UAT Automation Lead

Programmers.io; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Programm ers.io is seeking an experienced UAT Lead to manage complex, highly integrated projects with a focus on testing and release readiness.

The role emphasizes hands-on test automation, Salesforce experience, and strong stakeholder collaboration across business and IT teams. You will drive end-to-end UAT activities, create release artifacts, and coach PMs to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing UAT as a test lead.
• Understanding of sales processes in consumer channel sales or similar is preferred.
• Familiar with Release and Change Management in Agile/Scrum, Waterfall and iterative environments.
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce platform is preferred.
• Understanding of test automation framework design, including TypeScript and Playwright, MCP with AI mindset.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate successful release of system enhancements from development to production.
• Create and maintain test automation for UAT features for assigned projects in BPR.
• Create Release processes to minimize customer impact and manage end-to-end UAT activities.
• Lead cross-functional teams to support each Release project plan and post-Release reviews.
• Work with the project team to understand business requirements and ensure tests are traceable.
• Review requirements to ensure testability and develop test plans and scripts.
• Create UAT data, metrics, and reports including SLAs and KPIs.
• Document UAT risks and communicate them to management.
• Coordinate smoke testing and PROD refreshes; review master data flows.
• Coordinate triage calls and drive issues to closure with IS&T and partners.
• Build and share UAT knowledge; provide best practices and templates.

Skills

UAT leadership

Sales operations knowledge

Release & Change Mgmt

Agile/Scrum

Waterfall

Test automation

Playwright

Salesforce

Project management

Communication

Facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

UAT metrics

Tools

Salesforce

Playwright

Job description

JD:
8+ years of experience managing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) as a test lead for complex, highly integrated projects
Understanding of sales and sales operations processes in consumer channel sales or similar environment is highly preferred
Well versed in multiple styles of Release and Change Management processes including Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, and Iterative; Experience in an Agile environment is a must
Hands-on experience with Salesforce platform is preferred
Understanding of test automation framework design models and best practices including type scripting, Playwright and have worked on MCP with AI savy mindset.
Solid understanding of project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate at all organizational levels
Ability to facilitate brainstorming sessions to gather lessons learned from implementation with business and BPR, and Information Technology group
Excellent teamwork and ability to influence others (horizontally and vertically) to instill accountability to achieve results
Experience working on projects for teams based outside the U.S.
Strong level of customer focus and attention to detail
Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment and multi-tasking
High level of professionalism, energy, and sense of urgency to "make things happen"

In this role, you will :

• Facilitate successful release of system enhancements / new functionalities from development to production
• Create and maintain test automation for the features getting delivered in UAT for your assigned projects in BPR.
• Create Release processes and documentation to minimize customer impact during changes Management of end-to-end UAT activities including test process management, team coordination and communication of test results
• Lead cross-functional team to support each Release project plan and post Release/Change review and coach other PM's
• Work closely with project team to understand business requirements
• Review requirements document to ensure that requirements are testable
• Develop test strategy, test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports on multiple projects of varying size
• Create and maintain the test data for UAT scripts.
• Create, maintain, and report UAT metrics including SLAs and KPIs
• Validate that user expectations are achieved during the testing process
• Document and communicate UAT related risks to Project Management
• Coordinate smoke testing, facilitate sales environment planning and PROD refreshes, and review master data flows
• Facilitate triage calls and drive issues to resolution with IS&T and business partners to get closure on open issues
• Create and maintain overall UAT knowledge
• Provide UAT best practices and templates; Incorporate lessons learned to improve test planning and execution