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AstraZeneca · 2 days ago

Business UAT Lead

Durham, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company. They are seeking a Business UAT Lead who will be responsible for defining and executing the UAT strategy, managing stakeholder engagement, and ensuring compliance with GxP and organizational policies.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and execute the UAT approach, ensuring the Project Lead and key stakeholders understand objectives, scope, acceptance criteria, test levels/cycles, risks, time/effort/cost estimates, resource needs, and incident management plans. Adapt plans based on progress and results, documenting changes as needed

Consolidate the UAT scope with business and IT stakeholders. Drive UAT scenario design and scripting with business SMEs, manage modifications, and obtain required approvals

Schedule, coordinate, and facilitate UAT sessions with business users and stakeholders. Monitor test cycles, track results, assess exit criteria, and ensure timely defect triage and resolution

Ensure business testers are onboarded to Jira and relevant test tools, including how to run scripts, record results, and raise/track defects. Coordinate test data setup and maintain adequate configuration management for traceability across requirements, test cases, defects, and releases

Ensure UAT activities meet GxP and organizational policies. Confirm CornerStone UAT training completion before test execution. Create the UAT Test Report and coordinate formal sign-offs

Align the business test strategy and plan with the Project Manager, System Owner, IT Test Lead, and other stakeholders. Communicate the testing perspective to adjacent activities such as integration planning and release management

Establish and track suitable metrics for test progress, coverage, defect quality, and product readiness. Ensure UAT status and outcomes are accurately documented in Jira and reflected in the UAT Test Report, highlighting risks, dependencies, and recommended go/no-go decisions

Ensure system validation activities are completed and documented, and secure approval to launch into production in line with validation protocols

Confirm SME allocation for UAT, manage tester availability, and proactively communicate delays or constraints impacting UAT execution

Write or review the project test strategy and contribute to the organization’s test policy and continuous improvement of testing practices

Support Access Management activities

Act as backup to the System Owner/Functional Process Owner within the assigned area when required

Qualification

UAT leadershipJiraTest management toolsGxP knowledgeTest data managementSystem Lifecycle ManagementUAT metricsStakeholder managementAnalytical problem solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Proven experience in software testing, business analysis, QA, or validation with hands-on UAT leadership

Practical experience using Jira for test management, defect tracking, reporting, and traceability

Proficiency with test tools and test data management

Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills

Effective stakeholder management with SMEs, project managers, system owners, and IT leads

Flexibility and adaptability in dynamic environments

Solid understanding of System Lifecycle Management, release management, and change control

Knowledge of GxP and working in regulated environments

Analytical problem solving and defect resolution

Experience with UAT metrics and reporting including coverage, defect trends, exit criteria

Experience onboarding business testers to tools, execution protocols, and the defect lifecycle

Preferred

Master's degree or equivalent or relevant professional certifications

Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or other highly regulated industries including validation, documentation, and audit readiness

Experience using and developing automated test tools and frameworks and understanding where automation supports UAT versus manual business validation

Company

AstraZeneca

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AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It is a sub-organization of Investor.

Founded in 1999

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR

10001+ employees

https://www.astrazeneca.com

H1B Sponsorship

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