Test Environment Manager

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Test Environment Manage

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Role sum

maryThe Test Environment Lead owns the strategy, governance and day-to-day coordination of test environments to ensure timely, cost‑effective, and low‑risk delivery of BAU, Modernization and Strategic initiatives. This role will catalogue environment demand, define and socialise a Test Environment Strategy, implement tooling and controls for environment provisioning and usage, reduce environment complexity (including enabling shift‑left testing), manage TEM licensing and training, and act as the primary interface between Central IT, IT Heads of Function (HOFs) and delivery stakehold

ers.
Key responsibil

itiesStrategy, governance & stakeholder alig

• nmentDefine, socialise and secure sign‑off for the Test Environment Strategy supporting BAU, Modernization and Strategic initiat
• ives.Align stakeholders (BAU, Modernization, Strategic initiatives, IT HOFs) on environment lifecycle, controls, roles, governance and expected behavi
• ours.Manage controlled exceptions to the strategy and ensure traceability of decis

ions.Demand, catalogue & prioritis

• ationCatalogue all current and planned environments including purpose, required timeframe, architectural/integration scope, classification, licensing, and lifecycle st
• atus.Maintain and prioritise environment demand against Central IT capacity and delivery plans to optimise provisioning effort and
• cost.Plan and track environment provisioning, usage and decommissioning to minimise contention and reduce unnecessary s

pend.Design, simplification & innov

• ationIdentify opportunities to reduce environment and data integration complexity (e.g., environment standardisation, reuse, service virtualisation, synthetic or masked d
• ata).Promote shift‑left testing by enabling earlier access to environment capabilities and test doubles/virtual serv

ices.Tooling, automation & con

• trolsWork with IT HOFs to select, implement and manage tooling for provisioning, monitoring and controlling environment u
• sage.Integrate environment controls with CI/CD pipelines to improve visibility, traceability and automated lifecycle manage
• ment.Own TEM tools and license management, ensuring compliance and cost optimisa

tion.Alignment of test approaches & lifecycle su

• pportReview and align in‑flight Test Approaches to the Test Environment Strategy to ensure consistency, relevance and v
• alue.Provide guidance on environment-related testing practices throughout the product lifec

ycle.Training, enablement & comm

• unityOwn and deliver the TEM training and socialisation plan across the TMO and other TEM particip
• ants.Act as the subject matter lead, supporting teams to adopt TEM processes and too

ling.Leadership & thought leade

• rshipProvide thought leadership and innovation in Test Environment Management, driving continuous improvement and adoption of best pract
• ices.Act as the central point of contact for TEM escalation and decisio

ning.Required skills & exper

• ienceProven experience (typically 5–10+ years) in IT environment, test environment or release management roles supporting enterprise delivery across multiple teams or progra
• mmes.Demonstrable experience with environment catalogue/demand management, environment lifecycle and govern
• ance.Hands‑on knowledge of environment provisioning and automation technologies and CI/CD pipeline integration (examples: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps — or equival
• ent).Familiarity with service virtualisation and test doubles (e.g., Parasoft, WireMock, Mountebank, broad concept knowle
• dge).Strong stakeholder management skills; experience aligning Business, Delivery and IT leader
• ship.Experience managing tooling and license inventories and optimising c
• osts.Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to present strategy and secure sign
• ‑off.Experience producing dashboards and reports for environment utilisation, cost and contention met