Job Description

Project Test Manager

Location: Hampshire (Onsite)

Duration: 18 Months

Clearance: DV Clearance required (Active)

Rate: £650 to £750 per day - Outside IR35

Overview

We are seeking a Project Test Managerto provide specialist oversight and assurance across a highly secure government IT infrastructure programme.

This role will focus on managing and governing the test and trial activity, ensuring that infrastructure capabilities are validated, risks are identified early, and delivery remains aligned to operational requirements.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted adviser to programme leadership, providing independent challenge, structured guidance, and leadership across complex test environments.

Key Responsibilities

Provide strategic oversight and assurance of Test & Trials activity across the programme

Review and shape Test & Trials Strategies, Plans, and governance frameworks

Advise programme leadership on test readiness, risks, and delivery confidence

Provide independent challenge to ensure robust validation and assurance practices

Support planning and execution of system integration, acceptance, and operational trials

Engage with engineering, cyber, and operational stakeholders to ensure coordinated test delivery

Produce high-level assurance reporting and readiness assessments

Identify delivery risks and recommend mitigation strategies

Support transition into service and operational acceptance activities

Essential Skills & Experience

Active DV Clearance (mandatory)

Strong experience delivering Test & Trials consultancy or leadership within secure government or defence environments

Demonstrable experience shaping test governance, strategy, and assurance frameworks

Background working on secure IT infrastructure or complex systems programmes

Experience advising senior stakeholders on test readiness and delivery risk

Strong understanding of integration, system, and operational testing principles

Ability to operate effectively within highly controlled, security-sensitive environments

Desirable Experience

Experience supporting MOD, Defence, or National Security programmes

Familiarity with secure networks or infrastructure-based delivery environments

Experience providing independent assurance or programme-level consultancy

Knowledge of structured delivery methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, ITIL, Agile)