Job Overview
Job Title: Test Manager
Location: Canberra, ACT (Hybrid – on-site at 1 National Circuit, Barton with flexible arrangements by agreement)
Clearance Required: NV1 Security Clearance (must already hold – Client will not upgrade)
Contract Duration: Initial to 30 June 2026, with 1 × 12-month extension option
Hours: Up to 40 hours per week
Classification: EL1 Equivalent
About the Role
This role is a full‐time opportunity to join the Local Peoples team permanently, with your first project supporting the Department of Health and Aged Care's Human‐Centred Design (HCD) team. Local Peoples is a preferred partner for the Australian Federal Government's Department of Health and Aged Care's Human Centred Design (HCD) Centre of Excellence (CoE). Beyond this project, you would be contributing to impactful co‐design projects that improve services, policies, and products for communities across Australia.
Key Responsibilities
* Test Strategy & Governance: Develop and implement a comprehensive Program Test Strategy across multiple streams. Define the Master Test Plan aligned with program milestones and release schedules. Establish and enforce testing policies, standards, and quality assurance frameworks.
* Planning & Management: Lead test planning with test leads across streams. Manage allocation of resources, test environments, and scheduling. Define entry/exit criteria and oversee adherence at all phases.
* Execution & Assurance: Oversee SIT, UAT, performance, security, and integration testing. Manage defect triage, prioritisation, and resolution. Provide assurance that solutions meet business, security, and compliance requirements.
* Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting: Report on test outcomes, risks, and quality metrics to Program leadership. Collaborate with business, technical teams, and vendors to align testing with objectives. Facilitate workshops and reviews for key test deliverables.
* Continuous Improvement & Leadership: Mentor and guide test leads and testers (manual, automation, performance). Drive process optimisation and implement automation strategies. Promote a culture of quality‐first delivery.
About you – Key Skills & Experience
* 10+ years in ICT testing, with at least 7+ years in program‐level test leadership roles.
* Proven success managing test programmes in multi‐vendor, multi‐stream environments.
* Strong expertise in structured methodologies, test management tools, automation frameworks, and CI/CD.
* Experience delivering SIT, UAT, performance, and security testing at scale.
* Strong risk and quality management skills with proven reporting to executives.
* Excellent stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and communication skills.
* Leadership experience building, mentoring, and managing diverse test teams.
* Desirable: Government sector experience and familiarity with Commonwealth ICT frameworks.
* Strong knowledge of enterprise ICT infrastructure, cloud, applications, data migration, and integrations.
* Demonstrated experience in implementing automation, regression, and performance testing to improve efficiency and coverage.
Working Arrangements
Hybrid role – based in Canberra with flexibility by agreement.
Up to 40 hours per week.
NV1 clearance required prior to commencement.
Contract Details
Start Date: 3 November 2025
End Date: 30 June 2026
Extension: 12 months available
About Local Peoples
Local Peoples is a strategic research and design studio based in Melbourne and Canberra. Our mission is to design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities. We are a certified B‐Corporation with a strong focus on our social, environmental and economic impact. We work across brand and digital design, place and experience design, content and community engagement. Our key partners include state and local government, social enterprises, universities and large commercial organisations.
We work to create positive change for people and the planet, produce www.mattersjournal.com, and maintain a culture of inclusion and support.
Local Peoples proudly supports the LGBTQ+ community, neurodiverse individuals, and First Nations people. We are committed to creating inclusive spaces where everyone, regardless of their identity, feels valued and respected.
Local Peoples works, creates, and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong, and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never been ceded. We thank them for caring for this land for over 40,000 years and recognize and pay our deepest respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.
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