User Acceptance Testing Liaison
About the role
Location: McLean, Virginia. Duration: Contract. The User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Liaison will serve as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, end users, and technical teams to ensure that delivered solutions meet business requirements and are ready for production deployment. This role is responsible for coordinating, planning, and executing UAT activities, facilitating defect triage, and ensuring that user feedback is captured, communicated, and resolved in a timely manner. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a solid understanding of software development and testing lifecycles. PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions, with over 5000 professionals across the U.S. and Canada.
Responsibilities
- Act as the central point of contact between business users, project managers, QA teams, and developers during UAT cycles.
- Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into UAT scenarios and test cases.
- Develop, review, and maintain UAT test plans, test cases, and test scripts to validate end-to-end business processes.
- Coordinate UAT schedules, test cycles, and resource planning with business and technical teams.
- Facilitate UAT kick-off meetings, daily stand-ups, and status meetings to track progress and address issues.
- Guide and support business users in executing test cases, documenting results, and logging defects.
- Perform hands-on UAT execution when needed, including data setup, test execution, and validation of results.
- Manage defect triage sessions, prioritize issues, and work with development and QA teams to ensure timely resolution.
- Track and report UAT metrics, including test coverage, defect trends, and readiness for go-live.
- Ensure that all UAT deliverables are completed, reviewed, and approved according to project tim