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Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for investigating test requirements, and problems, to identify and recommend appropriate test solutions. Provide direction and leadership in the testing phase of delivery projects. Take responsibility, as required, for the mentoring of Junior Test analysts including planning, scheduling, and overseeing activities and sharing best best practices. Manage the testing process from project initiation to post implementation review. Provide estimates of testing effort, schedule testing tasks across departments, including batch runs and deployment of new versions of the application under test.Identify and select the right tools for the project or release from the right supplier where one is not available in house. Take responsibility for writing Test Strategies for complex projects or large releases covering the required test phases.Automate and maintain regression test scripts and keep metrics on testing progress and provide progress reports when required by project governance. Recommend test solutions that optimise the use of current technology, whilst avoiding it’s limitations.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Responsible for leading a team to deliver effective Business Readiness Activities as part of IT Transition and the Field Services Management projects. Lead for business engagement, change deployment and Post Go-Live Support of hardware, software and process related changes.Provide detailed analysis and technical insight to ensure any proposed change is fit for the user base and utilise knowledge to inform any new or in-flight projects at the development, management or maintenance stages.Accountable for ensuring that change follows the strategic business plan of impacted teams to ensure the benefits are signed on to and realised following the successful implementation of change.Managed UAT, test planning, execution and defect resolution. Experience supporting business users through testing as well as a good understanding of testing life cycle.Built and maintained a robust, value-added network of key business stakeholders and collaborated with IS and Core Delivery vendor partners to ensure that system changes are effectively developed, implemented and delivered.Responsible for ensuring rigorous governance is followed in the delivery of all readiness activities to ensure that teams, processes and systems are effectively ready for deployment and that Post Go-Live activities are followed using the Business Readiness Model and its associated tools and techniques.Accountable for planning effective business engagement activities to provision appropriate communication and deployment plans that are necessary for tactical and strategic system change.Own the development of Change Impact Assessments to ensure that the change impact is fully understoodLead the development of training materials required to support the deployment of system or process change.Drive continual improvement through performance and process excellence and develop self and others through the setting of stretching targets and active development plans and support.

Hinckley, Leicestershire

Responsible for the design and delivery of system related changes to Cadent applications. Experience includes:o SAPo Click Scheduleo iOS Mobility Platformso Requirements gathering, high level and detailed design management, UAT and PGLSCapture business requirements and establish expected benefits through direct engagement with key business stakeholders.Document detailed system requirements, process impacts and articulating Functional and Non-Functional requirements into design documents by leading detailed design sessions, interviews, workshops and teleconferences to act as a bridge between the business and technical partners. Manage document control and updates by facilitating the capture of business comments through the review and approval cycle. Ensure system changes are robustly tested prior to delivery by sourcing and managing business resources, creating scenarios and scripts, creating test plans, producing daily reports and presenting updates to key stakeholders through closure documents and go/no-go calls.

Hinckley, Leicestershire

I made the decision to take a six month career break to spend some time travelling around the world. The trip took me to twenty six countries, and allowed me to refresh and refocus my attitudes and drives. I have already felt the benefits of this break and has already allowed me to take on new roles and responsibilities upon my return to work.