Senior Test Lead (Salesforce)

Expleo • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Trissential is hiring a Senior Test Lead / Test Manager to join our client’s team and drive test strategy, governance, and release readiness across customer-facing and agent-facing platforms. This is a senior, highly visible role where you’ll influence quality at scale without direct people management while partnering with product, architecture, and enterprise quality leadership. The role involves owning portfolio test readiness across Salesforce, mobile, APIs, and backend systems, leading through influence and governance, and partnering with a strong leadership team. It emphasizes a modern testing focus with encouragement for automation, AI-enabled testing, and continuous improvement, offering a long-term opportunity with a high likelihood of extension beyond the initial 12 months.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in software testing with strong leadership or portfolio-level responsibility
• Proven experience as a Test Lead, Test Manager, QA Lead, or Portfolio QA Lead
• Deep expertise in test strategy, governance, system integration testing, and release readiness
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, challenge, and enforce process adherence
• Experience working in large, complex, matrixed enterprise environments
• Salesforce ecosystem testing experience strongly preferred (ERP experience acceptable)
• Comfort leading vendor-heavy, offshore testing models at scale

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI-enabled or modern testing practices
• Prior work in regulated industries (utilities, healthcare, financial services)
• Exposure to large-scale platform transformations or system replacements
• Strong automation mindset with a focus on efficiency and release velocity
• Salesforce certifications
• Agile / SAFe certifications
• ISTQB or equivalent testing certification

Responsibilities

• Provide portfolio-level test leadership across Salesforce, mobile applications (iOS & Android), APIs, and backend systems
• Own test planning, governance enforcement, and release risk management
• Ensure end-to-end system integration testing and complex environment coordination
• Serve as the single point of accountability for portfolio test readiness and release risk visibility
• Lead cross-team communication and executive-level status reporting
• Guide offshore QA teams (manual and automation) across multiple vendors without direct people management
• Act as the escalation point for quality issues, delivery risks, and process deviations
• Partner closely with product teams, architecture, release management, and enterprise quality leadership
• Coordinate testing across concurrent initiatives, including major Salesforce platform transformations (e.g., Salesforce Field Service, CIS replacement)
• Drive continuous improvement in automation strategy, KPIs, and testing efficiency

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, free tele-health, HSA with company contribution, life and disability insurance, and 401k with matching
• Paid Time Off
• Flexible Work Model – Hybrid or remote options available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees