{"id":2838,"date":"2021-07-07T16:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2021-07-07T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:59:42","slug":"graduate-load-test-project-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2021\/07\/07\/graduate-load-test-project-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Load Test Project Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">ThinkTribe<br \/>\nCanterbury, Kent<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is an opportunity to join an established team of professional, experienced Load Test Project Managers in a company specialising in online performance Monitoring and Testing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The role will allow you to develop a strong set of skills in Project Management and Technical Delivery in the IT industry working with a wide variety of big name clients providing a key part of their online presence and development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Training will be given on ThinkTribe tools and processes and ongoing support will be provided to help develop a successful candidate into an effective Project Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Team Structure:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Load Test team is a part of the service delivery team of ThinkTribe. Load Test Project Managers work semi-independently, supporting one another and reporting to the Load Test Team Leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Graduate Load Test Project Manager Responsibilities:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Key Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At ThinkTribe, LTPMs are responsible for the end to end delivery of all aspects of Load Testing projects, working with a variety of big name clients across the e-commerce space from highstreet retailers to live entertainment venues. This includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working closely with clients to understand and deliver testing requirements on a per project basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ongoing high quality communication with both technical and non-technical client contacts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing a professional, expert presence for clients.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data Analytics to create realistic testing scenarios.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technical delivery of User Journey scripts using our in house Load Testing engine (scripting in Python)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carrying out Load Tests.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reporting on Load Test results and debriefing clients as appropriate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the day to day responsibilities listed above, the Load Test team also:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take part in internal development of tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Collaborate with other departments in the company to improve service delivery, develop collective knowledge and expand business opportunities through your representation of ThinkTribe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Essential:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ideal candidate would have a personality and skill set that lends itself to effective project Management including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Object-Oriented Programming (Java, C#, Python etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ability to communicate with people of varying technical expertise both inside the company and with client contacts.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Written communication &#8211; Maintaining a professional manner throughout text communications and providing expert Load Test Reports.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Verbal Communication &#8211; Lead and participate in calls with clients and colleagues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adaptability and flexibility. The ability to work to changing timelines and requirements are often required as we work with client sites that are still under development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analytical approach to problem solving.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Efficient time management and planning, able to work independently.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understanding of basic web technologies e.g. HTML, CSS etc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Desirable:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understanding of web architecture and cloud infrastructure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowledge of Load and Performance Testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Experience in Project Management.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Work Hours:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Normal work hours are 9 &#8211; 5:30 Monday to Friday with an hour lunch break<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional out of hours work is often required when Load Testing for which TOIL is provided and additional rates for unsociable hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Very occasionally, weekend testing sessions may be required.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Starting Salary:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a323,000 rising to \u00a325,000 after 6 months<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:julia.crawford@thinktribe.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">julia.crawford@thinktribe.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0for further information and an informal chat about the role,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ThinkTribe Canterbury, Kent This is an opportunity to join an established team of professional, experienced Load Test Project Managers in a company specialising in online &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2021\/07\/07\/graduate-load-test-project-manager\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5829,"featured_media":2840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[205105,9658,184915,184554,205104,5343,205133,205132,37392],"tags":[9658,143073,184942,184943,145910,37,149978,178057],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2839,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions\/2839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}