UAT Assistant Manager

at  Cambridge University Press Assessment

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• Reporting to the UAT Manager, you will be part of a team responsible for carrying out the UAT(User Acceptance Testing) for applications developed across many of the organisation’s initiatives, which include computer-based testing, e-learning and web-based stakeholder support systems.
• You will be required to task-manage members of the team and co-ordinate several projects simultaneously: deputising for the work of the UAT Manager, and attending senior strategy and planning meetings on a regular basis.
• The role will also involve the detailed preparation and execution of test cases for the various applications across different environments, the logging of defects and reporting to project stakeholders on testing progress.
• As a UAT Assistant Manager, you will also be required to work with project managers and developers, etc. to ensure that defects are categorised, prioritised and resolved within agreed timescales.