Programme Test Manager

We’re supporting a leading financial services organisation on a major transformation programme and are looking for an experienced Programme Test Manager to lead testing and quality assurance across a complex enterprise technology landscape.

This is a high-profile role where you’ll take ownership of the overall test strategy and quality governance across multiple programmes, ensuring business-critical systems, integration’s, data platforms, and customer outcomes are thoroughly validated and production-ready.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, business functions, and third-party suppliers to drive quality standards, manage risk, and deliver successful releases across a large-scale change portfolio.

A deep understanding of the regulatory and governance requirements within Financial Services is essential. The Role:

• Defining and leading enterprise-wide test strategies across complex programmes.
• Driving end-to-end testing across systems, applications, data platforms, integrations, and reporting solutions.
• Managing testing activities across multiple workstreams, suppliers, and delivery partners.
• Ensuring quality, governance, and release readiness across programme deliveries.
• Identifying and mitigating delivery risks while championing best practice quality engineering principles.
• Providing senior stakeholder engagement and reporting at programme and executive level.
• Leading testing teams in both onshore and offshore delivery environments.

• Proven Programme Test Management or Head of Test experience within Financial Services.
• Strong background delivering enterprise-scale testing across complex technology ecosystems.
• Experience managing testing across multi-vendor and outsourced delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of Quality Engineering, Test Management, and SDLC methodologies.
• Experience working across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models.
• Excellent knowledge of end-to-end, integration, data, non-functional, and performance testing.
• Experience overseeing testing of data platforms, warehouses, and large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Deep understanding of the regulatory and governance requirements within Financial Services.

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in a major transformation programme, shaping testing strategy and quality outcomes across a complex, business-critical environment. You’ll be working with senior stakeholders, leading large-scale delivery, and driving quality across programmes that have genuine enterprise-wide impact.