Senior Test Manager

A leading professional services organisation is creating a new "best‑in‑class" Quality Engineering and Testing Practice with a clear mission: to accelerate business change. By combining deep in‑house industry expertise with leading testing tools, methods and practices, the organisation aims to help clients deliver efficient, high‑quality transformation while minimising risk.
The organisation is currently recruiting Senior Managers to join its Financial Services team, who can make a significant contribution to the growth of the Quality Engineering and Testing Practice through sector knowledge, client delivery, and support for new business development.
In this role, you will help shape and expand the testing practice within the Financial Services sector, taking responsibility for revenue goals, developing a strong pipeline of opportunities, and creating value propositions for the markets served - including banking, insurance, asset management and financial technology.

You will support the Testing Practice Directors and Partners in:

The development of the Testing Practice by formulating unique, value-add propositions and solutions that meet FS sector client requirements, in addition to managing and directing pursuit activity.
Delivering an individual revenue sales target.
Mentoring and coaching other members of the team.
Developing and converting a pipeline of opportunities across public sector clients.
Performing a key role in account and sector development across FS, helping the leadership to build the top line.
Building and maintaining strong client relationships across public sector clients, leveraging proven industry content and delivery capability.
Performing a senior role in delivery of engagements as required.

Job Requirements:

Sales and Delivery, with associated sales and utilisation targets. Strong bid management abilities, with a proven ability to mentor and coach more junior team members.
Solution development, showing a clear ability as a Quality Engineering and Testing Subject Matter Expert to enhance existing solutions, and develop new ones, with specific emphasis on software testing as it relates to IT solutions and transformation in the public sector.
People management, building a team of consultants with the right mix of grades, competencies and experience to support client opportunities and projected growth.
Project management, with a proven ability to work as Programme Director / Engagement Manager running multiple client projects simultaneously where required.
Industry

Skills and Experience:

Experience working for a major advisory business or leading industry institution, ideally with a successful track record of Business Development and successful delivery in the FS sector (either across FS or specialising in a particular area such as Banking, Payments, Insurance, Asset Management or Fintech).
Demonstrable track record of Business and Practice Development within a consulting environment.
In-depth experience gained in sell-side institution with exposure to shaping and delivering significant programmes of IT Change.
In-depth understanding, knowledge and experience of the testing industry to include:
testing services (type, costing, route to market),
tools (commercial/open-source, selection and implementation),
practices (methods by SDLC-type, test accelerators),
metrics (selection, implementation), and
key players (suppliers, tool vendors, industry "regulators").
Key areas of technical interest include:

Test automation and quality engineering
Non-functional testing
Accessibility testing
Testing with AI, and testing of AI
Individual skills:

Experience in the management of complex testing programmes across customer-facing and back-office systems

Experience of leading multiple, diverse and complex client programmes.
Recognised as having both exceptional technical delivery skills and very strong business knowledge (in the public sector).
Strong experience of working with, or for, FS sector clients, with a good understanding of the FS sector environment (or particular area, such as Banking, Payments, Insurance, Asset Management or Fintech).
Ability to take client aspirations and ideas and support them in turning…