Senior Automation Test Manager

We work closely with clients and partners to take full advantage of the opportunities of technology. We mobilize expert teams that create custom solutions from existing and emerging technology to deliver viable outcomes at speed. We call this 'Value in the making.' Part of the Capgemini Group, Sogeti makes business value through technology for organizations that need to implement innovation at speed and want a local partner with global scale. With a hands-on culture and close proximity to its clients, Sogeti is currently looking for a Senior Automation Test Manager to join our Quality Engineering and Test Practice, ensuring alignment with business goals and driving impactful value creation for our clients.

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).

Mandatory Skills:

• Proven track record of leading quality and test transformation, embedding shift‐left, automation‐first, and risk‐based testing across multiple delivery teams and initiatives.
• Strong, demonstrable hands‐on experience with test automation, with the credibility to operate at code, framework, and tooling level when required.
• Proven expertise in defining, implementing, and governing test automation strategies and execution models, including:

• Web and application UI automation
• API and integration automation
• End‐to‐end and regression automation
• Integration with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows

• Selenium or WebDriver‐based automation frameworks
• BDD frameworks such as Cucumber
• Contemporary test automation and quality engineering toolsets

Essential Skills:

• Strong technical understanding of modern software engineering architectures, including cloud‐based platforms, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience embedding quality practices within Agile, DevOps, and hybrid delivery models, including fixed‐price and time‐and‐materials engagements.
• Exposure to AI‐assisted as well as low‐code or intelligent test automation solutions and their application at scale.
• Experience with advanced reporting and analytics tools (e.g. eazyBI or equivalent) to support portfolio‐level quality and delivery insights.
• Background working in consulting‐led, multi‐supplier, or enterprise transformation environments.
• Experience driving continuous improvement through defect trend analysis, root‐cause analysis, and test effectiveness metrics.
• Proven ability to influence testability and quality at architecture and design stage, partnering closely with Engineering and Architecture teams.

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.

Location: London

Experience level: Experienced Professionals