German Pension Insurance Baden-Württemberg

Test Manager (m/f/d) – IT / Digital Solutions Public Administration

Karlsruhe, Stuttgart

Are you interested in a job in the field of digitalization that is...

• that is varied and challenging?
• where you can apply your professional strengths in a targeted manner and grow by working on complex IT projects?
• that offers you the opportunity to become part of an appreciative team that jointly takes responsibility for secure IT solutions?

If that's what you're looking for, you've come to the right place!

The German Pension Insurance (DRV) Baden-Württemberg is one of the largest regional providers of statutory pension insurance with around 3,600 employees. Our digitalization department is shaping the digital transformation of pension insurance as part of nationwide IT projects and developing secure, user-centered digital solutions for citizens and administrative staff. We want to further develop our existing core system in a future-proof manner. As a KRITIS company, information security plays a major role for us. Together with around 400 colleagues from various pension insurance providers, we are driving forward the biggest transformation in the history of the DRV. This will fundamentally change the way we work within the DRV. For us, people and their needs are always at the center of everything we do.

To strengthen our development team, we are currently looking for an experienced

Test Manager (m/f/d) – IT / Digital Solutions Public Administration

What we offer you:

Creative freedom:

• Freedom to work independently and the opportunity to (co-)design important and exciting projects
• You will actively contribute to the success of the transformation and digital development of the German Pension Insurance
• Development of citizen-friendly and modern digital services

Personnel development:

• Further development and deepening of your individual professional and personal skills through support for external training courses and qualified internal training
• Further career steps possible depending on suitability

Security, salary & pension provision:

• Predictable prospects thanks to a crisis-proof and permanent job in the public sector
• Remuneration depending on suitability and job description up to pay grade 12 TV-TgDRV (comparable to TVöD) or salary grade A12 LBesO A in civil service
• Annual bonus, company pension plan (VBL), capital-forming benefits (VL) in the employment relationship
• Subsidy for Job Ticket / Deutschland-Ticket

Work-life balance:

• Certified as a family-friendly employer with flexible working hours, home office policy, various part-time models, and job sharing options.
• Advice and support for childcare and caring for relatives through external service providers.
• Company health management with a wide range of discounted sports activities and company fitness partnerships.
• 30 days of vacation with a five-day week

Time savings:

• Excellent public transportation connections
• Company canteen

What you can expect from us

You will be responsible for the quality and availability of the German Pension Insurance's eAntrag internet applications and will support agile development through professional testing strategies and procedures.

• You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing technical, functional, and non-functional tests, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements (GDPR, BSI basic protection, BITV 2.0).
• You will create, maintain, and be responsible for test concepts, test specifications, and test cases, carry out tests in a traceable manner, document results, and prepare release recommendations.
• Based on a systematic analysis, you will evaluate results, identify deviations, errors, and risks, and document them in full.
• You will monitor the tracking and evaluation of error corrections in close coordination with the development and project teams involved.
• In addition, you will participate in the setup, maintenance, and further development of test environments and contribute to continuous quality assurance and the optimization of test and development processes in interdisciplinary projects.

The tasks may involve security-sensitive activities. By applying, you declare your willingness to undergo a review in accordance with the relevant security review law.

What we expect

• You have a degree in computer science, business informatics, or administrative sciences, as well as professional experience in test management and software quality assurance, ideally in government or government-related IT projects.
• Your profile includes confident use of common testing, automation, and collaboration tools (e.g., qTest, Tosca, Playwright, Jira, Confluence) as well as a basic understanding of test automation concepts.
• You have knowledge of agile process models (ideally SAFe) and experience in hybrid project environments.
• You have a basic technical understanding of software architectures, databases, APIs, and interfaces, and are able to analyze logs and understand technical error patterns.
• In addition to your analytical and structured approach to work, you are highly proactive, responsible, a team player, and have very good written and spoken German skills.

You must also be willing to undertake necessary training and business trips, including those lasting several days, as well as work outside normal working hours.

Existing legal and procedural knowledge in the field of pension insurance is an advantage; alternatively, this must be acquired "on the job" to the extent necessary.

Have we sparked your interest?

You are welcome to conveniently upload your complete application documents via our online application portal.

The application deadline is February 8, 2026.

Equal opportunity is an integral part of our human resources policy. We therefore welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender, or disability. If applicants are otherwise equally qualified, severely disabled persons or persons of equivalent status will be given priority.

As female managers are still underrepresented in some pay groups and salary levels, we particularly welcome applications from qualified women.

Our jobs are generally also suitable for part-time employment. We will examine whether part-time requests (in particular with regard to the requirements of the job and the desired part-time arrangement) can be accommodated.