Defect Manager (Outside IR35)

Defect Manager / £350pd (Outside IR35) / 6 Month Initial contracts / Watford – Hybrid

for a contract Defect Manager to join a large programme of work. The right candidate will have a proven track record as a Defect Manager on large transformational programmes of work. This role will be based in my clients Watford office 4-5 days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Keeping a close relationship with the Environment and IT leads to ensure environment is fully provisioned for testing.
• Ability to produce high quality defect MI and documentation for partners.
• Leads and adheres to the blocking issue procedures for recorded defects.
• Good experience in using ALM, Jira & Confluence.
• Ability to multi-task and handle numerous projects and tasks concurrently.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to present complex ideas in simple terms customised to the target audience.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience in conducting full root cause analysis on high severity defects and drive forward mitigating actions to prevent reoccurrence.