Digital Test Lead

• Develop, deliver, and manage the testing strategy for the Trust's digital solutions, ensuring integration with technical infrastructure, applications, and data conversion.
• Develop a detailed testing programme timeline in coordination with key programme leads, ensuring resources, environments, and tools are prepared for timely execution of testing.
• Oversee both manual and automated testing efforts, ensuring test coverage across applications, infrastructure, and integrated systems.
• Lead the development of detailed test plans, scripts, and test cases for functional, non-functional, integration, and regression testing.
• Liaise with IT teams, application owners, clinical leads, and external suppliers to ensure testing is aligned with project objectives.
• Collaborate with external vendors to ensure thorough testing of third-party solutions including relevant supplier relationship management where applicable.
• Act as the central point of contact for testing activities, presenting complex technical data and testing outcomes to various stakeholders, including senior management and clinical leads.
• Evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies for test automation, performance testing, and integration testing to enhance testing capabilities.
• Manage a multi-disciplinary test engineering team, providing leadership, mentoring, and training opportunities.
• Own and manage the overall testing programme across all digital applications, data conversion, and infrastructure readiness.

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years in a leadership role managing testing in a complex, regulated environment, ideally within the NHS or healthcare sector.
• Extensive experience in software testing and quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing techniques.
• Significant experience in leading and managing test teams in an agile, multidisciplinary digital delivery environment.

Desirable

• Testing experience gained in Acute NHS or a healthcare environment, with knowledge of healthcare-specific digital systems.
• Strong experience in leading digital testing processes in complex, multi-system environments.

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of various software testing techniques, including Agile testing and test automation.
• Strong ability of managing the overall testing programme across all digital applications, data conversion, and infrastructure readiness.
• Strong knowledge of software testing best practices across functional, non-functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing.

Desirable

• Significant knowledge of project governance in relation to testing in a digital healthcare environment.
• In depth understanding of software development processes, including Agile and DevOps methodologies, and their impact on testing.