Remote Senior QA Engineering Leader - Healthcare Payer

Cognizant; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 71,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Manager - Healthcare to lead end-to-end testing across large Facets programs. You will shape test strategy, governance, and release readiness while coordinating multi-vendor teams onshore and offshore.

The role requires 10+ years in QA/QE with healthcare payer domain expertise, strong stakeholder management, and delivery leadership. Remote role in the United States with flexible work arrangements and a strong focus on quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering experience, with a strong focus on Healthcare Payer systems and Facets platform testing.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end testing for large-scale Facets programs, including test strategy, estimation, planning, execution, defect management, and release governance.
• Strong domain knowledge of Healthcare Payer operations and associated business processes.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-vendor, cross-functional delivery teams for complex transformation or modernization initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, client governance, executive communication, and delivery leadership experience, including SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Quality Engineering delivery across healthcare payer programs, including functional, integration, regression, user acceptance, and release testing.
• Own test strategy, planning, estimation, scope definition, resource planning, risk management, defect management, and release readiness.
• Provide testing governance across large-scale Facets programs, ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams and delivery teams.
• Lead multi-vendor and cross-functional teams across onsite and offshore locations to drive collaboration and successful delivery.
• Manage client and executive stakeholder communication, delivery governance, SLAs, risks, dependencies, and service commitments.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Quality Engineering

Test Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Healthcare Payer

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, CS, IT or related field

Tools

Facets Testing

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Manager - Healthcare to lead end-to-end testing across large Facets programs. You will shape test strategy, governance, and release readiness while coordinating multi-vendor teams onshore and offshore.

The role requires 10+ years in QA/QE with healthcare payer domain expertise, strong stakeholder management, and delivery leadership. Remote role in the United States with flexible work arrangements and a strong focus on quality outcomes.