Remote Senior Healthcare QA Lead — Facets Claims

Cognizant; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 71,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Healthcare QA Test Lead – Facets Claims to steer end-to-end testing for healthcare payer systems. You will oversee adjudication and billing validations, mentor testing teams, and partner with clients and SMEs to ensure quality software delivery.

You will define test strategies, drive governance, monitor risks and metrics, and support UAT, release, and production validation while maintaining strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading testing for Facets Claims Processing applications.
• Deep knowledge of Healthcare Payer domain and claims adjudication.
• Hands-on experience with Parallel Testing, claims validation, and defect management.
• Strong understanding of healthcare benefits, fee schedules, billing, and dental claims.
• Advanced SQL skills for backend testing, data validation, and reconciliation.
• Experience in test planning, execution, reporting, and quality governance.
• Proven ability to lead testing teams and manage project deliveries.
• Strong stakeholder management, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Facets Claims and Parallel Testing initiatives across healthcare payer projects.
• Define test strategies, test plans, execution approaches, and quality governance processes.
• Manage testing teams, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and delivery oversight.
• Oversee claims adjudication validation, billing validation, defect management, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with clients, business SMEs, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Monitor project status, risks, quality metrics, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Drive continuous process improvements and support UAT, release, and production validation activities.

Skills

Lead testing

Facets Claims

SQL for backend

Healthcare payer domain

Parallel Testing

Claims validation

Defect management

Billing knowledge

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Healthcare QA Test Lead – Facets Claims to steer end-to-end testing for healthcare payer systems. You will oversee adjudication and billing validations, mentor testing teams, and partner with clients and SMEs to ensure quality software delivery.

You will define test strategies, drive governance, monitor risks and metrics, and support UAT, release, and production validation while maintaining strong stakeholder communication.