Medicaid Enterprise Testing Lead - Remote PMO & QA

NTT DATA Services; Springfield (IL); Remote; USD 91,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Dental and vision insurance

Job summary

NTT DATA Services in Springfield, Illinois seeks an experienced PMO Medicaid Enterprise Testing Lead Project Manager to guide enterprise testing governance for MES modernization. You will define master test plans, schedules, readiness criteria, and defect governance, coordinating with vendors and PMO activities.

Remote role based in Springfield with up to 25% travel to client sites; requires Medicaid testing leadership, SDLC knowledge, and strong stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, information technology, business administration, project management, or related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 5–8 years of progressive experience in testing, quality assurance, project/program management, or enterprise technology delivery.
• Minimum 5 years of Medicaid experience, including testing support for an MMIS, MES module, or comparable Medicaid technology initiative.
• Minimum 3 years leading MMIS/MES or enterprise testing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Enterprise Testing Strategy and Testing Governance Framework across MES projects, modules, vendors, and workstreams.
• Develop and manage Master Test Plans, integrated test schedules, milestones, dependencies, entry/exit criteria, and readiness activities.
• Provide oversight across system, integration, end-to-end, regression, performance, security, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Establish requirements traceability, defect management, testing metrics, escalation processes, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate testing activities and dependencies across projects, vendors, systems, interfaces, environments, and releases.
• Integrate testing milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and readiness activities into enterprise PMO planning and schedules.
• Manage testing-related Risks, Issues, Action Items, and Decisions (RAID) and facilitate timely escalation and resolution.
• Facilitate test-readiness reviews, defect reviews, governance meetings, and cross-functional stakeholder discussions.
• Develop dashboards and executive reporting on testing progress, defects, risks, dependencies, and overall readiness.
• Support PMO governance, quality management, schedule management, change control, vendor oversight, and continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Testing governance

Project management

Leadership

SDLC knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Job description

NTT DATA Services in Springfield, Illinois seeks an experienced PMO Medicaid Enterprise Testing Lead Project Manager to guide enterprise testing governance for MES modernization. You will define master test plans, schedules, readiness criteria, and defect governance, coordinating with vendors and PMO activities.

Remote role based in Springfield with up to 25% travel to client sites; requires Medicaid testing leadership, SDLC knowledge, and strong stakeholder management.