Test Manager – Financial Services – Retail Bank – Digital Transformation – (Contract – Outside IR35 Up to 525 per day Outside IR35) – Hybrid Central London

Test Manager Financial Services Retail Bank Digital Transformation (Contract Outside IR35 - Up to 525 per day Outside IR35) Hybrid Central London 

Location: Central London (Hybrid)
Position type: Contract - Start Date - End of May / Beginning of June

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Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Test Manager with a strong background in retail banking and payments to lead end-to-end testing for a large-scale payments transformation programme.

This role sits within an established engagement with a major retail banking client where we already have a strong delivery presence. As part of continued growth in this relationship we are expanding our team and capabilities across the programme.

Youll play a critical role in migrating legacy payment systems to a modern digital transaction banking platform ensuring high-quality delivery regulatory compliance and a seamless customer experience.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep expertise in payments testing and the ability to operate effectively in a complex multi-vendor environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the overall test strategy governance and delivery approach for large-scale payments initiatives
• Lead end-to-end testing across legacy systems and new digital platforms
• Manage all phases of testing including System Testing Integration Testing UAT and Regression
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage across payment flows including high-volume and real-time transactions
• Coordinate closely with business stakeholders delivery managers and technology teams
• Oversee defect management including triage prioritisation and resolution
• Ensure compliance with regulatory security and audit requirements in a banking environment
• Provide clear status reporting risk assessments and test metrics to senior stakeholders
• Support go-live readiness cutover planning and post-implementation validation

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Test Manager within a large retail banking environment
• Strong hands-on experience with real-time and faster payments systems
• Demonstrated experience delivering testing for banking payments implementations
• Experience operating within Agile delivery models in regulated environments
• Solid background in large-scale legacy-to-digital transformation programmes
• Deep knowledge of payments transaction banking cash management or corporate banking domains
• Experience managing large test teams and working across multiple vendors
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Good understanding of test automation approaches (UI API performance) even if not hands-on

Highly Desirable

• Knowledge of domestic and international payment systems including BACS CHAPS SEPA ACH and RTGS alongside messaging networks such as SWIFT Experience with API-driven architectures

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract