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Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, South Coast - Southampton, Watford
Capability: Consulting
Experience Level: Manager
Type: Full Time
Service Line: Technology & Data
Contract type: Permanent
Job Description
Job Title: IGH Test Manager
Base Location: London plus network of 20 offices nationally:
KPMG is building a "best in class" Testing / QA Practice with a clear mission - to accelerate business change. By leveraging KPMG's considerable in-house industry knowledge with the leading test tools, methods and practices, KPMG is seeking to help our clients deliver efficient, high-quality change – while minimising risk.
We are currently looking to recruit people who can make a significant contribution to the continuing development of KPMG’s Testing Practice within the Connected Technology team, through sector expertise, client engagement and delivery of new business opportunities.
You will help define and grow the Testing Practice across the public sector (including government, defence, healthcare, education, and transport). You will support the achievement of revenue targets, expanding the pipeline of opportunities and developing value propositions for the market in which we operate. You will deliver testing services on programmes and projects across this business area, often working directly with clients.
Why Join KPMG
Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.
What will you be doing?
- Developing lasting client relationships and actively building a network and range of experience to help address client needs across the Transport, Government and Healthcare segments
- Provide compelling and well thought out testing solutions to problems of moderate complexity
- Build test strategies and detailed test plans for the delivery of testing on projects.
- Manage teams in designing and continuously developing test scripts / suites for functional & technical testing of applications
- Manage the execution of tests / suites and report results, capture run & key metrics over time
- Ensure application acceptance criteria for tests are fit for purpose
- Work collaboratively with client business and IT teams to record and analyse requirements for testing in the most optimum manner
- Manage the process of raising and resolving test defects in a structured manner and provide solutions
- Lead and manage testing on project methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall and other hybrid methods alongside helping with the budgeting of testing workstreams
What will you need to do it?
- Proactively engages in cross-functional communications and sharing of information
- An experienced manager of medium to large testing projects across a variety of IT technology platforms (ideally projects within Transport, Government or Healthcare)
- Confident in developing advanced test plans, acceptance criteria and test conditions from user stories, technical designs, and specifications
- Team leader with passion to motivate, engage and instil learning culture on the job
- Excellent skills in test data management
- Familiarity with various types of delivery methods (including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, Waterfall)
- Passionate to create and improve internal and industry-standard test frameworks, tools & utilities
- Some knowledge and experience of test automation, non-functional testing, and technical testing
Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras:
- You have a degree (ideally in a numerate or computing related subject)
- ISEB/ISTQB qualified
To discuss this or wider Technology roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.
Our Locations:
We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core Tech hubs for this role are:
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- London Canary Wharf
- Manchester
This position will largely be based in London
With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.
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Why Consulting at KPMG?
Technology is a critical focus for us. It underpins everything we do. We're investing in technology like never before – not least because the pace of technological change is disrupting organisations in new and challenging ways. Through advanced data analytics and emerging tech-enabled solutions like AI and machine learning, we're helping clients across diverse sectors to navigate that change. We enable them to avoid any unnecessary risks and to uncover new, transformative opportunities that could give them a competitive edge. A career here means stretching your skills and honing your expertise by solving complex problems as part of a collaborative, results-driven and supportive team. Whether we're helping our clients to reduce their costs, make better decisions, improve efficiencies or deploy the latest technologies, we bring together broad specialisms and talents to deliver robust, connected solutions.
