Senior Functional Test Lead — Healthcare QA & Transformation

UST; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation and sick leave

401(k) with employer matching

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Bereavement and jury duty leave

Job summary

UST is seeking a Functional Test Lead to guide functional discovery workshops with business, product, application, and testing stakeholders in Seattle, WA. You will assess processes, dependencies, and quality practices to define the target-state testing model.

You'll lead testing program strategies, workforce planning, and transition activities, collaborating with Architecture, Automation, and TDM teams. This role demands deep healthcare payer domain knowledge and a proven track record in

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Functional Testing or Quality Engineering
• 5+ years leading testing programs or managed services engagements
• 5+ years of experience with Facets healthcare system
• Experience in discovery, due diligence, transition assessments, and testing operating model evaluations
• Strong healthcare payer domain expertise across Claims, Enrollment, Membership, Billing, Provider, Prior Authorization, Care Management, and EDI
• Proven experience in workforce planning and stakeholder management
• Familiar with Jira, qTest, Azure DevOps, and modern QE practices

Responsibilities

• Assess business processes, application landscape, testing scope, dependencies, and quality practices.
• Evaluate test coverage, requirements traceability, release readiness, and defect management processes.
• Identify gaps across functional testing, UAT support, governance, and operating models.
• Define future-state functional testing organization, roles, staffing, and knowledge requirements.
• Support KT, transition planning, shadow/reverse-shadow activities, and ownership transfer.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Automation, Performance, and TDM teams to shape the target-state testing model.
• Develop transition roadmaps, KPIs, SLAs, governance frameworks, and transformation recommendations.
• Present assessment findings, risks, and improvement opportunities to client leadership.]
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Skills

Functional testing

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Quality engineering

Healthcare payer domain knowledge

Tools

Jira

qTest

Azure DevOps

Job description

UST is seeking a Functional Test Lead to guide functional discovery workshops with business, product, application, and testing stakeholders in Seattle, WA. You will assess processes, dependencies, and quality practices to define the target-state testing model.

You'll lead testing program strategies, workforce planning, and transition activities, collaborating with Architecture, Automation, and TDM teams. This role demands deep healthcare payer domain knowledge and a proven track record in