Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Noblesoft Technologies is seeking a QA Lead/SME for Annuity Policy Administration Systems. The role involves defining QA strategies, managing stakeholder expectations, and leading quality assurance for annuity transformation programs.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the end-to-end QA strategy and test architecture for ALIP-based Annuity transformation programs
- Establish quality standards, governance models, and best practices aligned with Guardian Life enterprise QA and risk frameworks
- Serve as the onsite QA face-off lead, managing stakeholder expectations across business, IT, actuarial, compliance, and PMO teams
- Provide domain leadership for Annuities, including Fixed and Variable Annuities, riders, payouts, surrenders, fees, and annuitization scenarios
- Validate ALIP product configuration, rules, transactions, and integrations from a quality and business correctness standpoint
- Own and review Master Test Plans, Phase-wise Test Strategies, and Release Readiness criteria
- Govern test execution across SIT, E2E, Regression, UAT support, Parallel Runs, and Dress Rehearsals
- Ensure strong requirements-to-test traceability and proactive defect prevention
- Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and risk mitigation for high-severity and cross-system issues
- Define and drive automation strategy for ALIP, focusing on API, service-level, and regression automation
- Establish test data management and data validation strategies for complex annuity contracts and financial scenarios
- Ensure accuracy of financial calculations, accounting feeds, and downstream reporting validations
- Lead and mentor offshore QA teams, enabling effective handoffs, standards adherence, and delivery excellence
- Provide executive-level quality metrics and dashboards, highlighting risk, coverage, defect trends, and readiness
- Support regulatory audits, compliance reviews, and production readiness assessments with robust QA artifacts
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including shift-left testing, risk-based testing, and Agile/Scaled Agile QE adoption
- Act as a quality transformation partner, reducing cost of quality while improving speed, reliability, and customer outcomes
Skills
- Define and own the end-to-end QA strategy and test architecture for ALIP-based Annuity transformation programs
- Establish quality standards, governance models, and best practices aligned with Guardian Life enterprise QA and risk frameworks
- Serve as the onsite QA face-off lead, managing stakeholder expectations across business, IT, actuarial, compliance, and PMO teams
- Provide domain leadership for Annuities, including Fixed and Variable Annuities, riders, payouts, surrenders, fees, and annuitization scenarios
- Validate ALIP product configuration, rules, transactions, and integrations from a quality and business correctness standpoint
- Own and review Master Test Plans, Phase-wise Test Strategies, and Release Readiness criteria
- Govern test execution across SIT, E2E, Regression, UAT support, Parallel Runs, and Dress Rehearsals
- Ensure strong requirements-to-test traceability and proactive defect prevention
- Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and risk mitigation for high-severity and cross-system issues
- Define and drive automation strategy for ALIP, focusing on API, service-level, and regression automation
- Establish test data management and data validation strategies for complex annuity contracts and financial scenarios
- Ensure accuracy of financial calculations, accounting feeds, and downstream reporting validations
- Lead and mentor offshore QA teams, enabling effective handoffs, standards adherence, and delivery excellence
- Provide executive-level quality metrics and dashboards, highlighting risk, coverage, defect trends, and readiness
- Support regulatory audits, compliance reviews, and production readiness assessments with robust QA artifacts
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including shift-left testing, risk-based testing, and Agile/Scaled Agile QE adoption
- Act as a quality transformation partner, reducing cost of quality while improving speed, reliability, and customer outcomes
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