Our client is seeking a UAT Lead to support technology transformation and system implementation programmes on a contract basis. The role will lead end-to-end User Acceptance Testing, ensuring business requirements are met, testing outcomes are clearly evidenced and solutions are ready for deployment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead UAT planning, governance and execution from preparation through to closure
- Coordinate the development of test scenarios, scripts and business test data
- Manage UAT schedules, resources and tester readiness
- Monitor test progress, coverage, defects, risks and dependencies
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement, testing meetings and status reporting
- Coordinate defect triage and resolution with functional and technical teams
- Ensure test evidence is captured and maintained within agreed testing tools
- Drive business acceptance, sign-off and go-live readiness, producing closure reports and deployment recommendations
Key Deliverables:
- UAT strategy and test plan
- Test scenarios, scripts and business test data
- UAT status updates and defect reports
- Complete and accurate test evidence repository
- UAT closure report
- Business sign-off and go-live readiness recommendation
Job Requirements:
- Experience leading UAT for large transformation or system implementation programmes
- Strong IT testing knowledge, including business process testing and defect management
- Experience using test management tools such as Azure DevOps, ALM or JIRA
- Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills
- Strong planning, governance, reporting and organisational capabilities
- Understanding of release readiness, business acceptance and deployment processes
Success Measures:
- UAT is completed on schedule and planned test coverage is achieved
- Critical defects are resolved before deployment
- Timely business sign-off is obtained
- Successful transition to go-live is achieved with minimal business disruption
If you are an experienced UAT Lead with strong IT testing, stakeholder management and governance skills, apply now to support the successful delivery of a major technology programme.
