Genesis10 is currently seeking a Functional User Acceptance Testing Liaison for an onsite position with a Major Financial Institution located in McLean, VA. This is a 12 month contract opportunity. Pay range up to $48/hr W2 only.
The User Acceptance Testing Liaison serves as the bridge between business stakeholders and product teams, ensuring that solutions are validated against business needs before release. This role coordinates UAT planning and execution, supports user acceptance testing activities, facilitates clear communication across teams, drives timely issue resolution, and helps confirm that delivered capabilities meet quality, usability, and operational readiness expectations.
Responsibilities: - Serve as the primary point of contact between Product teams and Business SMEs to coordinate user acceptance testing for new functionality
- Partner with Product and Business teams to translate business process flows and operational scenarios into clear UAT test cases, scripts, validation checklists, and test data using standardized templates and processes
- Facilitate UAT sessions, walkthroughs, and readiness reviews so participants understand objectives, scenarios, dependencies, and expected outcomes
- Coordinate test data, environment readiness, tester access, job aids, and supporting documentation required for successful execution
- Conduct regular touchpoints and UAT office hours to identify blockers early, answer questions, and maintain testing momentum
- Track defects, blockers, risks, and open questions; ensure reported issues are documented, categorized, prioritized, assigned, and resolved in partnership with Product Owners, Product Analysts, and Business SMEs
- Consolidate testing results, summarize quality trends, report progress, and communicate risks or readiness concerns to project leadership and stakeholders
- Identify opportunities to strengthen UAT processes, testing discipline, documentation standards, and cross-team collaboration practices
Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), software testing, business analysis, product support, or a similar role
- Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills
- Strong working experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence, as well as the Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint
Desired skills: - Results oriented mindset and the ability to operate with good humor and grace under tight deadlines and competing priorities
- Strong understanding of the testing lifecycle, including scope definition, test planning, case development, execution coordination, defect management, reporting, and sign-off
- Demonstrated ownership and accountability in proactively identifying and resolving risks, blockers, and dependencies
- Experience developing executive-ready status updates, dashboards, or quality summaries for leadership review
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: - Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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