Remote Senior Salesforce QA Program Lead

Cognizant; Wheeling (IL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 152,000; 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 hiring a Senior Salesforce Test Program Manager to lead program-level testing across Salesforce tracks, applications, and integrations. You will partner with Test Leads, delivery teams, and leadership to set quality standards and ensure release readiness.

You will drive end-to-end testing strategies, governance, and reporting, coordinating dependencies and risks across multiple teams. This role is remote within the United States and offers a strong focus on QA excellence.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of extensive experience leading enterprise-level Salesforce testing across multiple workstreams, applications, integrations, or releases.
• Strong experience establishing test strategies, governance frameworks, operating cadences, quality standards, and program-level testing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple Test Leads and coordinate System Integration Testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, User Acceptance Testing, and release-readiness activities.
• Experience with Salesforce test automation tools, test-management platforms, test metrics, defect governance, and consolidated quality reporting.
• Strong program-management capabilities, including cross-track dependency management, risk and issue management, stakeholder communication, and critical-path testing coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing across multiple 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.

Skills

Enterprise Salesforce Testing

Test Strategy & Governance

Program Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Risk & Issue Management

Tools

Salesforce Test Automation Tools

Test Management Platforms

Job description

Cognizant is hiring a Senior Salesforce Test Program Manager to lead program-level testing across Salesforce tracks, applications, and integrations. You will partner with Test Leads, delivery teams, and leadership to set quality standards and ensure release readiness.

You will drive end-to-end testing strategies, governance, and reporting, coordinating dependencies and risks across multiple teams. This role is remote within the United States and offers a strong focus on QA excellence.