Quality Lead

Key Responsibilities

Testing Strategy & Validation Management

• Define and maintain end-to-end testing and validation strategy across SIT, UAT, and Dress Rehearsal (DR) phases

• Establish clear testing scope and validation coverage for technical, functional, integration, and operational scenarios

• Ensure comprehensive validation of migration outcomes across systems, processes, and integrations

• Position Dress Rehearsal (DR) as the primary readiness validation layer under production-like conditions

SIT & UAT Execution Oversight

• Oversee SIT and UAT execution activities to ensure successful validation of business flows and integrations

• Ensure key integration points, business scenarios, and user journeys are fully tested

• Validate readiness of test scenarios, test data, and validation criteria

• Monitor testing progress and proactively identify risks, issues, or execution gaps

• Coordinate closely with business, development, integration, and operations teams throughout testing phases

Dress Rehearsal (DR) Validation & Governance

• Define and drive Dress Rehearsal validation scope and governance activities

• Ensure validation covers end-to-end migration flow, ETL processes, integration dependencies, and cutover sequences

• Validate downstream processing, operational readiness, and migration performance under real conditions

• Ensure migration activities function correctly based on production-level volumes and dependencies

Defect Management & Resolution Governance

• Establish and manage centralized defect triage and prioritization framework

• Own consolidated defect management across SIT, UAT, and DR phases

• Lead defect identification, issue tracking, escalation, and resolution governance

• Ensure all critical and high-priority defects are resolved prior to cutover and golive

• Provide clear visibility of testing risks, defects, and resolution status to stakeholders and management

Data Validation & Reconciliation Assurance

• Define and oversee data validation and reconciliation testing approach

• Independently validate reconciliation activities performed by Data Migration teams

• Ensure validation covers customer data, product states, balances, and operational outcomes

• Support preparation of reconciliation reports and migration assurance documentation

Go-Live Readiness & Quality Assurance

• Assess overall testing completeness and migration readiness for go-live activities

• Validate end-to-end operational readiness across systems, integrations, and business processes

• Provide testing assurance and support go/no-go decision-making activities

• Ensure no critical gaps remain that could impact operational continuity or business stability

Key Deliverables

• End-to-End Testing & Validation Strategy (SIT, UAT, DR)

• SIT/UAT Execution Tracking & Status Reports

• Dress Rehearsal Validation Reports

• Consolidated Defect Logs & Resolution Status Reports

• Data Validation & Reconciliation Assurance Reports

• Testing Readiness & Go-Live Assessment Reports

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or related disciplines

Experience

• Strong experience in migration testing within banking or financial services environments

• Experience supporting cards systems or banking migration projects is highly preferred

• Proven experience managing SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsal (DR), and go-live validation activities

• Hands-on experience in defect management, reconciliation testing, and migration assurance processes

• Experience coordinating with business, data migration, integration, and operational teams

Technical & Functional Skills

• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, SIT, UAT, and migration testing lifecycle

• Experience in data validation, reconciliation testing, and integration testing

• Knowledge of ETL processes, migration workflows, and cutover validation

• Familiarity with defect management and test tracking tools

• Strong understanding of banking systems and operational processes