Senior UAT Lead – Enterprise Financial Systems Upgrade

Itero Group • Sterling, VA

10h

About The Position

Itero Group is seeking an experienced Senior User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Lead to support a large-scale financial systems upgrade. The role is responsible for developing, managing, and executing an end-to-end UAT and regression testing strategy across multiple project workstreams. The successful candidate will bring financial services and enterprise system upgrade experience, and coordinate testing across business stakeholders, Operations, Technology, project management, and third-party vendors to support system functionality, data integrity, and operational readiness.

The UAT Lead will own the overall testing approach, including test plans, test cases, schedules, and a regression testing suite covering critical business processes, system functionality, integrations, and downstream dependencies. The role also leads cross-workstream coordination, test execution, defect management, stakeholder communications, release readiness assessments, UAT sign-off, testing documentation, and knowledge transfer to business and operational teams.

Itero Group is a Women-Owned Small Business serving private and government clients through business consulting and delivery solutions. The company describes its team as experienced, tenacious, and creative, and says it has been named a Great Place to Work for six years. It offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 10 or more years of experience in UAT, quality assurance, or enterprise application testing, including leading complex testing initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing end-to-end regression testing suites for enterprise financial systems.
• Experience coordinating UAT and regression testing across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong background in financial services, commercial banking, loan accounting, or enterprise financial platforms.
• Experience supporting major system upgrades, implementations, migrations, or modernization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of system integrations, data validation, reconciliation, and upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Experience managing test cases, defects, and testing deliverables using Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to independently lead testing efforts while remaining hands-on with test development and execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the overall UAT strategy, test plans, test cases, and execution schedules.
• Create, maintain, and own an end-to-end regression testing suite covering critical business processes, system functionality, integrations, and downstream dependencies.
• Establish regression testing standards and ensure test coverage across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing throughout the upgrade lifecycle.
• Identify testing gaps, dependencies, and risks, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Lead UAT activities across business and technology workstreams, aligning testing priorities, schedules, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with Operations, Technology, business analysts, project managers, and vendors to validate end-to-end business processes.
• Coordinate testing of upstream and downstream system integrations, data flows, reporting, and reconciliation processes.
• Facilitate cross-functional testing meetings, defect reviews, and issue resolution.
• Ensure changes introduced in one workstream do not negatively affect other business processes or systems.
• Develop and execute detailed test scenarios and scripts based on business requirements and system functionality.
• Manage defect identification, documentation, prioritization, tracking, and retesting through resolution.
• Coordinate with technical and functional teams to troubleshoot defects and validate fixes.
• Maintain test execution results, supporting evidence, and traceability to business requirements.
• Provide regular reporting on testing progress, defects, risks, and overall readiness.
• Partner with project leadership and business stakeholders to establish testing priorities and acceptance criteria.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, and critical issues to project stakeholders.
• Support release readiness assessments and UAT sign-off activities.
• Develop and maintain testing documentation and support knowledge transfer to business and operational teams.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and increasing PTO based on years of service
• 401(k) plan with company match and auto-enrollment
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary pet insurance
• Student loan assistance up to $1,000 annually
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Health savings accounts (HSAs)
• Wellness programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior