Programme Test Manager at 2i, Milton Keynes/Remote, 6 Months initial, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)

Job Title: Programme Test Manager 

Location: Milton Keynes - Hybrid (3 days per week onsite)

Role type: Contract

IR35: Outside IR35

Duration: 6 months (initially)

Start Date: ASAP

Security Clearance: BPSS active ideally (if not eligibility minimum alongside eligibility for SC)

Who we are:

We're an award-winning Tech Consultancy, focused in Quality Engineering on a mission to become the UK's #1.

What we do:

"Champion and Engineer Quality and Software". Over the past 6 years, we've shaped and transformed our offering so that passion, precision, and attention to every minuscule detail is baked into everything we do. Born from a desire to bring automation expertise to our current and prospective clients, 5 years ago we shaped our offering.

Project Info:

We're looking for an experienced Programme Test Manager to lead testing across a major transformation programme focused on modernising critical planning systems and replacing legacy technology with a more integrated digital solution.

You'll provide leadership across a complex, multi-supplier delivery environment, establishing an integrated testing approach, recovering challenging testing workstreams where needed, and improving governance, quality assurance, defect management and release readiness.

Working with senior programme stakeholders and delivery partners, you'll provide independent, evidence-based reporting on testing quality, risks and deployment readiness, driving improvements that build confidence in the overall solution.

What we’re looking for:

We're looking for an experienced Programme Test Manager with a proven track record of leading testing across complex technology programmes. You'll be confident managing multiple suppliers, strengthening testing governance and providing clear assurance across integrated technology platforms.

You'll combine strong test leadership with technical knowledge across cloud, API, data and geospatial technologies, alongside the stakeholder management skills needed to challenge constructively and drive improvements in quality and delivery confidence.

You'll need to be:

• An experienced Programme Test Manager. Proven experience leading testing across complex programmes and multiple suppliers.
• Strong in test governance and assurance. Experience improving test processes, quality controls, defect management and release readiness.
• Experienced in test recovery. Able to lead challenging workstreams, identify issues and drive improvements.
• Technically minded. Understanding of complex integrations and end-to-end testing across multiple platforms.
• Experienced in cloud technologies. Ideally with large-scale Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Knowledgeable in API and integration testing. Ideally with experience of MuleSoft.
• Experienced in data testing. Understanding of data quality, transformation and validation, ideally using Databricks, Azure Data Factory, SQL and Data Lake technologies.
• Familiar with geospatial testing. Ideally with experience of ArcGIS and FME.
• A strong stakeholder manager. Able to provide independent, evidence-based reporting on testing quality, risks and deployment readiness
• Focused on continuous improvement. Able to strengthen testing practices, controls and quality management across the programme.

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience with safety-related or business-critical operational systems.
• Experience assuring end-to-end solutions across SaaS, PaaS, cloud, integration and data platforms.
• Experience working on large-scale, multi-supplier transformation programmes.