The QA Test Lead will architect and institutionalize rigorous testing practices for the IT team delivering Workday integrations. This hands‑on, process‑centric leader will elevate test planning and execution, and bridge internal QA validation to business‑led UAT without formal people‑management responsibilities. Key Responsibilities
Implementation & Development
- Lead the design, documentation, and maintenance of test plans, scenarios, and cases for both enhancement releases and new integration projects
- Define a reusable test‑case taxonomy that maps directly to Workday functional requirements and integration touchpoints
- Introduce AI‑assisted tooling to auto‑generate test data, scripts, and documentation where feasible
- Collaborate with developers to embed automated regression suites into the CI/CD pipeline
Subject Matter Expertise
- Act as the primary testing advisor, translating business requirements into clear, actionable test artifacts
- Coach business analysts and developers on best‑practice test design, execution, and defect triage
- Facilitate cross‑functional workshops to align expectations around quality criteria and acceptance thresholds
- Provide expert guidance on Workday integration patterns, data flows, and error handling
Operational Support
- Coordinate testing activities across non‑production environments, ensuring test data integrity and environment readiness
- Monitor test execution, capture metrics, and produce concise status reports for technical and business stakeholders
- Support the transition of validated changes to business‑led UAT, including knowledge transfer and documentation handover
- Continuously assess and improve the testing process, introducing metrics such as test coverage, defect leakage, and mean‑time‑to‑detect
Technical Environment
Platform
Scope
- Enhancement releases
- User Acceptance Testing
Testing Tools
- AI‑assisted test generation (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot)
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating testing activities within a product or technology team
- Strong expertise in test planning, documentation, execution, and process organization
- Experience establishing or improving QA practices in a non‑dedicated QA environment
- Ability to translate functional requirements into structured test scenarios and test cases
- Proven collaboration with business analysts, developers, and business stakeholders
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills for coaching and knowledge transfer
- Hands‑on approach with practical guidance on testing processes
- Capability to support testing across both ongoing enhancements and project‑based work
Nice to Have
- Experience testing Workday or Workday integrations
- Practical experience applying AI to requirements documentation, test‑case preparation, or other testing activities
- Experience introducing structured testing practices into a team without a dedicated QA function