Program Test Manager
We are looking for an expert Program Test Manager to join X-Team and lead a mission-critical quality engineering initiative for one of our major media & publishing clients. You will be our key representative, driving the quality strategy for a large-scale transformation of a complex, event-driven web authoring platform for a leading Australian destination for news, lifestyle, sport, and business content. This is a highly technical role where you’ll sit at the intersection of team leadership, automation architecture, and cutting-edge AI governance.
Your Impact
Lead & Architect: Manage 15–20 engineers (onshore/offshore) and design automation frameworks from scratch using Playwright and Karate DSL.
Innovate with AI: Pioneer AI quality governance by implementing adversarial red-teaming, auditable prompt trails, and LLM observability pipelines to verify AI-generated code.
Modernize Delivery: Own CI/CD quality gates within GitHub Actions and ensure system integrity through consumer-driven contract testing and event-driven architecture validation.
Strategic Enablement: Coordinate testing estimates and execution across 42+ systems while embedding performance, resilience, and security testing into the development lifecycle.
What You Bring to X-Team
To be successful in this role, a candidate must meet the following criteria:
Background & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
5+ years of experience as a Program Test Manager, successfully leading large-scale, multi-year program testing.
Proven experience managing onshore and offshore resources.
Technical Skills & Coding:
A strong understanding of and experience with unit testing, integration test scripting, manual and automated regression testing, and general testing methodologies.
Automation & Architecture:
Framework Design from Scratch: Proven ability to architect frameworks from first principles, not just write tests within existing, pre-built frameworks.
Hands-on mastery of Playwright (framework development, trace capture, screenshot attachment, CI integration).
Hands-on mastery of Karate DSL (data-driven scenarios, mock servers, pipeline integration).
Modern CI/CD & Delivery:
Experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD gates, blocking PR checks, and environment promotion.
Strong understanding of REST APIs (contract testing, schema validation) and event-driven asynchronous architectures (message queues, pub/sub, handling race conditions).
Stakeholder Management: Expert communication skills with a track record of coordinating with program, technology, and business teams.
Why X-Team?
At X-Team, we build teams of extraordinary people. You’ll be joining a community of driven, resilient, and curious individuals committed to world-class work. If you’re ready to solve complex challenges, pioneer AI governance, and help our clients deliver scalable technology solutions, we want to hear from you.