Senior Quality Engineering Manager – Healthcare

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 71.000 - 112.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Zusammenfassung

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Manager – Healthcare to lead end-to-end QA for complex payer programs, directing test strategy, governance, and release readiness across multiple streams and vendors.

You will collaborate with client stakeholders, onshore and offshore teams, and executives to ensure quality, risk management, and timely delivery in a flexible remote U.S. work model.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering experience with a Healthcare Payer focus.
• Experience managing end-to-end testing for large Facets programs including strategy and release governance.
• Strong domain knowledge of Healthcare Payer operations and business processes.
• Experience leading multi-vendor, cross-functional, onsite/offshore delivery teams.
• Stakeholder management, client governance, executive communication and delivery leadership including SLAs.

Aufgaben

• Lead end-to-end Quality Engineering delivery across healthcare payer programs (functional, integration, regression, UAT).
• Own test strategy, planning, estimation, scope, resource planning, risk and defect management.
• Provide testing governance across large-scale Facets programs and multiple workstreams.
• Lead multi-vendor teams across onsite and offshore locations to ensure delivery.
• Manage client and executive communications, delivery governance, risks, dependencies and service commitments.

Kenntnisse

Quality Assurance

Quality Engineering

Healthcare Payer

Test Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Jobbeschreibung

About the role

As a Senior Quality Engineering Manager – Healthcare, you will make an impact by leading end-to-end quality engineering delivery for complex healthcare payer programs. You will drive test strategy, governance, release readiness, and delivery across multiple workstreams while collaborating with client stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and multi-vendor onsite and offshore teams.

In this role, you will:

• Lead end-to-end Quality Engineering delivery across healthcare payer programs, including functional, integration, regression, user acceptance, and release testing.
• Own test strategy, planning, estimation, scope definition, resource planning, risk management, defect management, and release readiness.
• Provide testing governance across large-scale Facets programs, ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams and delivery teams.
• Lead multi-vendor and cross-functional teams across onsite and offshore locations to drive collaboration and successful delivery.
• Manage client and executive stakeholder communication, delivery governance, SLAs, risks, dependencies, and service commitments.

Work model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you need to have to be considered

• 10+ years of Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering experience, with a strong focus on Healthcare Payer systems and Facets platform testing.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end testing for large-scale Facets programs, including test strategy, estimation, planning, execution, defect management, and release governance.
• Strong domain knowledge of Healthcare Payer operations and associated business processes.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-vendor, cross-functional, and onsite/offshore delivery teams for complex transformation or modernization initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, client governance, executive communication, and delivery leadership experience, including management of SLAs and service commitments.

These will help you stand out

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Healthcare industry certifications.
• Quality Engineering or software testing certifications.
• Experience supporting large-scale healthcare transformation or modernization programs.

Salary and Other Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between $71,100 to $112,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

• 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

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.