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Senior Healthcare Test Program Manager

CYNET SYSTEMSMountlake Terrace, Washington🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 14, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of healthcare testing, leveraging your extensive QE experience to build and operationalize a new testing organization and drive significant transformation. If you thrive on strategic program leadership, developing robust testing frameworks, and leading diverse teams through complex transitions, this position with a competitive hourly rate is an excellent next step in your career.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States
AgileStakeholder ManagementVendor Management

Job Description

Pay Range: $55.00hr - $60.00hr Job Overview: We are seeking an experienced Test Program Manager / QE Transformation Lead to lead Client, transition, and workforce planning activities for a large healthcare transformation program. This role will establish and operationalize the testing organization across Application Development, Application Support, and Enterprise End-to-End Testing (Test Center of Excellence) while driving staffing, sourcing, governance, and transition readiness.

Responsibilities: Lead Client workshops with business, IT, and delivery stakeholders. Assess current testing processes, organizational structure, tools, service catalog, workloads, SLAs, and governance. Define the future-state testing operating model, organization, and roadmap. Identify capability gaps across Functional Testing, Automation Testing, Performance Testing, and Test Data Management (TDM). Develop and execute Client, knowledge transfer (KT), transition, and go-live plans. Drive shadow, reverse-shadow, and ownership transfer activities.

Manage risks, dependencies, readiness reviews, and stakeholder communications. Coordinate transition activities across Application Development, Application Support, and Testing workstreams. Establish TCoE governance, standards, metrics, and reporting frameworks. Define Core and Flex team operating models. Lead enterprise-wide quality governance, release readiness, and quality reporting. Support adoption of automation, AI-enabled testing, performance engineering, and Test Data Management capabilities.

Required Experience: 12+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and Testing. 5+ years of experience leading large testing programs. Proven experience in Client, due diligence, transition, and managed services engagements. Experience building or managing a Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE). Strong experience in workforce planning, hiring, and vendor management. Experience working with distributed onshore/offshore delivery teams. Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills. Experience with Healthcare Payer platforms and processes, including Facets, EDI transactions (834, 835, 837), Claims, Enrollment, Billing, and Provider Management. Working knowledge of Playwright, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and modern Quality Engineering practices.

Preferred Experience: Healthcare Payer domain expertise. Managed Services transition experience. Large-scale Client and due diligence programs. Test Data Management expertise. Performance Engineering leadership. AI-enabled Quality Engineering experience.

Benefits: Our Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 401(k) Retirement Plan Health Savings Account (HSA) Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term) Life and AD&D Insurance Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law) Supplemental Insurance Plans Identity Theft Protection Pet Insurance Employee Wellness Programs Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities Disclaimer: Benefits eligibility, accrual rates, and usage limits may vary based on employment status, length of service, and work location.

Paid Sick Leave is provided in strict accordance with applicable state and municipal mandates. Cynet Systems Inc. reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate any benefit plans at any time in accordance with applicable laws. About Cynet Systems Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, Cynet Systems Inc. is a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and enterprise organizations across the United States and Canada.

We deliver agile, scalable talent solutions across IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing, powered by a high-performing recruitment engine operating across North America and Asia. As a nationally and locally certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cynet Systems is committed to helping organizations build high-performing teams while empowering professionals to grow rewarding careers.

Our organization is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II standards, reflecting our commitment to quality, security, operational excellence, and customer success.

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