UAT Lead

Programmers.io; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a PLM UAT Lead with strong hands-on UAT and release coordination to guide complex projects from development to production. You will design test strategies, create and execute test plans, and drive cross-functional teams to ensure quality and on-time delivery.

The role requires 8+ years in UAT leadership, familiarity with Salesforce, agile environments, and the ability to define metrics, manage test data, and report results to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing 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
• Facilitate successful release of system enhancements / new functionalities from development to production
• 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 documents 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

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end UAT activities including test process management, team coordination and communication of test results
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to support each Release project plan and post release changes
• Develop and execute test strategies, plans, scripts, and reports for multiple projects
• Review requirements to ensure testability and traceability
• Create, maintain, and report UAT metrics and data
• Coach project managers and teams on release and UAT best practices

Skills

UAT leadership

Salesforce

Agile Scrum

Release management

Test automation

Stakeholder communication

Job description

PLM UAT Lead (Strong PLM hands-on and UAT User Acceptance Testing)

Job Description:

• 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
• Facilitate successful release of system enhancements / new functionalities from development to production
• 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 documents 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