Non Functional Test Manager - £60k - Manchester

Our client is a household name with offices throughout the UK. You would be working in the Manchester office.

The job is a brand new position within the company. Having never had a non functional test manager, this is a real opportunity to showcase your ability as a performance expert and make your mark at nationally known company.

You will be the leader in Non-Functional Testing in the Business Systems area being able to influence stakeholders to adopt the of best NFR practice. This will require you to:

- Be fully responsible for end to end NFR testing including Performance and Operational Acceptance Testing.

- Be an expert in the creation of  Performance Models for large Telco systems.

- Be an expert in the performance testing of large Telco systems.

- Have wide experience of Operational Acceptance Testing.

- Take full responsibility for the prevention of production incidents with regard to non functional  requirements and provide Root Cause Analysis for issues that occur in production so they do not reoccur

- Monitor, manage and enforce quality gate processes to prevent defect seepage into downstream test processes or production

- Review all non functional requirements that are passing through the area to ensure they are clear and testable

- Ensure test requirement tractability and coverage

- Ensure adherence to the Business Systems Test Strategy across all test levels under your management

- Work closely with the test managers across other technical areas to ensure there is a joined up and end to end testing for programmes

- Identify and establish the correct SDLC quality metrics for NFR testing required by the test function and create requirements that are clear for the tools team to deliver

- Monitor key metrics to drive decisions and initiatives around test process for continuous improvements

- Continually assess tool usage in the test function to ensure optimum performance and work with the tools team to drive improvements and change where necessary

- Initiate and implement the use of a QA knowledge base in the NFR area and also ensure that there is ongoing maintenance of knowledge artefacts

Must have:

ISTQB Foundation Software Testing

More than 3 years experience of Performance modelling

More than 5 years experience of Performance testing

Expert in the use of multiple performance test tools

More than 2 years experience of Operational Acceptance testing

Be great to also have:

Qualified to degree level of equivalent

ISTQB/ ISEB intermediate or advanced

Experience of OSS and BSS systems

Understanding of the ITIL processes

To apply for the role, please email a copy of your CV to dcox@qamentor,com