Hiring for QA Lead

Cognizant; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Chennai seeks a QA Test Lead / Quality Assurance Manager (Healthcare & Workflow Platforms) with 7+ years of QA leadership in healthcare, regulated, or enterprise environments. You will own test strategy, quality governance, API and workflow testing, cloud-native platforms, and AI/IDP solutions; ISTQB certification is preferred.

You will drive end-to-end test programs, requirements traceability, defect governance, and release readiness, coordinating with business, architecture,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA leadership in healthcare, regulated, or enterprise environments.
• Experience in test strategy, quality governance, workflow applications, APIs, cloud-native platforms, and AI/IDP solutions.
• ISTQB certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute end-to-end test strategies for functional, API, workflow, and AI/IDP testing.
• Drive requirements traceability, quality metrics, defect governance, release readiness.
• Coordinate test environments, data, automation, UAT, and production validation.
• Validate workflow transitions, business rules, access controls, and SLA compliance.
• Lead go-live quality sign-off, post-production stabilization, and warranty support.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across architects, developers, QA, DevOps, and operations.

Skills

Enterprise test management

Test strategy

API testing

AI/IDP testing

GCP cloud testing

Healthcare workflows

HITL testing

Job description

QA Test Lead / Quality Assurance Manager (Healthcare & Workflow Platforms)

Experience: 7+ years of QA leadership experience in healthcare, regulated, or enterprise environments, with expertise in test strategy, quality governance, workflow-driven applications, APIs, cloud-native platforms, and AI/IDP solutions. ISTQB certification is preferred.

Key Skills:

• Enterprise Test Management & Quality Governance
• Test Strategy, Defect Management, UAT Coordination
• API, Workflow, Integration & End-to-End Testing
• AI/IDP, Rules-Based and Accessibility Testing
• Performance, Security & Recovery Testing
• GCP Applications and Cloud-Native Platforms
• Healthcare Workflows and HITL (Human-in-the-Loop) Systems

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute end-to-end test strategies covering functional, API, workflow, integration, AI/IDP, accessibility, performance, security, and recovery testing.
• Drive requirements traceability, quality metrics, defect governance, release readiness assessments, and quality reporting.
• Coordinate test environments, test data, automation efforts, UAT activities, and production validation.
• Validate workflow transitions, routing rules, business rules, audit trails, role-based access controls, HITL thresholds, and SLA compliance.
• Ensure test coverage for complex healthcare scenarios, including document variations, poor-quality scans, handwritten content, and multi-prescription workflows.
• Lead go-live quality sign-off, defect triage, warranty support, and post-production stabilization activities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, developers, QA teams, DevOps, and operations teams to ensure high-quality releases.

Preferred Skills:

• Healthcare claims and workflow automation platforms
• AI-powered and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) solutions
• BPM platforms such as Kogito, Camunda, or jBPM
• WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ecosystem and cloud-native applications