Pay Range: $55.00hr - $60.00hr

Job Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Test Program Manager / QE Transformation Lead to lead Client, transition, and workforce planning activities for a large healthcare transformation program. This role will establish and operationalize the testing organization across Application Development, Application Support, and Enterprise End-to-End Testing (Test Center of Excellence) while driving staffing, sourcing, governance, and transition readiness.

Responsibilities:

Lead Client workshops with business, IT, and delivery stakeholders.
Assess current testing processes, organizational structure, tools, service catalog, workloads, SLAs, and governance.
Define the future-state testing operating model, organization, and roadmap.
Identify capability gaps across Functional Testing, Automation Testing, Performance Testing, and Test Data Management (TDM).
Develop and execute Client, knowledge transfer (KT), transition, and go-live plans.
Drive shadow, reverse-shadow, and ownership transfer activities.
Manage risks, dependencies, readiness reviews, and stakeholder communications.
Coordinate transition activities across Application Development, Application Support, and Testing workstreams.
Establish TCoE governance, standards, metrics, and reporting frameworks.
Define Core and Flex team operating models.
Lead enterprise-wide quality governance, release readiness, and quality reporting.
Support adoption of automation, AI-enabled testing, performance engineering, and Test Data Management capabilities.

Required Experience:

12+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and Testing.
5+ years of experience leading large testing programs.
Proven experience in Client, due diligence, transition, and managed services engagements.
Experience building or managing a Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE).
Strong experience in workforce planning, hiring, and vendor management.
Experience working with distributed onshore/offshore delivery teams.
Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Experience with Healthcare Payer platforms and processes, including Facets, EDI transactions (834, 835, 837), Claims, Enrollment, Billing, and Provider Management.
Working knowledge of Playwright, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and modern Quality Engineering practices.

Preferred Experience:

Healthcare Payer domain expertise.
Managed Services transition experience.
Large-scale Client and due diligence programs.
Test Data Management expertise.
Performance Engineering leadership.
AI-enabled Quality Engineering experience.