UAT Testing Lead

Job Title: UAT Test Lead

Location: Buffalo, NY

Work Model: Hybrid (4 days a week in the office)

No C2C, C2H, 1099 or Visa Sponsorship/Transfers available for this position

Nature & Scope:

Positional Overview 

This role will serve as the UAT Test Lead for a major collateral management system upgrade within the commercial bank. The primary focus of this position is to plan, coordinate, and lead all testing efforts across System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and end-to-end conversion testing.

This is a hands-on testing leadership role requiring deep experience creating structured test plans, test scripts, resource plans, and testing schedules while coordinating across testers, business users, vendors, and technology partners.

The role includes ownership of dress rehearsals and live conversion events tied to the platform implementation.

Systems & Programs in Scope

·        Collateral management platform upgrade (Broadridge ecosystem)

·        Broadridge STaC and/or EXPERE highly preferred

·        Integration with commercial banking systems and data environments

·        Vendor and document preparation system coordination

Role & Responsibility:

Tasks That Will Lead To Your Success 

·        Lead SIT, UAT, and full end-to-end testing strategy and execution

·        Create detailed test plans, test scripts, resource plans, and testing schedules

·        Coordinate testers, business users, vendors, and technical teams

·        Manage defect tracking, triage, and resolution

·        Plan and lead dress rehearsals and live conversion/go-live events

·        Ensure testing milestones and timelines are met

·        Partner with business, technology, and vendors to ensure testing coverage

·        Support audit, regulatory, and risk requirements through structured testing documentation

Skills & Experience:

Qualifications That Will Help You Thrive 

·        Minimum of 6 years combined higher education and/or operational/business analytics experience.

·        Strong background acting as a Test Lead on large system implementations (UAT, SIT, etc.)

·        Hands-on experience building testing artifacts from scratch

·        Experience coordinating large cross-functional testing efforts