REQT: Direct Client: QA Lead @ Austin, TX - Onsite - Only Locals.

QA Lead

Austin, TX Onsite Only Locals

One Year Contract

We are seeking candidates who do not require visa sponsorship, are eligible to work on a W2.

INPERSON INTERVIEW

Position is ONSITE at the location listed above (NO REMOTE WORK). Program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position.

Please do not submit candidates who are currently out of state and are planning to move to Texas. Candidates must already reside in Texas.

The role of the software test manager is to lead the testing team. Test Manager plays a central role in the Team. The Test Manager takes full responsibility for the project's success. The role involves quality & test advocacy, resource planning & management, and resolution of issues that impede the testing effort..

Job Summary

The QA Lead will provide overall leadership for quality assurance strategy, planning, execution, and governance for a large-scale Electronic Health Record (EHR) SaaS implementation. This position requires strong experience in healthcare application testing, data migration validation, ETL testing, functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing (UAT) support, defect management, vendor coordination, and stakeholder reporting. The ideal candidate will ensure that EHR workflows, data conversion activities, SaaS configuration changes, interfaces, and vendor releases meet business, clinical, regulatory, audit, and project delivery standards.

The QA Lead will work independently with minimal supervision while coordinating closely with program leadership, IT teams, vendors, and business users. This role will help ensure the solution meets functional requirements, data integrity standards, security and privacy regulations, and applicable compliance mandates.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the overall QA strategy, planning, and execution for the EHR SaaS implementation.

Develop and maintain QA governance, testing approach, schedules, and resource plans.

Serve as the primary QA point of contact for program leadership, IT teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Provide regular reporting on testing status, risks, metrics, and defects to project management and stakeholders.

Ensure defects and issues are tracked, prioritized, resolved, retested, and validated before deployment.

Lead validation testing for data migration and conversion from legacy EHR and ancillary systems. Validate patient, clinical, pharmacy, billing, and historical records for accuracy, completeness, and reconciliation

Review and test ETL processes, data mapping documents, validation rules, and reconciliation reports

Conduct pre-load and post-load validation, record counts, field-level verification, and exception analysis.

Coordinate testing of interfaces, inbound/outbound data feeds, and downstream reporting impacts

Lead functional testing across EHR modules, including clinical, scheduling, orders, medications, documentation, and billing.

Validate end-to-end workflows across user roles, including clinicians, nurses, pharmacy, registration, and administrative staff.

Ensure workflows align with business, clinical, and regulatory requirements

Execute and oversee system testing, integration testing, regression testing, and UAT support

Ensure SaaS configuration changes and vendor releases are fully tested

Partner with business and clinical SMEs to prepare UAT scenarios and test cases

Support and guide UAT execution, defect triage, and sign-off activities. Create and maintain test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and test evidence

Track defects and test execution using testing tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, ALM, Jira)

Support manual and automated testing approaches where applicable

Ensure documentation meets audit, compliance, and project delivery standards

Required Qualifications

11+ years of experience in QA/Test Lead or QA/Test Manager roles

11+ years of hands-on experience with data validation, data migration, and ETL testing.

11+ years of experience leading functional testing across EHR modules, including clinical, scheduling, orders, medications, documentation, and billing, with validation of end-to-end workflows across clinical and administrative roles.

11+ years of experience leading validation testing for data migration and conversion from legacy EHR and ancillary systems, including validation of patient, clinical, pharmacy, billing, and historical records for accuracy, completeness, and reconciliation.

11+ years of experience in coordinating testing of interfaces, inbound/outbound data feeds, and downstream reporting impacts.

11+ years of experience creating and maintaining test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and test evidence.

11+ years of strong functional testing experience with EHR or healthcare SaaS platforms.

11+ years of experience coordinating testing activities with vendors and multidisciplinary teams.

11+ years of experience in creating and maintain test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and test evidence

11+ years of proficiency with test management tools such as Azure DevOps, ALM, or Jira.

11+ years of experience working in Agile and/or hybrid delivery environments.

Preferred Experience

8+ years of prior experience with EHR implementations (clinical, pharmacy, billing workflows)

6+ years of knowledge of healthcare data standards such as HL7, FHIR, CCD/A, ICD, and CPT, as applicable.

6+ years of understanding of HIPAA, privacy, security, and government healthcare compliance requirements.

Experience supporting state or public sector healthcare systems.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years	Required/Preferred	Experience
11	Required	Years of experience in QA/Test Lead or QA/Test Manager roles
11	Required	Hands-on experience with data validation, data migration, and ETL testing.
11	Required	Experience leading functional testing across EHR modules, including clinical, scheduling, orders, medications, documentation, and billing, with validation of end-to-end workflows across clinical and administrative roles.
11	Required	Experience leading validation testing for data migration and conversion from legacy EHR and ancillary systems, including validation of patient, clinical, pharmacy, billing, and historical records for accuracy, completeness, and reconciliation.
11	Required	Experience in ensuring SaaS configuration changes and vendor releases is fully tested
11	Required	Coordinating testing of interfaces, inbound/outbound data feeds, and downstream reporting impacts.
11	Required	Creating and maintaining test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and test evidence.
11	Required	Coordinating testing activities with vendors and multidisciplinary teams.
11	Required	Proficiency with test management tools such as Azure DevOps, ALM, or Jira.
11	Required	Create and maintain test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and test evidence
6	Preferred	Prior experience with EHR implementations (clinical, pharmacy, billing workflows)
6	Preferred	Knowledge of healthcare data standards such as HL7, FHIR, CCD/A, ICD, and CPT, as applicable.
6	Preferred	Understanding of HIPAA, privacy, security, and government healthcare compliance requirements.
6	Preferred	Experience supporting state or public sector healthcare systems