Principal Consultant - Test/Programme Test Management

• Permanent, Full-Time role
• Salary: £75k - £95k per annum

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

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join Spike at a time when we are growing our Quality Management practice.

We are looking for Test/Programme Test Managers, ideally with significant consultancy experience, to join our existing team, focusing on running complex software testing programmes across multiple test work streams. You will be adept at defining and implementing programme/enterprise testing strategies, roadmaps, tools, framework & approach across our growing client portfolio. 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. You should have the ability to drive testing across both functional and non-functional test workstreams.

Key responsibilities:

• Working inside our managed services for key clients
• Defining enterprise/programme-level test strategy, process, techniques, organisation, tools, infrastructure, environments and data across a variety of delivery and technology landscapes and methodologies
• 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
• Conduct regular project visits and reviews to support Spike delivery assurance
• Leading, guiding, training, and mentoring Spike consultants across our projects

Required skills:

• Proven experience in defining and implementing enterprise/programme-level test strategies and/or approaches for multiple projects
• Collaborate with and influence technical and non-technical stakeholders, resources and teams
• Ability to interface with C level and senior stakeholders
• Modern Software Development Lifecycle Processes and Methodologies
• Understand evolving technology and test techniques, technologies and tooling
• Previous experience working in the retail industry (optional)

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

What we offer:

• Personal relationships - We know each other as individuals with social meet ups at least quarterly and a Director open door policy
• Technical consultancy - Challenging technical work with varied projects/clients and internal knowledge management forums
• True flexibility - Remote first approach delivering as teams for clients with expenses paid if needed to travel away from home
• Shared purpose - Owned by practicing consultants with a hand-picked client base in line with Spike principles
• Pick and mix benefits - Generous annual benefits allowance giving you the power to choose how and when you engage with benefits including modern perks & discounts
• Genuine support - Career coach assigned on joining with career chats when you want them

As well as:

• Competitive pay packages
• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days + statutory public holidays
• Day off for your birthday
• L&D allowance and training days
• Pension with auto-enrolment to pension scheme after 1 month

Spike is an equal opportunities employer