Remote Senior Salesforce QA Program Lead

Cognizant; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Salesforce Test Program Manager to lead program-wide testing across Salesforce tracks, applications, integrations, and platforms. You will collaborate with Test Leads, delivery teams, and program leadership to establish consistent testing practices and ensure release readiness.

You will drive the test strategy, governance, operating cadence, and quality standards; manage risks, dependencies, and defects; and deliver consolidated quality reporting to senior

Qualifications

• 15+ years of enterprise Salesforce testing leadership.
• Experience establishing test strategy, governance frameworks, operating cadences, and program-level testing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple Test Leads and coordinate System Integration Testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, UAT, and release-readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing across Salesforce tracks, applications, integrations, and Test Leads, ensuring alignment with program objectives and release timelines.
• Establish and manage the program-level test strategy, governance model, operating cadence, quality standards, and standardized testing processes.
• Drive System Integration Testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, User Acceptance Testing, defect management, and overall release-readiness activities.
• Manage cross-track testing dependencies, risks, issues, and critical-path activities while coordinating resolution across business, development, and testing teams.
• Provide consolidated program-level quality reporting covering test execution, defect trends, risks, RAG status, key quality metrics, and release-readiness recommendations.

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Salesforce Test Program Manager to lead program-wide testing across Salesforce tracks, applications, integrations, and platforms. You will collaborate with Test Leads, delivery teams, and program leadership to establish consistent testing practices and ensure release readiness.

You will drive the test strategy, governance, operating cadence, and quality standards; manage risks, dependencies, and defects; and deliver consolidated quality reporting to senior