Lead User Acceptance Tester

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain UAT strategy and test plans
• Define business use-case-based test scenarios and cases
• Coordinate UAT execution across multiple workstreams
• Manage defect lifecycle: logging, tracking, retesting, and closure
• Facilitate defect triage and status meetings
• Provide regular status updates to stakeholders
• Collaborate with partner teams for integrated testing
• Ensure compliance with timelines and quality standards
• Validate automated workflows, digitized site processes and system integrations
• Support sprint-level testing, regression testing (not only end of cycle UAT support)
• Partner with Business Analysts to ensure user stories and acceptance criteria are testable and validated
• Support parallel testing across multiple development teams

Qualifications

• BA/BS and 5+ years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, or UAT, with at least 2 years in a lead or management role
• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies
• Familiarity with defect management tools (e.g., JIRA, ALM, or similar)
• Familiarity with test management tools (e.g., HP ALM, Zephyr)
• Basic SQL or data validation skills for backend checks
• Experience testing automation, workflow orchestration and digitized field processes
• Experience operating in Agile development methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Telecom build-cycle knowledge (wireless and wireline) and digital transformation initiatives
• High level understanding of SAS, IS BUS-System Integration