Test Manager

Exponential-e

Founded in 2002, Exponential-e swiftly established itself as a UK Cloud, Connectivity and Communications pioneer. Throughout our history, a focus upon leveraging leading-edge technology to deliver profitable and innovative services to our clients and prospects has resulted in industry and peer recognition for our ground-breaking approach, a truly world-class ICT services company.

We’re a company of innovators who think big and achieve bigger! Our people are crucial to the continuing success of our company. From our CEO to our new Graduates, each of our people demonstrates our PRIDE principles which are at the core of everything we do.

Overall purpose of the job:

We are looking for a senior Test Manager to take ownership of testing across complex infrastructure and platform-led programmes within enterprise, government and defence environments.

This is not a traditional application testing role. The successful candidate will bring a strong background in infrastructure, network and platform testing, and will be comfortable operating as a senior authority across both delivery teams and customer stakeholders.

The role requires a self-directed individual who can define, drive and assure testing outcomes with minimal oversight, working independently across multiple programmes and engaging directly with senior customer stakeholders.

Key responsibilities for this job:

• Define and own end-to-end test strategy across infrastructure, network and platform services, including cloud, connectivity and security components
• Act as the test authority across programmes, providing governance, assurance and challenge to delivery teams and suppliers
• Lead testing across:
  • Infrastructure deployments
  • Network and connectivity services
  • Cloud migrations and hybrid environments
• Engage directly with senior customer stakeholders, providing clear assurance of service readiness and risk
• Challenge design and delivery where required to ensure testability, resilience and operational readiness
• Operate independently across multiple workstreams, managing priorities and escalations with minimal supervision
• Drive defect and risk management, ensuring issues are understood in terms of service and user impact, not just technical failure
• Support pre-sales and solution design by defining test approaches for complex service propositions

Knowledge and experience required: 

• Strong experience in infrastructure and platform testing (Physical & Virtual)
• Proven experience testing environments including:
• Networks (LAN/WAN/WiFi)
• Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS)
• Hybrid infrastructure
• Experience operating as a senior test lead or authority within complex, multi-vendor environments
• Ability to engage confidently with senior customer stakeholders, including technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, setting direction and managing by exception
• Experience working in secure or regulated environments (e.g. government, defence, finance)

Desirable knowledge and experience: 

• Experience with service assurance / operational readiness testing
• Understanding of end-user experience validation (e.g. Teams, VDI, network performance)
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture and service design principles

Our People

Our people are what makes Exponential-e Group the company it is today. This year’s employee survey highlighted that 81% of employees who took the survey, would recommend a friend to work for our organisation.

Learning and development are fundamental parts of daily life at Exponential-e. From their first day at the company, everyone is provided ample opportunities to develop their skills and broaden their horizons, with our own L&D team running a range of bespoke courses, based on the latest innovations and challenges across the digital landscape.

Exponential-e Group is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and treating all employees with respect and dignity. The company respects and values the diversity of its staff, striving to maintain an environment where there is opportunity for everyone to feel valued, their talents to be utilised and for both personal and organisational aspirations to be met. Every employee plays a vital role in helping to create an inclusive working environment by understanding and harnessing difference in a positive way.