Remote Senior Salesforce Testing Program Lead

Cognizant; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + 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 Salesforce Test Program Manager to lead program-level testing across multiple Salesforce tracks, applications, integrations, and platforms. You will collaborate with Test Leads, delivery teams, business stakeholders, and leadership to standardize testing practices and ensure release readiness.

You will drive end-to-end testing, System Integration Testing, UAT, and defect management, while maintaining consolidated quality reporting and overseeing cross-track

Qualifications

• 15+ years of extensive experience leading enterprise-level Salesforce testing.
• 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 metrics, defect governance, and consolidated quality reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing across multiple Salesforce tracks, applications, integrations, and Test Leads.
• 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 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

Program management

Cross-track coordination

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Test governance

Leadership

Tools

Salesforce test automation tools

Test management platforms

Job description

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

You will drive end-to-end testing, System Integration Testing, UAT, and defect management, while maintaining consolidated quality reporting and overseeing cross-track