UAT Lead

Job Title: UAT Lead Location: Toronto, ON(hybrid) Duration: 6-12 months contract Rate: CAD50-CAD55/hr Position Summary We are seeking an experienced UAT Lead to oversee and manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities for complex banking and financial services initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading end-to-end UAT planning, execution, defect management, stakeholder coordination, and test governance across multiple projects. This role requires strong expertise in banking operations, cards, payments, regulatory initiatives, and system implementations, along with proven leadership and communication skills to drive successful business validation and project delivery. What You Need to Do Lead and manage end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities across banking technology and business transformation projects. Develop UAT strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and execution schedules aligned with project objectives. Coordinate with business stakeholders, project managers, business analysts, developers, and QA teams to ensure successful test execution. Facilitate requirements reviews and ensure business requirements are accurately reflected in test scenarios and acceptance criteria. Manage UAT execution, defect identification, triage, tracking, retesting, and closure activities. Monitor testing progress, risks, issues, and dependencies while providing regular status updates to project stakeholders. Lead defect management meetings and ensure timely resolution of testing issues. Support testing for banking products, including cards, payments, deposits, lending, digital banking, and regulatory compliance initiatives. Coordinate test environment readiness, test data preparation, and business user engagement throughout the testing lifecycle. Ensure all testing deliverables meet quality standards and support go-live readiness assessments. Participate in production validation, post-implementation testing, and hypercare support activities. Drive continuous improvement of testing methodologies, tools, governance processes, and testing best practices. What You'll Need to Succeed 12+ years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Assurance, and User Acceptance Testing within the Banking or Financial Services industry. Strong hands-on experience leading UAT activities for large-scale banking transformation, regulatory, cards, or payments projects. Proven experience managing test planning, test execution, defect management, and stakeholder communications. Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Agile delivery methodologies. Experience working with business stakeholders to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and testing strategies. Strong leadership, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills. Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as JIRA, ALM, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms. Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk management capabilities. Experience supporting regulatory, compliance, cards, payments, or core banking initiatives is highly preferred. Exposure to test automation frameworks and automation testing practices is considered an asset. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Finance, or a related field. Required Skills User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Banking & Financial Services Cards & Payments Testing Regulatory Project Testing Test Planning & Defect Management Leadership & Stakeholder Management Preferred Skills Test Automation Exposure Agile Methodologies JIRA / ALM / Azure DevOps End-to-End Test Management Risk & Compliance Testing Production Validation & Hypercare Support

Lead and manage end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities for complex banking and financial services initiatives. This includes developing test strategies, managing defect triage, and coordinating with stakeholders to ensure successful business validation and project delivery.

Requires over 12 years of experience in software testing within the banking industry, specifically focusing on cards, payments, and regulatory projects. Candidates must possess strong leadership skills and proficiency in test management tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps.

• LeadershipPreferred
• JiraPreferred

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Banking & Financial Services
• Cards & Payments Testing
• Regulatory Project Testing
• Test Planning
• Defect Management
• Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Test Automation
• Agile Methodologies
• Jira
• ALM
• Azure DevOps
• End-To-End Test Management
• Risk & Compliance Testing
• Production Validation

• Software
• Finance & Accounting
• Technology
• Management & Leadership
• Consulting

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

10+ years

Apply by

Sep 4, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week

Seniority

Mid-Senior level

Application method

Direct apply is available