QA Lead - EHR SaaS

QA Lead EHR SaaS
Location: Austin, TX, 78751 | Payrate: $72-82/Hr | Experience: 11-15 Years




About the Role
Join a leading healthcare technology project as a QA Lead overseeing the quality assurance strategy for a large-scale Electronic Health Record (EHR) SaaS implementation. This position offers the chance to drive quality outcomes in a mission-critical environment, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and influence the future of healthcare IT. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless data migration, robust workflow validation, and regulatory compliance for a transformative EHR deployment.




Responsibilities




- Lead and execute the end-to-end QA strategy, planning, and governance for EHR SaaS implementations.
- Develop and manage test plans, schedules, traceability matrices, and resource allocation.
- Act as the primary QA liaison for leadership, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders.
- Report testing status, risks, metrics, and defects to project and executive teams.
- Oversee defect management: tracking, prioritization, resolution, and validation prior to release.
- Direct validation testing for data migration and conversion from legacy and ancillary EHR systems.
- Review and test ETL processes, data mapping, and reconciliation reports for data integrity.
- Coordinate interface testing, inbound/outbound data feeds, and downstream reporting impacts.
- Execute functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) across EHR modules.
- Validate workflows for clinical, scheduling, billing, documentation, and administrative processes.
- Ensure SaaS configuration changes and vendor releases meet quality and compliance standards.
- Guide UAT preparation, execution, defect triage, and sign-off with business and clinical SMEs.
- Maintain testing documentation to meet audit and compliance requirements using Azure DevOps, ALM, or Jira.




Required Skills and Experience




- 11+ years in QA/Test Lead or Manager roles, specifically in healthcare/EHR environments
- Extensive hands-on experience with data validation, migration, ETL, and interface testing
- Demonstrated leadership in functional testing across EHR modules and workflow validation
- Deep expertise in test planning, execution, defect tracking, and stakeholder coordination
- Proven proficiency with test management tools: Azure DevOps, ALM, Jira
- Strong understanding of Agile and hybrid project delivery methodologies




Preferred Skills




- Hands-on EHR implementation experience (clinical, pharmacy, billing workflows)
- Knowledge of healthcare data standards: HL7, FHIR, CCD/A, ICD, CPT
- Familiarity with HIPAA, privacy, security, and healthcare compliance requirements
- Experience with public sector or state healthcare systems




Benefits




- Competitive pay with potential for contract extension or conversion
- Opportunity to lead complex, high-visibility healthcare IT initiatives
- Collaborative, innovative, and supportive work environment
- Direct impact on the quality of patient care and healthcare delivery




How to Apply
Ready to advance your QA career and drive healthcare transformation? Submit your updated resume and a brief cover letter highlighting your EHR QA leadership experience. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews promptly.