UAT Quality Analyst IV Employer: LHH Employment Type: Contract, Temp-to-Hire Opportunity Anticipated Duration: 12 months Anticipated Start Date: November 23, 2026 Location: Remote, United States Work Schedule: Must be able to work Pacific Time Zone hours; some flexibility in daily scheduling may be required Openings: 2 Travel/Overtime: Some travel and/or overtime may be required Position Summary LHH is seeking an experienced UAT Quality Analyst IV to lead User Acceptance Testing activities for complex projects within the healthcare insurance environment. This senior-level position is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive UAT strategies, translating business requirements into effective test cases, managing testing activities across multiple Agile teams and functional business areas, and ensuring systems meet defined business objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The ideal candidate will bring extensive UAT experience, strong healthcare insurance domain knowledge, and hands-on Facets experience. This individual will also serve as a subject matter expert, mentor other UAT professionals, lead defect triage, and drive continuous improvement across testing processes, tools, and methodologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead UAT activities for complex projects involving multiple Agile teams and business functional areas.
- Develop comprehensive UAT strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and testing schedules.
- Translate business and system requirements into effective test scenarios that provide comprehensive functional coverage.
- Execute and oversee UAT, regression, end-to-end, and business functional testing.
- Define, prepare, and validate test data required for successful test execution.
- Review business requirements, system requirements, architecture, design documentation, and preliminary test plans.
- Prioritize testing using a risk-based testing approach.
- Lead UAT defect triage, ensuring identified defects are accurately documented, communicated, prioritized, and resolved.
- Verify defect fixes and monitor production defect leakage to identify opportunities for future testing improvements.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, development teams, business stakeholders, QA resources, and other UAT professionals.
- Monitor UAT execution and provide clear reporting on testing progress, risks, issues, metrics, and recommendations.
- Present overall UAT status to project leadership and senior management.
- Ensure UAT deliverables meet established quality standards throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identify and address potential impacts to business processes and end-user operating procedures.
- Support go-live and post-implementation activities.
- Develop testing estimates, schedules, milestones, resource plans, and contingency strategies.
- Use testing metrics to evaluate process effectiveness, product quality, UAT progress, and alignment with established KPIs.
- Identify and implement improvements to UAT processes, practices, tools, and standards.
- Serve as a subject matter expert across multiple business functional areas.
- Coach and mentor UAT Quality Analysts and other members of the Business Test Team.
- Collaborate across business areas to ensure adequate test coverage and efficient UAT execution.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience within business, health insurance, or the broader healthcare industry.
- 7+ years of experience defining and analyzing business requirements, process modeling, and acceptance testing.
- 2+ years of experience leading and delivering UAT for multiple complex enterprise projects.
- Extensive experience developing test cases and test scripts directly from business requirements.
- Strong knowledge of the healthcare insurance domain.
- Facets experience is required.
- Demonstrated experience leading UAT activities across multiple Agile teams or business functional areas.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and Agile methodologies.
- Experience with functional, regression, end-to-end, and risk-based testing.
- Experience identifying, documenting, communicating, and validating software defects.
- Extensive experience writing and executing queries to support UAT activities.
- Ability to validate test data preparation and coordinate testing dependencies across multiple teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, cross-functional communication, and collaboration skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor team members.
- Experience developing UAT metrics and communicating project status, risks, and issues to management.
- Ability to manage multiple complex testing initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced, changing environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within healthcare insurance functional areas such as:
- Claims processing
- Membership processing
- Customer service
- Other health plan operational functions
- Experience with programming languages, software testing tools, querying tools, and desktop applications.
- Knowledge of industry-standard quality assurance and testing processes.
- Experience analyzing complex business workflows and recommending quality and process improvements.
- Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives for UAT.
- Demonstrated experience developing new UAT testing methods, tools, standards, and processes.
Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, or a related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience may also be considered. Location Requirements Candidates may reside throughout the United States and must be able to work Pacific Time Zone hours. Candidates located in the following states may be considered only on a limited exception basis:
- Colorado
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Vermont
Prohibited Locations
Candidates cannot reside in the following locations:
- City of Los Angeles, California
- City of San Francisco, California
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Rhode Island
- Outside of the United States
Temp-to-Hire Opportunity This position is structured as a 12-month contract with the potential for conversion to a full-time position. Conversion is based on business needs, performance, and other applicable considerations and is not guaranteed. Related Experience / Job Titles
Candidates with backgrounds in the following roles may be particularly relevant:
- Senior UAT Analyst
- UAT Lead
- Quality Assurance Analyst
- User Acceptance Tester
- Senior QA Analyst
- Business Systems Analyst
- Healthcare QA Analyst
- Healthcare UAT Lead
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Pay Details: $51.00 to $60.00 per hour
Search managed by: Shane Parsons
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