Sr. Project Manager - E2E Testing

The Judge Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager for E2E Testing & PMO Governance to oversee comprehensive testing programs in financial services. You will lead end-to-end testing activities across SIT, UAT, regression, and production readiness, ensuring alignment with governance and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include developing integrated testing schedules, managing risks and dependencies, facilitating governance meetings, and delivering executive status reports and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Project/Program Management experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, SIT, UAT, defect management, release management, and PMO governance.
• Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives with Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end (E2E) testing activities across complex financial services initiatives, ensuring alignment with PMO governance, regulatory requirements, and critical delivery milestones.
• Develop and manage integrated testing schedules, dependencies, milestones, risks, and deliverables across SIT, UAT, regression, and production readiness phases.
• Facilitate daily testing governance meetings, status reviews, and stakeholder communications to drive execution and issue resolution.
• Monitor test progress, defect remediation, resource capacity, and critical-path activities; proactively escalate risks and schedule impacts to leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Technology, Risk, Compliance, Clearing, and Operations to ensure successful testing execution and business readiness.
• Prepare executive-level status reports, dashboards, RAID logs, and project documentation in accordance with PMO standards.
• Ensure testing deliverables, approvals, and governance artifacts are completed and maintained for audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive stakeholder alignment on testing scope, timelines, dependencies, and readiness criteria to support successful implementation and production deployment.

Job description

Senior Project Manager, E2E Testing & PMO Governance

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end (E2E) testing activities across complex financial services initiatives, ensuring alignment with PMO governance, regulatory requirements, and critical delivery milestones.
• Develop and manage integrated testing schedules, dependencies, milestones, risks, and deliverables across SIT, UAT, regression, and production readiness phases.
• Facilitate daily testing governance meetings, status reviews, and stakeholder communications to drive execution and issue resolution.
• Monitor test progress, defect remediation, resource capacity, and critical-path activities; proactively escalate risks and schedule impacts to leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Technology, Risk, Compliance, Clearing, and Operations to ensure successful testing execution and business readiness.
• Prepare executive-level status reports, dashboards, RAID logs, and project documentation in accordance with PMO standards.
• Ensure testing deliverables, approvals, and governance artifacts are completed and maintained for audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive stakeholder alignment on testing scope, timelines, dependencies, and readiness criteria to support successful implementation and production deployment.

Preferred Experience

• 8+ years of Project/Program Management experience leading large-scale E2E testing programs within financial services or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, SIT, UAT, defect management, release management, and PMO governance frameworks.
• Proven success managing complex, cross-functional initiatives involving Technology, Operations, Risk, and Compliance stakeholders.