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SUGANYA KUMAR

@suganyakumar

Programme Test Manager at Boots coordinating 35+ concurrent QA initiatives across infrastructure, supply chain and global brands platforms.

United Kingdom

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At Boots, I’ve managed and coordinated 35+ concurrent QA and testing initiatives across infrastructure, supply chain and global brands platforms. I own programme planning and lead test strategy, governance and delivery assurance across multiple workstreams.

I coordinate internal and third-party teams, manage RAID activities and provide governance reporting on progress, risks, quality and release readiness. My work has included Azure migration testing, operational acceptance testing and vendor transitions.

I’ve also introduced GenAI and Copilot into project and test delivery, including readiness work, status reporting, test design and log analysis. Across earlier roles at Travis Perkins, Clydesdale Bank, Barclays Bank and other organisations, I supported project coordination and QA delivery in banking, insurance, healthcare and retail.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Portfolio Test Manager

Current

Boots

Jan 2015 - Present (11 years 9 months)

Managed and coordinated 35+ concurrent QA/testing initiatives across Infrastructure, Supply chain, and Global brands platforms. Owned programme and project planning activities covering scope, estimates, resource requirements, timelines, milestones, dependencies, priorities and delivery commitments.

Azure migration Apigee SAG Talend NFM IBM MQ Kafka ADF Jira ALM QC Power BI Postman SoapUI Agile CI CD AI assisted Testing

OAT Test Manager

Travis Perkins

Jul 2019 - May 2020 (10 months)

Managed OAT delivery for data-center infrastructure builds and backend integrations. Coordinated readiness activities, defect triage, stakeholder reporting and production sign-off support.

OAT Infrastructure Testing Defect Management Stakeholder Reporting

Project Coordinator

Clydesdale Bank

Dec 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year)

Supported project delivery across loans, complaints and CMS web change projects, including estimation, schedules, cross-functional team engagement, delivery checkpoints, RAID, progress updates, stakeholder communications and escalation of delivery risks.

Project Coordination Estimation Scheduling RAID Stakeholder Communication

QA Lead

Barclays Bank

May 2013 - Dec 2013 (7 months)

Supported cross-team delivery coordination for payments and ATM testing, aligning test milestones, defects and dependencies with project delivery priorities. Provided structured status and risk information to support project governance and release-readiness decisions.

QA Test Coordination Defect Management Risk Management

Project Manager

British Gas

Nov 2012 - Mar 2013 (4 months)

Contributed to project phase planning, estimation, progress tracking and stakeholder updates through release readiness, reporting, test progress, defect and status reporting.

Project Management Release Management Reporting

QA Lead

Dun & Bradstreet

Sep 2010 - Oct 2012 (2 years 1 month)

Supported multi-system delivery planning by coordinating test scope, execution schedules and cross-system dependencies. Supported delivery visibility through issue tracking, progress reporting and coordination with technical stakeholders.

QA Test Planning Issue Tracking Reporting

QA Lead

Lloyds

Apr 2009 - May 2010 (1 year 1 month)

Coordinated mainframe backend QA activities and supported milestone, defect and release-readiness tracking. Communicated progress, risks and outstanding actions to delivery stakeholders.

Mainframe Testing QA Defect Tracking Stakeholder Communication