Job description

Direct applicants only, no agencies please as we have preferred suppliers already.

This role is permanent but a fixed term or associate contract may be considered for specific engagements.

Spike are retail technology experts delivering end-to-end, go-live confidence for the biggest retail brands. Learn more about us here – www.wearespike.co.uk

Due to ongoing growth, we are looking for a Test Managers to join our existing team, focusing on defining and implementing testing strategies, roadmaps, tools, framework & approach across our growing client portfolio. You could be working across many different projects using a wide variety of technologies, and tools. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of real retail/ecommerce experience across many different client engagements and the ability to work in complex and challenging environments, with strong stakeholder management skills.

Key responsibilities:

Driving test engineering excellence for our key clients
Defining test strategy, process, techniques, organisation, tools, infrastructure, environments and data across a variety of delivery and technology landscapes and methodologies, whilst ensuring an equal balance between both delivery and commercial aspects
Delivering large test programmes across multiple workstreams, vendors and delivery methodologies
Determining & documenting detailed test estimates and strategies to allow the Spike sales team to produce the necessary proposals and delivery plans
Supporting the Spike sales team in the pre-sales process
Assisting the marketing team to develop marketing materials and position strategies for our services and solutions in conjunction with the Spike marketing message framework
Conduct regular project visits and reviews to support Spike delivery assurance
Lead, guide, train and mentor Spike consultants across our projects

Required skills:

Proven experience in defining and implementing test strategies and/or approaches for multiple projects
Collaborate with and influence technical and non-technical stakeholders, resources and teams
Ability to work at senior/strategic and lower level process/technical levels
Previous experience working in the retail industry
Modern Software Development Lifecycle Processes and Methodologies
Understand evolving technology and test techniques, technologies and tooling

Desirable skills:

Salesforce (Commerce Cloud/Service Cloud)
Mulesoft
NetSuite
Other retail platforms including MACH/Shopify front ends, payments, warehousing or merchandising platforms

Start Date: Flexible

Salary: £50k - £65k per annum (based on experience)

Benefits package:

Annual performance & pay review
Leave entitlement of 25 days per year + Birthday off as leave (+all statutory holidays of course!)
Leave exchange (buy or sell)
Pension with auto-enrolment to pension scheme after 1 month
Training allowance

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