8 to 10 years of experience as a strategic testing leader responsible for overseeing and orchestrating end-to-end testing governance across projects and releases.
To serve as the central point of coordination between Business Analysts, Business Sponsors, Testing Teams, and Project stakeholders — ensuring that testing activities are well-planned, properly executed, and aligned with release objectives.
Drives testing quality, monitors progress and defect resolution, and produces key testing artifacts that support informed decision-making throughout the software delivery lifecycle
Take ownership of reviewing theProject Scope document(in PTS) and, where available, theProject Feature document(in Confluence) to make an informed determination on whetherEnd-to-End (ETE) testingis required for the project.
Where ETE Testing Is Identified As Necessary
Proactively drive alignment by scheduling and leading conversations withBusiness Analysts (BAs)and theBusiness Sponsor— building a shared understanding of ETE scenarios and ensuring all impacted teams are identified early.
Bring testing teams into the discussion to collaboratively finalize scenario steps and clear any outstanding questions before they become blockers.
Target: Full ETE scenario sign-off and open questions resolvedno later than one week beforethe start of UAT/Unified Testing — setting the team up for a clean, confident testing entry
Strategically coordinateTestbed (TBED) criteria pullreadiness by reminding testing teams to submit for UAT1 and UAT2 environments in alignment with theRelease Calendar— keeping the team ahead of critical timeline dependencies.
DriveTest Data Management (TDM)preparation by coordinating or submitting requests as applicable through the designated SharePoint site, ensuring test data is available and ready before execution begins
Own And Distribute TheTesting Status EmailduringUnified Testing— Serving As The Team's Visibility Anchor. Calibrate Communication Frequency To The Project's Risk Posture
Low concern projects: Send the day before or morning of the weeklyProject/Scrum of Scrums (SoS)call.
Medium/High concern projects: Increase communication cadence to reflect urgency and maintain stakeholder confidence.
