Test Team Principal

Salt are partnered with a NHS Trust in Wales who require a Test Team Principal to join them on an initial 9-month contract.

The role will require travel across the Trust sites in Wales & will require some flexibility in working patterns.

If you have worked within the NHS that would be desirable & also if you are able to speak Welsh this again would be desirable for my client

The role is inside IR35 and is a NHS band 7 pay grade

Job Summary

• Responsible for all aspects of provision of the Testing services for which the post holder is the Test Principal (management, support and development).
• To implement testing strategies in accordance with the trusts Test Framework and Assurance Processes. To implement test plans based upon this strategy within the trust
• To provide advice on testing of complex programmes, including presenting to senior management and wider teams, ensuring guidance to the trust's policy and strategy in areas of quality assurance and system testing.
• Responsible for leading, planning and managing the software testing in multiple, concurrent complex projects.
• Manage the testing life-cycle for each of the trust's major applications ensuring they meet Senior User requirements and adhere to the appropriate assurance strategies.
• This will include the planning and management of each key test phase - Systems and Integration Testing (SIT), Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT), Regression Testing and Performance Testing to ensure delivery against agreed project plans.
• Responsible for defining the long-term test strategy within the product, to ensure test approaches will continue to meet constantly changing user and stake holder needs.
• The Test Team Principal is required to work closely with Digital Transformation Managers, Project Managers, Senior Software Developers and Senior Users. In addition, the Test Team Manager will supervise a team of test analysts on a day-to-day basis and coordinate their activities to support the testing phases.