Enterprise Test Manager

Our leading Douglas-based Finance Sector Client is expanding its Finance Team as they progress an ambitious transformation programme. As they evolve the technology organisation, they require an experienced Enterprise Test Manager.

Note - this role is based on the Isle of Man, so requires candidates to either be based on the island currently or be open to relocation.

The Enterprise Test Manager to lead the organisation-wide testing strategy, ensuring scalable, efficient, and high-quality software deliveries.The main responsibilities will include:

• Defining and implementing a comprehensive enterprise-wide testing strategy across functional, non-functional, and automated testing
  
  
• Driving the test transformation roadmap, improving frameworks, methodologies, and tooling across strategic portfolio projects and BAU streams
  
  
• Configuring and optimising Azure DevOps to integrate test management, automation, reporting, and quality tracking into the development lifecycle
  
  
• Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including executive-level leadership, to align testing strategies with business priorities
  
  
• Building trusted relationships across the business and technology teams, ensuring transparency and a shared commitment to quality
  
  
• Providing leadership to the testing function, promoting automation-first approaches, continuous improvement, and risk-based quality assurance
  
  
• Embedding performance, security, usability, and functional testing throughout the software development lifecycle to ensure production-ready releases
  
  The ideal candidate for the role of Enterprise Test Manager will have:
  
  
• Ideally a Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  
  
• Proven experience in transforming test functions, implementing modern test strategies, frameworks, and tools
  
  
• Excellent leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to motivate and influence a multi-facetted test team
  
  
• Strong expertise in configuring and optimising Azure DevOps for the management of cross functional testing activities
  
  
• A proven track record of effective stakeholder engagement, with the ability to build trust at all levels, including executive leadership
  
  
• Experience in driving efficiencies via best practice test frameworks and automation-led testing approaches within Agile/DevOps environments