Release Quality Manager - Vitality : Job Details

About The RoleTeam – Enterprise Architecture and EngineeringWorking Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of the Vitality Offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Full time hours.We are happy to discuss flexible working!What this role is all about:As the Release Quality Manager you will be responsible for communicating, embedding, governing and reporting on standards and KPI’s associated with all software testing requirements across the IT Group.Specifically, you will apply focus to our performance testing estate, taking day to day management of Our third party performance test team.You will support early engagement of planning our performance test schedule and drive the delivery of the performance test roadmap.This will involve collaborating with multiple agile engineering teams building software that focuses on quality, and ensuring that appropriate quality levels are being met before production release.You will champion standards to deliver effective solutions, minimising defects and only approving changes for release when pre-defined conditions have been evidenced.With experience of test engineering governance and best practices, you will support multi-disciplined internal and external teams with adhering to the enterprise standards.As part of a wider architecture and engineering standards department, you will contribute to relentless continuous improvement in quality and release standards, as well as supporting with analytics and metrics related to their governance.Key Actions

• Definition of the performance test roadmap
• Performance test team management
• Responsible for validating software releases are aligned with test engineering standards before they can be deployed.  Making recommendations for rectification where standards are not achieved or escalating as appropriate.
• Work with test engineering partners to ensure operational governance and controls, assuring adherence to approach and standards, reporting regularly on progress and KPI measures in line with the Enterprise Strategy.
• Support the Release Manager with reporting and analytics.
• Work closely with Heads of Engineering, Engineering Managers and Principal Test Engineers to embed standards in their respective teams.  Collaborating with engineering teams to ensure quality is considered throughout the SDLC.
• May attend steering committees and other decision-making forums, assuring key information from a release quality perspective is understood and contributes to such decisions.
• Excellent relationship, influencing skills and experience of managing multiple and diverse stakeholder groups.

What do you need to thrive?

• Extensive knowledge and experience in Information Technology Solutions with a high degree of business appreciation.
• Analytical mind set and ability to see the bigger picture
• Confidence in effective questioning.
• Strong understanding of various testing approaches and methodologies.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Critical thinker.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise activities.
• Excellent communicator.

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.
• We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The CompanyWe're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.Diversity & InclusionWe’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page.Vitality’s approach to sustainabilityVitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early.