UAT Lead - Healthcare

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Job description

Title: UAT Program Lead

Looking for experience in UAT testing in the Healthcare industry! Also, SQL skills

HIGHLIGHTS

Location: Multiple States / Remote ( list included at bottom)

Position Type: Contract to hire

Residency Status: US Citizen or Green Card Holder ONLY

Our client is looking for a UAT Program Lead to join their team!

Job Description

The UAT Program Lead will formulate the strategy and plan the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for major projects. The Lead will interact with and coordinate across business teams who perform the UAT. He/she will implement, lead, and manage the UAT Strategy, timelines and UAT plan. The Lead thinks strategically to formulate an appropriate UAT plan in collaboration with the Manager of UAT & Configuration Testing. This individual should demonstrate the ability to interact and coordinate with business experts to understand the business flows and business rules. He/she will have competent analytical skills to interpret and escalate issues and manage communication with business and IT. Should have the ability to multitask and execute test cases in close collaboration with the UAT team.

The UAT Program Lead will formulate the strategy and plan the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for major projects. The Lead will interact with and coordinate across business teams who perform the UAT. He/she will implement, lead, and manage the UAT Strategy, timelines and UAT plan. The Lead thinks strategically to formulate an appropriate UAT plan in collaboration with the Manager of UAT & Configuration Testing. This individual should demonstrate the ability to interact and coordinate with business experts to understand the business flows and business rules. He/she will have competent analytical skills to interpret and escalate issues and manage communication with business and IT. Should have the ability to multitask and execute test cases in close collaboration with the UAT team.

Key Functions/Responsibilities:

Manages multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities for UAT

Defines UAT Project Milestones and timelines in collaboration with overall Project Managers and/or subject matter experts

Maintains weekly status metrics for UAT Project Reporting

Maintains a risk register for identified UAT issues, is responsible for tracking these on a weekly basis and bringing them to resolution or escalating as appropriate

Works in collaboration with IT to determine UAT environmental needs, issues, defines data needs and works with IT to facilitate appropriate data loads,

Works with IT to ensure security access to all UAT applications and participants is maintained

Works with IT to ensure that the infrastructure for UAT is maintained and updated prior to UAT efforts

Works in close collaboration with IT /Project Manager to coordinate deployment to UAT, to coordinate hand off from QA to UAT

Works in collaboration with UAT Manager to identify testing gaps in key projects

Works with various business groups to document UAT scenarios and identify gaps in Test Plans to reduce redundancy

Assist the UAT Manager in providing training to business users to document test scenarios and test results

Defines and documents training needs for UAT participants and coordinates training with the Human Resource Department trainers

Maintains the organization's use-cases

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience is required.

Experience:

At least 5 years of a combination of testing s/w applications, UAT coordination, and project leadership experience

5+ years in quality assurance managing functional and regression testing of in house and vendor developed applications

3+ years' experience in a managed care or healthcare organization.

Knowledge of claims payment process

A minimum of 5 years in a lead role managing all testing activities for projects

At least 4-5 years' experience coordinating and leading large UAT programs

Experience Preferred/Desirable:

Certification in Test ManagementTools.

Visio,Project

Automation Tool- Claims Test Pro (Medical Data Express)

Knowledge of Test-Driven Development, Agile and SCRUM

FACETS

List of states this can be worked from:

Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

*Please note that this employer requires a Covid Vaccination.