Program Test Lead

Program-level Test Leadership:Define & own the program test strategy Lead testing across 60+ applications, managing cross dependencies, and coordinating End-to-End TestingEstablish Test governance, quality gates, and go-live readiness criteria across all testing streamsEnsure each testing stream has the requisite plan and capacity to meet the critical timelinesDrive defect management at a program levelOwn the master test plan with revisions and bring alignment across testing streamsTesting Scrum of scrums leadership:Plan, run, and govern the testing scrum of scrums across all applications testing streamEnsure alignment on: Overall program planResolve inter-team dependencies & blockersEscalate through appropriate channels to directors for external vendor delaysTrack program level defect ageing & risks from testing streamsStakeholder & vendor management:Partner with Business, Technology, and PMO by setting up a regular cadenceEstablish governance at multiple levels for visibilityCoordinate testing across multiple streams for End-to-End TestingTCoE Enablement:Ensure standards are maintained across testing streams to maximize visibility & metrics across testing streams, partnering with the TCoE implementation team & project streamsIdentify enablement areas across testing streams and facilitate acceleration, particularly in areas of automation and regression testing that impact speed & quality of testingIdentify bandwidth issues that may impact delivery predictabilityTalent deployed must be able to work across multiple stakeholders independently, such as testing streams, PMO, Technology, vendors & external partners, and Business.