Senior Plex MES Test Lead: End-to-End Quality Champion

NTT DATA, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision insurance

Flexible spending or Health Savings

Life and AD&D insurance

Short/Long-term disability

Paid time off

Employee assistance

Job summary

NTT DATA in San Diego, CA is seeking a Sr. Test Lead - Plex to lead the testing strategy for Plex MES integration. You will oversee end-to-end test planning, execution, and defect triage across business and IT teams, ensuring readiness for Go-Live.

The role requires 8+ years in test planning and 3+ years leading Plex MES testing, with hands-on use of Jira, Azure DevOps, or ALM, and strong stakeholder management. This position offers compensation described and potential incentive eligibility.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in test planning/strategy, execution & management.
• 3+ years leading testing activities in Plex MES or equivalent MES platforms.
• 5+ years of experience with SIT, UAT, End-to-End Process Testing, and Cutover Validation.
• Hands‑on experience with defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ALM.
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage the overall testing approach, schedule, scope, resources, and milestones.
• Ensure end-to-end business processes are covered with complete test scenarios and scripts.
• Test Execution Management – Coordinate SIT, E2E, regression, and UAT testing activities across business and IT teams.
• Run defect triage, track issue resolution, escalate risks, and drive defects to closure.
• Lead UAT preparation, execution, training support, and signoff activities.
• Validate converted data and test integrations between Plex, LN, Windchill, and other connected systems.
• Provide testing metrics, defect trends, risks, readiness assessments, and executive status updates.
• Assess overall testing completion and provide go/no-go recommendations.
• Support cutover testing, production validation, issue management, and post-go-live stabilization.

Skills

Test planning & strategy

Test execution management

SIT/UAT/End-to-End testing

Defect management tools

Stakeholder & vendor management

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ALM

Job description

NTT DATA in San Diego, CA is seeking a Sr. Test Lead - Plex to lead the testing strategy for Plex MES integration. You will oversee end-to-end test planning, execution, and defect triage across business and IT teams, ensuring readiness for Go-Live.

The role requires 8+ years in test planning and 3+ years leading Plex MES testing, with hands-on use of Jira, Azure DevOps, or ALM, and strong stakeholder management. This position offers compensation described and potential incentive eligibility.