Development Test Manager

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Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest retailers is investing heavily in digital innovation - its aim being to build a centre of excellence where digital output is crafted using industry leading best practice frameworks and methodologies to produce the world class apps and services. The team is growing rapidly and looking for talented colleagues to help deliver ambitious and market leading services that live up to Sainsbury’s industry leading reputation.

We are looking for a Development Test Manager to engage with large scale development teams and implement industry leading automated testing practices across a wide range of products. You will be expected to recruit and retain expert colleagues as well as driving Sainsbury’s development testing strategy forward continually improving to create a world class Development Testing function.

As a Development Test Manager you will need to and will succeed by:

- Leading a team of Development Test Leads and have line management responsibility for a team of specialist Development Testers.

- Having full responsibility for defining the Development testing strategy and ensuring compliance across the entire Development function.

- Utilising your own experience and judgement to ensure testing strategy meets business needs.

- Shaping a world class development function utilising cutting edge processes and technologies for code led testing.

- Educating the business about how we increase pace and at the same time improve quality using industry best practices.

- Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders (SM & Directors) inside the business, both within D&T and other divisions to create confidence in the Development Test function.

- Using influence to both create change and educate at all levels within the business.

- Being a strong positive external figure for Sainsbury’s, leading the way in Development test innovation.

- Recruiting colleagues who are both exceptionally talented and fit the culture of the team.

- Retaining colleagues by creating the right environment and ways of working.

- Ensuring projects are resourced appropriately to meet the project needs.

- Influencing, implementing and refining Agile and Lean principles to align with code led testing principles.

- Setting standards and improving our KPIs, metrics and reporting to key senior stakeholders.

- Ensuring progress and blockers are visible at all levels.

To be a successful Development Test Manager you will need to know and show:

- Software development process management.

- Detailed understanding of a multitude of technologies and principles for automation and code led testing like TDD and BDD.

- Practical experience of a multitude of technologies and processes through extensive industry experience or computer science qualifications (masters or PHD level).

- A very strong understanding of Agile and Lean principles including Agile certifications (e.g. scrum certification).

- Demonstrable experience of techniques to educate and lead transformation within large organisations.

- Experience leading and mentoring colleagues of different skill levels.

- How to recruit expert colleagues.

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