Job reference 326852
Test Assurance Lead
Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time
Royal Mail Farringdon
Hybrid working in London Office x3 days a week
Extra Benefits
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
- Available only to perm employees
Test Assurance Lead
Purpose:
Lead all aspects of test management and quality assurance for projects valued £1M–£3M, ensuring robust testing to support solution sign-off decisions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and manage formal test sign-off processes.
- Collaborate with architects and technical leads on test planning and execution.
- Understand high-level E2E business and technical requirements.
- Produce key test documentation (e.g., Master Test Plan, Risk Matrix, Progress Reports, Exit Report).
- Oversee execution of SIT, UAT, Regression, and Functional Acceptance testing.
- Ensure test coverage and quality across internal teams and vendors.
- Act as the single point of contact for project quality.
- Coordinate test resources and infrastructure.
- Align testing with internal methodologies and governance.
- Identify and implement test automation opportunities.
Team & Delivery:
- Operates within project/programme structures.
- Manages 2–3 testers and flex resources as needed.
- Meets utilisation targets.
- Applies governance and policy to delivery.
- Works with demanding internal clients and complex external suppliers.
Skills & Experience:
- Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, tools, and industry standards.
- Proficient in Agile and Waterfall project management (planning, estimating, risk management, reporting, resource coordination).
- Commercial awareness and mentoring capability.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Scrum, Kanban, and TDD.
- Proven experience transitioning from Waterfall to Agile.
- 3+ years in test management on large integration projects; 7+ years in testing overall.
Qualifications:
- Technology-related higher education.
- Certifications such as ISEB and Certified Agile Tester (CAT) preferred.
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.
We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.
Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.
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