Head of Testing - Telegraph Recommended

Role purpose and overview

The Head of Testing will be responsible for creating, implementing and maintaining testing protocols for all product categories featured on The Telegraph's Recommended channel.

This will involve working with the Recommended Commissioning Editors and The Telegraph's Insights and Analytics team to build robust protocols and scoring systems that ensure only the best products feature in our buying guides and reviews.

Key responsibilities

• Research proposed product categories and build testing protocols for products featured on Recommended
• Create an overarching scoring system that translates into star ratings on Recommended content
• Work with the Recommended Commissioning Editors to acquire and keep track of product samples for testing and be responsible for their distribution to expert testers and storage.
• Work with the Recommended Commissioning Editors to build a database of experts
• Work with the Insights and Analytics team to build reader panel surveys and forums to gather both quantitative and qualitative data on products undergoing testing
• Create and maintain a product database that stores historical testing and results
• Work with the syndication team to build a portfolio of Recommended logos that are backed by sound and consistent testing methodology.
• Work with commercial teams to ensure awareness of products being tested across all verticals
• Work with the Recommended production team to ensure testing is represented accurately on site and across all digital platforms in a visually engaging way
• Build a long-term testing strategy that expands the current role of testing in Recommended content, for example by building reader panels or scoping the need for a testing facility.

Key skills

• Excellent market research skills, including survey creation and analysis of results
• Experience analysing quantitative and qualitative data
• Experience creating testing protocols and scoring systems, ideally for consumer products, is desirable
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with an eye for small details
• A proactive attitude and the curiosity to understand consumers within the product review space
• Ability to manage and analyse datasets to provide clear product recommendations.
• A self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience translating complicated data sets into digestible formats
• Experience building and/or managing consumer research panels would be beneficial

Our benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you'll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government's Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

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