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- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Full-time
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- Experience
- Years of Experience: 5-7 Years
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Lead
Location: PCS CA, Toronto
Years of Experience: 5-7 Years
Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced UAT Lead with strong Finance/Risk domain expertise to oversee end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities. The ideal candidate will possess proven experience in managing UAT planning, execution, project coordination, stakeholder coordination, defect management, and business sign-off. Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills are essential, with a preference for candidates with experience in Commercial Lending.
Responsibilities
Location: PCS CA, Toronto
Years of Experience: 5-7 Years
Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced UAT Lead with strong Finance/Risk domain expertise to oversee end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities. The ideal candidate will possess proven experience in managing UAT planning, execution, project coordination, stakeholder coordination, defect management, and business sign-off. Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills are essential, with a preference for candidates with experience in Commercial Lending.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for banking applications and digital transformation initiatives.
- Own assigned UAT deliverables, including test plan, test case preparation, execution, defect validation, and reporting.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and validate UAT requirements.
- Review and validate business requirements, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate UAT planning, test data preparation, environment readiness, and execution activities.
- Manage UAT defect lifecycle, including defect triage, prioritization, tracking, and resolution.
- Work closely with Development, QA, Business Analysts, and Product Owners to ensure timely issue resolution.
- Monitor UAT progress, identify risks, and provide mitigation plans.
- Prepare and present UAT status reports, dashboards, and metrics to project leadership.
- Ensure all critical business scenarios are tested and meet business expectations before production deployment.
- Facilitate UAT sign-off from business stakeholders.
- Mentor junior UAT analysts and drive best practices across the testing team.
- Support production validation and post-release verification when required.
- Commercial Lending experience is an added advantage.
- Banking experience.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience with Pega is a deal breaker.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
- 5-7 years of experience in UAT within the finance or banking sector.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end UAT for banking applications and digital transformation initiatives, including planning, test preparation and execution, defect management, progress reporting, and risk mitigation. Coordinate with business and delivery stakeholders to validate requirements, ensure critical scenarios meet expectations, secure business sign-off, and support post-release verification.
Requirements
Requires 5–7 years of UAT experience in finance or banking, banking experience, strong communication skills, and a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Pega experience is a deal breaker; Commercial Lending experience is an added advantage.
Skills
- User Acceptance Testing
- UAT Planning
- Test Case Preparation
- Test Execution
- Defect Management
- Defect Triage
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Test Data Preparation
- Environment Readiness
- Risk Management
- Status Reporting
- Business Sign-Off
- Banking
- Finance and Risk
- Pega
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Categories
- Technology
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
Keywords
- User Acceptance Testing
- UAT
- Banking Applications
- Finance
- Risk
- Commercial Lending
- Pega
- Digital Transformation
- Test Planning
- Test Cases
- Test Execution
- Defect Lifecycle
- Defect Triage
- Defect Prioritization
- Test Data Preparation
- Environment Readiness
- Business Requirements
- Functional Specifications
- Acceptance Criteria
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Risk Mitigation
- Status Reports
- Dashboards
- Business Sign-Off
- Production Validation
- Post-Release Verification
- Project Coordination
- Quality Assurance
- Product Owners
- Business Analysts