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<div class="mds-edited-text mds-font-body-copy-bulk"><p>The National Trust’s IT eco-system supports a complex and multi-faceted organisation with a breadth of technologies.</p>
<p>We’re looking for someone with the ability to turn innovative ideas into reality. An individual with the leadership drive and ambition to take our Test capability to the next level.</p>
<p>What you'll be doing</p>
<p>As the IT Principal Tester, you will Lead our team of test engineers and analysts with accountability for delivering high-quality test execution activities in a timely, cost-effective and compliant manner.</p>
<p>Working closely with operations teams, project teams, and business stakeholders to plan, execute, monitor, and control the testing work for all approved projects across functional, non-functional and User Acceptance testing activities.</p>
<p>Who we're looking for</p>
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<li>The ability to inspire others across a community of practice, engendering open feedback an continual improvement</li>
<li>An understanding of how modern test automation techniques and frameworks can be applied</li>
<li>Detailed knowledge of modern test management and ALM tooling (e.g. Jira, Zephyr, Azure DevOps, MTM etc)</li>
<li>The ability to lead and direct functional, non-functional and E2E testing activities across a portfolio and / programme of change with colleagues both within and outside of IT</li>
<li>Experience working with technical specialists and 3rd party suppliers to define, deliver and manage multiple non-production environments along with the associated test data sets</li>
<li>Excellent Leadership skills with the ability to inspire and coordinate teams building a positive team climate.</li>
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