Program Test Lead

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Contract IT

Reference: PD-114
Program Test Lead 

We're seeking an experienced Program Test Lead to drive end to end testing and quality assurance for a large scale enterprise transformation program. This is a greenfield cloud migration involving the replacement of a business critical legacy platform with  modern AWS hosted, event driven architecture. You will take ownership of the program's testing strategy, governance, quality gates, vendor assurance, data migration validation and go-live readiness across multiple delivery streams. 

Key Responsibilities
  • Own and execute the overall test strategy and master test plan.
  • Lead testing across functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, UAT and non-functional domains.
  • Establish and manage quality gates, defect management processes and test governance frameworks.
  • Drive complex data migration and reconciliation testing between legacy and new platforms.
  • Coordinate testing activities across vendors, internal stakeholders and external integration partners.
  • Oversee release readiness, cutover planning and production verification activities.
  • Manage test reporting, risk management and executive-level quality communications.
  • Support the implementation of test automation frameworks and AI enabled testing practices. 
Technical Environment 
  • AWS (Fargate, SQS, SNS)
  • Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
  • API integrations (REST, SOAP, GraphQL)
  • Kong API Gateway
  • Playwright / TypeScript
  • Jira & Xray
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Performance and Security Testing frameworks 
Must Have Experience
  • 10+ years' experience in software testing and quality assurance.
  • Proven background leading testing functions for large-scale transformation or legacy modernisation programs.
  • Strong experience managing vendors, systems integrators and multi stream delivery environments.
  • Deep expertise in integration testing, data migration testing and complex enterprise ecosystems.
  • Exposure to AWS hosted platforms and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience with test automation practices and CI/CD delivery models.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to provide executive-level quality reporting and Go/No-Go recommendations.
  • Hands-on experience with Jira/Xray or similar test management tools. 
Desirable Experience
  • Large scale regulatory, supply chain, logistics or highly integrated enterprise platforms.
  • AI assisted testing, agentic QA frameworks or modern test automation approaches.
  • ISTQB Test Manager, ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst or equivalent certifications. 
This is a great opportunity to lead the testing strategy for a high profile transformation program delivering a modern cloud native platform. You'll work across multiple stakeholder groups, complex integrations and large scale data migration activities while influencing critical delivery and production readiness decisions.
A$900.00 - A$1,000.00
Per day
$900 - $1000 per day

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Contract IT

Added 09/11/2026
Reference: PD-114

Program Test Lead

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Contract IT

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