Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is seeking a Senior Salesforce Test Program Manager to lead program-level testing and quality assurance across multiple Salesforce tracks, applications, and integrated platforms. The role is responsible for establishing testing governance and standards, coordinating testing activities and dependencies, managing quality risks, and ensuring release readiness.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end testing across multiple Salesforce tracks, applications, integrations, and Test Leads, ensuring alignment with program objectives and release timelines
- Establish and manage the program-level test strategy, governance model, operating cadence, quality standards, and standardized testing processes
- Drive System Integration Testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, User Acceptance Testing, defect management, and overall release-readiness activities
- Manage cross-track testing dependencies, risks, issues, and critical-path activities while coordinating resolution across business, development, and testing teams
- Provide consolidated program-level quality reporting covering test execution, defect trends, risks, RAG status, key quality metrics, and release-readiness recommendations
Skills
- 15+ years of extensive experience leading enterprise-level Salesforce testing across multiple workstreams, applications, integrations, or releases
- Strong experience establishing test strategies, governance frameworks, operating cadences, quality standards, and program-level testing processes
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple Test Leads and coordinate System Integration Testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, User Acceptance Testing, and release-readiness activities
- Experience with Salesforce test automation tools, test-management platforms, test metrics, defect governance, and consolidated quality reporting
- Strong program-management capabilities, including cross-track dependency management, risk and issue management, stakeholder communication, and critical-path testing coordination
- Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
- Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
- Experience delivering testing programs in Agile environments
- Knowledge of healthcare business processes, applications, or regulatory environments
- Experience with Test Data Management processes, tools, and testing-data strategies
- Experience supporting complex Salesforce implementations involving multiple applications, integrations, and business teams
- Ability to communicate quality risks, defect trends, and release-readiness recommendations to senior leadership and business stakeholders
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in United States
- Various wellbeing programs supporting work-life balance
- Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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