UAT/QE Lead

TechDigital Group; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group is seeking an experienced QA Lead to own the business-facing UAT in pre-production, aligning with Technology and Product teams. The role requires developing test scenarios from product requirements and guiding defect triage for readiness.

You will lead the QA team, drive capability uplift including AI tools, and ensure traceability and QA compliance across requirements, tests, defects, and releases to meet regulatory obligations.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years of QA/Testing experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience leading UAT and quality governance for programs.
• Strong collaboration between business, product, and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the business-facing UAT phase in pre-production and define UAT strategy with Technology & Product teams.
• Act as the quality bridge between business and delivery; translate requirements into test scenarios and manage defect triage.
• Establish program-wide quality gates for UAT and release with Go/No-Go assurance.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the QA team; manage resources and capacity; drive AI-enabled capability uplift.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability and QA compliance across requirements, test cases, defects, and releases for audits.

Skills

CRE domain

UAT coordination

Data testing

QA leadership

Root cause analysis

Tools

Claude

Job description

Job Description and Responsibilities

• Own the business-facing UAT phase in pre-production. Set the UAT strategy with the Technology & Product team
• Be the quality bridge between business and delivery. Turn Product requirements into real test scenarios, run stakeholder walkthroughs and defect triage, and lock down UAT readiness (test data, environment stability, onboarding).
• Establish program-wide quality gates for UAT and release, providing independent Go/No-Go assurance to program leadership
• Lead, mentor, and develop the QA team, setting objectives, driving capability uplift (including fully leveraging AI tools like Claude), and owning resource and capacity planning across the QA team. Ensure end-to-end traceability and QA compliance across requirements, test cases, defects, and releases to satisfy internal audit and regulatory obligations.
• Own defect governance and quality improvements — driving root cause analysis when issues arise in testing / QA to make step-change improvements, predictive risk insights etc. that improve quality release over release

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

• 1. Commercial Real Estate Domain
• 2. UAT coordination
• 3. Data Testing

Years of Experience: 12-15 Years of Experience