Remote Senior QA Lead – Facets Claims Testing

Cognizant; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 71,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Healthcare QA Test Lead – Facets Claims to drive end-to-end testing for healthcare payer systems. You will lead testing initiatives, define strategies, and mentor teams to ensure accurate claims processing, billing validation, and high-quality software delivery.

You will collaborate with clients, business SMEs, and cross-functional teams, monitor risks and metrics, and push for continuous process improvements while supporting UAT, release, and production validation

Qualifications

• 10+ years of strong experience leading testing efforts for Facets Claims Processing applications.
• Deep knowledge of the Healthcare Payer domain and claims adjudication processes.
• 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

Leadership

Parallel Testing

Claims validation

Defect management

Advanced SQL

Test planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Healthcare QA Test Lead – Facets Claims to drive end-to-end testing for healthcare payer systems. You will lead testing initiatives, define strategies, and mentor teams to ensure accurate claims processing, billing validation, and high-quality software delivery.

You will collaborate with clients, business SMEs, and cross-functional teams, monitor risks and metrics, and push for continuous process improvements while supporting UAT, release, and production validation