Hybrid End-to-End Test Manager, Workplace Migration

at Vantage Point Global

• Job title: End-to-End Test Manager, Workplace Migration
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• End-to-End Test Manager leading UAT and user testing for workplace migration at Vantage Point Global. Overseeing test planning, execution, and defect management across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Run end-to-end ownership of the overall UAT approach across the Applications and Devices workstream and the Data workstream.
• Define the UAT strategy, scope, phases, entry and exit criteria, and overall test calendar aligned to the rollout plan.
• Design and run early user testing, including pre-provisioned test laptops issued to friendly users in each office location to validate regional settings and local requirements.
• Own test planning deliverables, including test plan, scenarios, scripts, test data approach, test execution runbooks, and sign-off packs.
• Coordinate UAT participants, business stakeholders, and technical teams to ensure environments, data, and access are ready for testing.
• Establish defect management governance, including severity model, triage process, ownership rules, SLAs, retest approach, and reporting cadence.
• Lead daily defect triage sessions, ensure clear assignment and prioritisation, and drive defects through to closure within aggressive timelines.
• Provide daily and weekly reporting on test progress, defect trends, readiness risks, and go-live recommendations.
• Work closely with Platform, Applications and Devices, and Data leads to manage dependencies and remove blockers.
• Manage defects identified during rollout and hypercare, including intake, prioritisation, escalation, and closure reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement of the test process, focusing on speed, clarity, and decision quality.

Requirements

• Proven end-to-end Test Manager experience owning UAT across multiple workstreams on complex change programmes.
• Strong experience delivering testing for modern workplace or EUC programmes, including Windows migration, device readiness, and application readiness.
• Experience with Azure-hosted workplace environments and enterprise workplace rollouts.
• Strong experience testing large application estates, including SaaS and client-hosted applications, with clear prioritisation and risk-based coverage.
• Strong experience testing user data migration, including unstructured data, access and permissions, integrity checks, and reconciliation approaches.
• Hands on ownership of defect governance, including triage leadership, severity models, and driving closure at pace.
• Experience designing and running pilots or early user testing with pre-provisioned devices and multi-site regional variance.
• Clear, structured communication with technical teams and business stakeholders, including decision-ready updates and sign-off materials.
• Strong delivery discipline, able to stand up a full test approach quickly and execute within compressed timelines.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements