and become a bottleneck for progress.
• A strong understanding of the Cost of Quality, product risk assessment and Test prioritisation.
• Working with large-scale and complex integration programmes.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience of control account management, and/or cost management for test.
• Experience of Risk, Assumptions, Issue and Dependency Management.
• Knowledge of non-test specialisms such as Requirements Management, Systems Engineering, Solution Architecture and Service Management.

Clearance Requirement:

This role requires applicants to be able to hold and maintain UK Security Clearance. You must be a British National and have lived in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.

About Leidos: We work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

• Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions.
• Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.
• People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing.

Company Culture: At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time Working