IAG Cargo

Solution Assurance Test Manager

IAG Cargo

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Own the end-to-end testing approach for assigned initiatives, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and delivered right first time.
  • Define and maintain risk-based test strategies and plans, aligned to business processes, delivery milestones, and quality outcomes.
  • Surface and manage quality risks and dependencies early, working with delivery leadership to mitigate impact.
  • Champion an automation-first testing mindset, ensuring manual testing is used deliberately and automation is applied where it delivers the most value.
  • Support teams on the testing maturity journey from manual to automated and increasingly autonomous testing.
  • Work collaboratively with engineers and partners to increase automation coverage, reduce repetitive effort, and improve feedback cycles.
  • Plan and coordinate end-to-end test execution, including UAT, regression, integration, and B2B testing where required.
  • Ensure test readiness across environments, data, tooling, and capability.
  • Own the defect lifecycle, ensuring issues are prioritised, resolved, retested, and learned from.
  • Provide clear insight into release readiness, enabling confident go-live decisions.
  • Build strong, trusted relationships across business, technology, and supplier teams.
  • Act as a quality and automation advocate, translating test outcomes into clear, decision-ready insight.
  • Influence and bring stakeholders on the journey through collaboration, coaching, and transparency.
  • Ensure adherence to IAG Cargo standards, governance, and ways of working.
  • Use metrics, feedback, and retrospectives to continuously improve testing effectiveness, maturity, and efficiency.

Requirements

  • Proven experience owning end-to-end testing outcomes in complex delivery environments.
  • Strong understanding of test automation and modern testing practices, with experience supporting teams through maturity change.
  • Ability to translate business processes into effective test strategies.
  • Structured, risk-based approach with strong analytical and reporting capability.
  • Confident communicator able to influence, coach, and provide constructive challenge.
  • Collaborative, resilient, and outcome-focused.
  • Passion for quality, automation, and continuous improvement.
  • Proven stakeholder and people management capability.
  • Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.
  • ISTQB (or equivalent) Test Management certification.
  • Software testing experience supporting business-critical change.
  • Experience working within a multi-vendor delivery model.
  • Supplier and stakeholder management experience.
  • Strong understanding of the delivery lifecycle and automation adoption.
  • Risk and issue management experience.
Benefits
  • A hybrid environment with 3 days a week in the office and two from home.
  • unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways and group airlines.
  • up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.
  • Flexible bank holiday policy- Individuals not on shift have the flexibility to swap the statutory public holidays, with the days you choose to take off instead.
  • access to LinkedIn learning and Rosetta Stone Language courses.
  • free onsite gym facility as well as access to the UNMIND app and a community of Mental Health First Aiders.
  • access to discounts on Apple, Cinema tickets and loads of other goodies through Perks at work.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
test automationrisk-based test strategiesUAT testingregression testingintegration testingB2B testingdefect lifecycle managementanalytical capabilityreporting capabilitysoftware testing
Soft Skills
confident communicatorcollaborativeresilientoutcome-focusedinfluencingcoachingconstructive challengerelationship buildingtransparencycontinuous improvement
Certifications
ISTQB Test Management certificationdegree-level qualification