Program Test Lead

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited is seeking an experienced Program Test Lead to drive end-to-end testing for a large-scale enterprise transformation. This greenfield cloud migration replaces a legacy platform with a modern AWS-hosted, event-driven architecture.

You will own the testing strategy, governance, data migration validation and go-live readiness across multiple delivery streams, coordinating vendors and internal partners, and advancing AI-enabled test practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in software testing and QA.
• Experience leading testing for large-scale transformation programs.
• Strong vendor and multi-stream delivery management.
• Expertise in integration and data migration testing.
• Experience with AWS hosted platforms and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with test automation and CI/CD delivery.
• Strong executive-quality reporting and Go/No-Go recommendations.
• Hands-on Jira/Xray or similar test management tools.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the overall test strategy and master test plan.
• Lead testing across functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, UAT, and non-functional domains.
• Establish quality gates, defect management, and governance frameworks.
• Drive data migration and reconciliation testing between legacy and new platforms.
• Coordinate testing activities across vendors, internal stakeholders and external integration partners.
• Oversee release readiness, cutover planning and production verification activities.
• Manage test reporting, risk management and executive-level quality communications.
• Support the implementation of test automation frameworks and AI enabled testing practices.

Skills

Test leadership

Vendor management

Stakeholder engagement

Test automation

CI/CD delivery

Education

ISTQB Test Manager

ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst

Tools

Jira/Xray

Playwright

TypeScript

Kong API Gateway

Job description

Program Test Lead

We're seeking an experienced Program Test Lead to drive end to end testing and quality assurance for a large scale enterprise transformation program. This is a greenfield cloud migration involving the replacement of a business critical legacy platform with modern AWS hosted, event driven architecture. You will take ownership of the program's testing strategy, governance, quality gates, vendor assurance, data migration validation and go-live readiness across multiple delivery streams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and execute the overall test strategy and master test plan.
• Lead testing across functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, UAT and non-functional domains.
• Establish and manage quality gates, defect management processes and test governance frameworks.
• Drive complex data migration and reconciliation testing between legacy and new platforms.
• Coordinate testing activities across vendors, internal stakeholders and external integration partners.
• Oversee release readiness, cutover planning and production verification activities.
• Manage test reporting, risk management and executive-level quality communications.
• Support the implementation of test automation frameworks and AI enabled testing practices.

Technical Environment

• AWS (Fargate, SQS, SNS)
• Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
• API integrations (REST, SOAP, GraphQL)
• Kong API Gateway
• Playwright / TypeScript
• Jira & Xray
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Performance and Security Testing frameworks

Must Have Experience

• 10+ years' experience in software testing and quality assurance.
• Proven background leading testing functions for large-scale transformation or legacy modernisation programs.
• Strong experience managing vendors, systems integrators and multi stream delivery environments.
• Deep expertise in integration testing, data migration testing and complex enterprise ecosystems.
• Exposure to AWS hosted platforms and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with test automation practices and CI/CD delivery models.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to provide executive-level quality reporting and Go/No-Go recommendations.
• Hands-on experience with Jira/Xray or similar test management tools.

Desirable Experience

• Large scale regulatory, supply chain, logistics or highly integrated enterprise platforms.
• AI assisted testing, agentic QA frameworks or modern test automation approaches.
• ISTQB Test Manager, ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst or equivalent certifications.

This is a great opportunity to lead the testing strategy for a high profile transformation program delivering a modern cloud native platform. You'll work across multiple stakeholder groups, complex integrations and large scale data migration activities while influencing critical delivery and production readiness decisions.