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Job Introduction

Renowned and loved throughout the UK and the world, the BBC has become a household name that delivers online content to more than 25 million people globally and we are proud to say that we help make that magic happen!

This role manages Testing and Test team leads from across a domain that includes News + Sport, Children’s + Education, Content Discovery and Product + Channel Excellence.

We work in highly collaborative team of engineers, testers, UX designers and product owners.

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how and when they work, with a hybrid working approach and flexibility with hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

We recognise the need to stay fresh in the ever-changing technology landscape. To support this, our Engineers also receive 10% development time built into our 35 hour working week.

How do we work?

We offer a warm welcome with full support settling in and foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed. We embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do.

We work in agile teams and release often. We support this by making sure our testing is robust and that our pipelines are steadfast. We monitor our systems in production to understand the impact of change every time we do a release.

This role is continuing and can be based in our London or Salford office. Please state your location of preference in your application.

We work in multi-discipline crews with Software Engineers, Testers, Product owners and Delivery, in a respectful and collaborative environment.

Main Responsibilities

The role is for an enterprise level Test Manager who is comfortable working across multiple projects, managing the end to end testing strategy, with both internal and external teams.

So what’s involved in this role?

Some of the typical responsibilities and where you come in include:

• Design and implement test strategies and processes that allow the department to keep pace with innovation and drive efficiencies in delivery
• Establish a centre of excellence for testing and establish division as an industry leader in this field
• Define and execute on procedures and processes for testing and release of products that deliver quality and innovation, aligned across all stakeholder groups
• Ownership of testing for the division’s products
• Ensure maintenance and documentation of procedures and processes for the testing and release of products
• Lead and build a team of test professionals and device specialists. Grow and mentor the technical and leadership skills within the team and create development opportunities for them
• Work closely with Engineering Managers, product owners, technical architects , leads and other stakeholders across the BBC
• Manage third parties and suppliers
• Build good relationships and networks with other broadcasters, technology companies and device manufacturers’ relationships

Are you the right candidate?

We focus on hiring for potential at the BBC and transferable skills are very welcome. We understand not everyone may tick all the essential boxes, however we strongly encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate how you would deliver the fundamentals of the role.

We’d love to hear from you if you have some of the following skills:

• Proven experience as a Test leader
• Excellent people management skills, with experience of leading cross-functional teams in a matrix organisation
• Experience of working across and co-ordinating with multiple teams within scalable organisations
• Strong time/activity management to ensure plan is run to meet deadlines
• Ability to run tests in a time sensitive environment and demonstrate how to capture key test results / issues early on in the testing cycle
• Ability to create a test plan which takes into account data requirements, test script requirements, resource allocation and planning
• Support the design and development test scenarios/scripts for functional testing
• Knowledge and experience with creating test scenarios / user stories, test cases and tracking them through the end-to-end process
• Experience of innovating in testing technology and processes
• Extensive experience of relevant technologies
• Delivery focused – with evidence of driving efficiencies on the delivery
• Consulting and client management skills, including a track record of good relationship management including motivation, collaboration and influencing
• Experience in agile software development methodologies
• Experience of successfully managing external suppliers
• Experience of working with and forming productive relationships with technology companies

About the BBC

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description

Band: E
Contract type: continuing
Location: London or Salford

Any offer of employment is conditional upon you having the right to work in the UK

We are serious about offering you professional development, training and support. You can also expect an excellent benefits package, a great working environment with scope for hybrid working and a shared sense of purpose.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
• Annual leave 26 days, (based on your working pattern 1 of which is a corporation day) + bank holidays of course with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
• Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours
• Employee assistance and well-being programmes
• Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. While this is a full-time role, flexible working patterns and job shares are welcome.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch so we can support you.