Senior Test Manager Test Programme Manager Financial Services Payments Permanent Position Immediate Start Only

Senior Test Manager / Test Programme Manager - Financial Services / Payments - Permanent Position - Immediate Start Only

Ideally commutable to a Resillion Office in Birmingham but happy to travel into London or Milton Keynes for customer engagement

Hybrid Milton Keynes or Central London (12 days per week onsite)

** DUE TO BACKGROUND CHECKS WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT APPLICANT WITH 5 YEARS UK ADDRESS HISTORY **

** GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS - WE CAN ONLY CONSIDER APPLICANTS WITH A PROVE CAREER IN FINANCIAL SERVICES **

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Test Manager / Test Programme Manager to lead and govern testing across complex large-scale programmes within financial services with a strong focus on payments. This is a senior hands-on leadership role requiring strategic oversight strong delivery discipline and the ability to operate confidently in regulated business-critical environments.

You will be accountable for defining and delivering end-to-end test strategy across multiple workstreams managing internal and third-party test teams and providing clear visibility of quality risk and readiness to senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Governance

• Define own and execute programme-level test strategy aligned to business and regulatory objectives

• Establish and maintain test governance frameworks standards and best practices

• Ensure testing is risk-based audit-ready and compliant with financial services regulations

Delivery & Execution

• Lead testing across multiple concurrent initiatives and workstreams

• Oversee functional system integration UAT regression and non-functional testing

• Manage test planning estimation scheduling environments and test data

• Ensure timely defect management triage and resolution

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and motivate multiple test teams including onshore offshore and third-party suppliers

• Act as the senior testing point of contact for programme leadership and key stakeholders

• Provide clear concise reporting on test progress risks dependencies and readiness

• Challenge delivery teams constructively to protect quality and customer outcomes

Vendor & Third-Party Management

• Manage and assure testing delivered by system integrators and external partners

• Hold vendors accountable for quality delivery timelines and adherence to standards

Continuous Improvement

• Drive improvements in test processes tooling automation strategy and reporting

• Contribute to wider quality assurance and delivery maturity initiatives

• Support delivery across Waterfall Agile and hybrid methodologies

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience as a Senior Test Manager or Test Programme Manager

• Strong background in financial services with demonstrable payments experience (e.g. cards Faster Payments CHAPS SEPA BACS)

• Proven track record of leading testing on large complex multi-stream programmes

• Experience operating in regulated environments with audit and compliance requirements

• Excellent stakeholder management skills including engagement at senior leadership level

• Strong understanding of test governance risk management and quality assurance best practices

• Confident decision-maker with strong communication and reporting skills

Desirable Experience

• Experience with core banking platforms or payment engines

• Exposure to digital transformation or cloud-based platforms

• Experience working with offshore or nearshore test teams

• ISTQB or equivalent testing certification

Working Model

• Hybrid working arrangement

• Expectation to attend Milton Keynes or Central London offices 12 days per week

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time