Non-Functional Test Manager

Denholm are delighted to be partnering exclusively with our financial services client in the search for a Non-Functional Test Manager on a contract basis.

This is a day rate role, initially for 12 months. You need to be able to start 1st April 2025. This role is primarily remote working, but will require 2 days on client site per month.

Accountabilities:

Creating non-functional test scripts across the business's ecosystems including:

• Performance Test Scripts
• Deployment Scripts
• Back Up Scripts
• Back Out Scripts
• Failover Scripts
• Disaster Recovery Scripts
• Batch process scripts
• Monitoring and alerting scripts

Executing all non-functional test scripts across the business's ecosystems. Ensure there is an appropriate audit trail for all non-functional risks, issues, and decision-making. Providing MI and Reporting data on Non-Functional Test progress including tracking KPI's. Provide an audit trail of non-functional requirement traceability and test outcomes. Ensure defect traceability to test steps.

Essential skills and experience:

• Strong communicator with a number of years' experience working with on-shore teams with onsite experience for up to 5 years (UK preferable). Also requires experience of dealing with offshore teams.
• Able to quickly develop and maintain excellent relationships with subject matter experts, application developers, configuration management analysts, IT architects, IT infrastructure team, testers, and system integrators.
• Planning, monitoring, and control of the defect management related activities and tasks.
• Vocal and challenging individual with an enquiring mind.
• Flexible approach with regard to changes in plans/requirements.
• Hands-on experience of JIRA and X-RAY.
• Follow and implement non-functional test policies.
• Lead, guide, and monitor the non-functional test management process.
• Chair and drive regular (e.g. daily) non-functional test calls.
• Liaison with other stakeholders; e.g. programmers, solution architects, to drive the defect resolution.
• Summary reports at specified intervals (e.g. daily, weekly, end of cycle or phase).
• Report quality status and overall progress status and trends.
• Clear reporting of dependencies in terms of test steps/scripts to defects.
• Participate in Sprint workshops and scrums.

If you feel you have the right skills and experience to fulfill this role, please get in touch as soon as possible.