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Sand Cherry · 3 weeks ago

Testing Lead, Program Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$125K/yr - $145K/yr

Sand Cherry Associates is a company that excels in delivering strategic customer-centric initiatives through data-empowered solutions. They are seeking an experienced Testing Lead and Program Manager to oversee a large, enterprise-wide HRIS system and data integration project, ensuring effective testing strategies and executive-level reporting throughout the initiative.

Consulting

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Ability to execute an end-to-end test strategy encompassing HRIS, payroll, benefits, talent, and data integration components across multiple legacy and acquired systems

Data Reconciliation & Validation Expertise. Strong skills in validating HR, payroll, and organizational data migrations — including mapping, transformation logic, reconciliation reports, and ensuring data integrity between legacy and new platforms

System Integration Testing (SIT) Leadership. Deep understanding of integration testing across APIs, middleware, and interfaces between HRIS, ERP, finance, and identity management systems

Cross-Functional Coordination. Experience collaborating with HR, IT, Finance, Security, and external vendors to ensure testing alignment across business processes, data governance, and system dependencies

Defect and Issue Management: Advanced proficiency in managing complex defect triage cycles, root-cause analysis, and resolution tracking using enterprise tools (e.g., Zephyr)

Change & Cutover Readiness Testing: Ability to simulate post-integration scenarios (e.g., payroll cycles, employee onboarding/offboarding, access provisioning) and validate readiness for go-live across multiple business units

Automation and Regression Testing Design: Proficiency in building automated regression suites to support ongoing releases and platform stabilization post-merger

Compliance and Security Testing: Knowledge of HR data compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2) and experience validating access controls, PII security, and audit readiness

Reporting and Analytics Validation: Capability to test HR analytics, dashboards, and KPI accuracy across integrated data warehouses and business intelligence tools

Executive-Level Communication and Risk Reporting: Proven ability to summarize test progress, quality metrics, risks, and mitigation plans for a large team of executive stakeholders and program governance teams

Define and document test approach and delivery plan for multiple workstreams of a large program

Ensure all test phases have appropriate entry / exit criteria and clearly defined expectations for obtaining sign-off against these prior to Go Live

Monitor and report the status and progress of each test phase to stakeholders across the organization, including senior executive leadership

Implement a well-structured approach to test defect management and incident reporting, including standardization of defect logging procedures and deriving metrics/KPIs

Facilitate defect triage calls when required

Qualification

Test strategyData testingSystem integration testingExecutive communicationZephyr for JiraTest automation toolsData reconciliationMS PowerPointMS ExcelAttention to detailProject management

Required

Experience with project/program management in planning, defining and documenting testing progress

Strong experience with test strategy and creating detailed test plans in a large enterprise organization

Knowledge of navigating Zephyr for Jira, Confluence, and SmartSheet is required

Experience with data testing, system integration and support is required

Keen attention to detail, represented in both test plan documentation and program communications

Knowledgeable in MS PowerPoint and Excel, and confident in creating and presenting executive-level communications is required

Extracts and distills key requirements from conversations, and investigates information independently to develop full understanding and ability to articulate

Ability to execute on multiple deliverables in parallel efficiently and accurately

Expert ability to transition between tasks and prioritize business needs; overall flexible to change

Knowledge of test automation tools and process for implementation

Bachelor's degree in business, Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or similar field

Must have experience with systems integration and data testing as mentioned above