Test Manager

Test Manager - 3 day SoW per week, 3 Month Contract, Remote (Scotland)   Rate: £475–£500 per day, Outside IR35 Location: Remote, based in Scotland Engagement: 3 days per week, Contractor (SoW) Duration: 3 months (initial) Function: Change Delivery   About the role Our client's Change Delivery team needs an experienced Test Manager / Test Assurance Lead to cover a period of long-term absence. You'll take ownership of testing across a portfolio of change projects, establish the current position fast, and operate with real autonomy from day one. Third-party suppliers handle technical test execution, you'll provide the internal assurance layer, making sure their testing is robust enough to support delivery decisions. UAT is different: you'll own it end-to-end.   What you'll be doing

• Assessing the current testing position across projects, flagging gaps and risks.
• Producing and assuring Test Plans, with clear entry/exit criteria and timelines.
• Reviewing and challenging third-party supplier testing — plans, coverage, defects.
• Giving independent readiness assessments and managing testing governance and reporting.
• Owning UAT end-to-end: scope, scheduling, business tester coordination, defect management and sign-off.

  What we're looking for

• Strong Test Manager/Lead experience across multiple concurrent projects, including Test Plans and strategy.
• Proven UAT planning and delivery, mobilising business testers and stakeholders.
• Experience assuring (not just accepting) third-party supplier testing.
• Confident challenging suppliers and stakeholders, comfortable with ambiguity, able to work independently from day one.

  Interested? Apply now or send a message to find out more.