Senior Salesforce Test Program Lead (Remote)

Cognizant; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

PTO

401(k)

Disability

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 and integrations. You will collaborate with Test Leads, delivery teams, stakeholders, and leadership to establish consistent testing practices and ensure release readiness.

This remote role in the United States offers flexible work arrangements and opportunities to shape quality strategies, drive risk management, and report on test metrics and quality trends.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of extensive experience leading enterprise-level Salesforce testing across multiple workstreams.
• Experience establishing test strategies, governance frameworks, operating cadences, 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 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

Salesforce testing

Test leadership

Test automation tools

Test management platforms

Quality reporting

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Risk & issue management

Job description

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

This remote role in the United States offers flexible work arrangements and opportunities to shape quality strategies, drive risk management, and report on test metrics and quality trends.