Medicaid QA Test Manager

Accylerate, LLC.; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accylerate, LLC. is seeking a Medicaid QA Test Manager to lead QA activities for the HR1 Medicaid project. You will design the test strategy, plan, execute, and report on E2E testing across MMIS, MES, and COTS integrations, coordinating with state agencies, business teams, and vendors.

You will manage SIT/UAT/E2E across multiple systems, develop test data, ensure data integrity, and drive defect triage and resolution. Strong communication and executive reporting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with mainframes and large-scale Medicaid systems.
• Ability to coordinate SIT, UAT and E2E testing on large projects.
• Experience designing test scenarios and creating test data.
• Strong defect tracking, metrics, and reporting skills.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate testing efforts with business teams to collect user scenarios and test cases.
• Oversee SIT, UAT and E2E testing for MMIS and MES modules and COTS integrations.
• Manage defect triage, tracking, and post-test assessments to ensure issue resolution.
• Provide test readiness reviews, execution metrics, and test summaries to stakeholders.
• Liaise with vendors, system integrators, and agencies to communicate progress and risks.
• Identify risks early and maintain testing standards and documentation.
• Support PMO with project oversight and overall QA governance.

Skills

Mainframes

SIT/UAT/E2E coordination

Test case creation

Defect tracking

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Teradata queries

Job description

Ideal Candidate Profile:

Seeking a Medicaid QA Test Manager for the HR1 Medicaid project who will lead all Quality Assurance activities, ensuring deliverables meet state Medicaid requirements while coordinating closely with multiple state agencies, business teams, and external vendors. This role manages the full testing lifecycle, including designing the overall test strategy, planning, execution, reporting, detailed test data preparation, and overseeing End to End (E2E) testing.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

The QA Test Manager will coordinate testing efforts with business teams to obtain user scenarios and test cases, organize meetings, support UAT, ensure proper test coverage and traceability, and perform test readiness reviews. Additional responsibilities include maintaining defect management processes, validating data integrity across systems, ensuring consistent QA documentation and standards, and conducting post‑test assessments to confirm resolution of issues. The role also identifies risks early, partners with the PMO office for project oversight, and ensures strong communication across agencies, vendors, and project leadership throughout the HR1 implementation.

Responsible for all System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and End2End Testing (E2E) for the MMIS and MES modules as well as the testing of configured Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) applications, and the conversion and integration of data from other systems in Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES Modules and COTS products).

Expected to have the ability to understand the requirements and design of the project and able to develop test cases, test data and verify the software changes and to problem solve issues that are escalated and serve as liaison between the developer and the Business User.

Responsible for communicating and reporting to a variety of stakeholders about the results and progress of all UAT Testing including Test Summary and Execution metrics.

Escalating and tracking UAT defects through the resolution.

Track and maintain historical UAT Testing information.

Able to meet deadlines with a high level of integrity, professionalism, customer service and motivation.

Required Skills & Experience

Experience with Mainframes

Experience with a large Scale Medicaid Member Eligibility Processing Software

Experience with coordination of SIT, UAT and End2End Testing activities on a large scale project

Experience with Test Scenario Development, Test Case Creation, Test Data Preparation, Test Case Execution, Defect Tracking, Metrics reporting

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non technical audiences

Executive/Management Reporting & Presentations

Experience in Data Analysis

Meeting Facilitation

Knowledge of programming logic

Experience collaborating with vendors, system integrators, and multidisciplinary teams

Significant experience in managing UAT, defect triage calls and Co-ordination involving multiple systems/Vendors/Teams is required.

Experience with Teradata queries is Preferred.