Sr. QA/Test Manager – EHR Implementation

ONSITE – Only candidates currently residing in the Austin, TX area (within 50 miles) will be considered. Position is fully onsite in Austin, TX (78751).

About the role

The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of a QA/Test Manager to lead the testing team for a large-scale Electronic Health Record (EHR) SaaS implementation. The role involves quality and test advocacy, resource planning and management, and resolution of issues that impede the testing effort. The QA Lead will provide overall leadership for quality assurance strategy, planning, execution, and governance, ensuring EHR workflows, data conversion activities, SaaS configuration changes, interfaces, and vendor releases meet business, clinical, regulatory, audit, and project delivery standards.

The QA Lead will work independently with minimal supervision while coordinating closely with program leadership, IT teams, vendors, and business users to ensure the solution meets functional requirements, data integrity standards, security and privacy regulations, and applicable compliance mandates.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance strategy, planning, execution, and governance for EHR implementation.
• Oversee healthcare application testing, including data migration validation, ETL testing, functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) support.
• Validate data migration and conversion from legacy EHR and ancillary systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and reconciliation of patient, clinical, pharmacy, billing, and historical records.
• Ensure SaaS configuration changes and vendor releases are fully tested.
• Coordinate testing of interfaces, inbound/outbound data feeds, and downstream reporting impacts.
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and test evidence.
• Coordinate testing activities with vendors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage defect resolution and stakeholder reporting.

Requirements

• 11 years of experience in QA/Test Lead or QA/Test Manager roles.
• 11 years of hands-on experience with data validation, data migration, and ETL testing.
• 11 years of experience leading functional testing across EHR modules, including clinical, scheduling, orders, medications, documentation, and billing, with validation of end-to-end workflows.
• 11 years of experience leading validation testing for data migration and conversion from legacy EHR and ancillary systems.
• 11 years of experience ensuring SaaS configuration changes and vendor releases are fully tested.
• 11 years of experience coordinating testing of interfaces, inbound/outbound data feeds, and downstream reporting impacts.
• 11 years of experience creating and maintaining test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and test evidence.
• 11 years of experience coordinating testing activities with vendors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with test management tools such as Azure DevOps, ALM, or Jira.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 years of prior experience with EHR implementations (clinical, pharmacy, billing workflows).
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards such as HL7, FHIR, CCD/A, ICD, and CPT.
• Understanding of HIPAA, privacy, security, and government healthcare compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting state or public sector healthcare systems.