Test Manager - Corsham £85,000 SC Cleared

I’m looking for an experienced, hands-off Test Lead / Test Manager to join a leading local software consultancy, working on site at their long-term client in Corsham three days a week. Please note - To be considered, you’ll need to be a British citizen ideally with SC Clearance and ideally available to start within a month.The consultancy are a great client of ours and employs over 1,200 people in the UK with an office in Bristol (and in this case a client in Corsham) and are  split into smaller specialist divisions with real autonomy. They pride themselves on a people first culture, promoting collaboration, flexibility, and progression. Wellbeing is a priority,  overtime isn’t encouraged,  and there’s strong support for personal development through cross-project exposure and internal tech guilds.In this role, you’ll join at the start of building a brand-new Test Team, managing a team expected to grow to 7–16 testers. The team will focus on integration and end-to-end testing across projects. The environment is currently manual, with plans to introduce automation in the future. A strong foundation in manual testing, combined with a vision for modernising processes, will be key. This is a leadership-focused position where your impact will be felt across multiple projects. Your responsibilities will include:

• Setting direction for the new team, embedding best practices, aligning standards, and ensuring consistency of quality across workstreams.
• Mentoring and supporting testers as they are recruited.
• Working closely with project managers, developers, and client stakeholders to ensure quality is built into every stage of delivery.
• Ownership and delivery of the project’s Test Strategy and overarching test governance.
• Test planning and assurance of integration test activities for new or changed capabilities.
• Functional integration, end-to-end (E2E), and API testing.
• Test estimation of new workstreams/capabilities to ensure accurate project forecasts.
• Providing client-side assurance of third-party supplier testing.
• Collaborating with Business and Process Owners to derive and implement test cases representing high levels of coverage.
• Defect management and risk management across projects.
• Leading and mentoring a team of deployed test engineers.
• Test reporting, including monthly service outcome reports.
• Experience with ITSM, ITIL, and ServiceNow would be useful
• Implementing test automation (desirable but not essential).

They are looking for an experience Test Manager, ideally with consultancy or defence sector experience and a proven track record of leading test teams on complex projects.Salary: £70,000–£85,000, depending on experience.If you’d like to hear more please apply below to Sam Miller at SR2 – Socially Responsible Recruitment asap