Healthcare QA Lead – ACAS Claims Testing

About the Position

Healthcare QA Lead – ACAS Claims Testing

Date Posted: August 13, 2026

Location: Hartford / United States

Job Type: Technology & Engineering

Work Model: Hybrid

As a Healthcare QA Lead – ACAS Claims Testing, you will lead end-to-end testing efforts for healthcare claims applications, ensuring high-quality delivery across business-critical claims processing and adjudication workflows. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with business stakeholders, product owners, development teams, and project leadership.

Responsibilities

• Review business requirements, BRDs, and functional specifications to develop comprehensive test strategies and test plans.
• Lead end-to-end testing activities, including test scenario creation, test execution, defect tracking, and validation.
• Support requirement reviews and identify testing impacts, risks, and dependencies early in the project lifecycle.
• Validate claims processing and adjudication workflows across healthcare applications, ensuring alignment with business requirements.
• Facilitate defect triage meetings, manage defect resolution activities, and provide regular testing status updates to stakeholders.
• Define test scope, assumptions, risks, and dependencies for project releases.
• Collaborate with business, development, and project teams to ensure successful delivery and quality outcomes.

Requirements

• 9+ years of strong experience in the healthcare payer domain.
• Hands-on experience with Healthcare Plan Sponsor programs and processes.
• Experience testing the ACAS application and healthcare claims systems.
• Knowledge of ClaimsXten (CXT) and related claims-editing platforms.
• Proven experience reviewing business requirements, creating test scenarios, and executing end-to-end testing.
• Strong understanding of healthcare claims processing and claims adjudication workflows.
• Experience developing test strategies, test plans, and test execution approaches.
• Experience with defect management and stakeholder communication.
• Strong SQL and Jira experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience with automation testing frameworks.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Exposure to test automation initiatives within healthcare payer organizations.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

We Offer

• Compensation: The annual salary for this position is between $71,100 to $112,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
• Benefits:
  • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Long-term/Short-term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

About the Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is an AI and technology services company that bridges the gap between AI investments and enterprise value by creating end-to-end AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry expertise, processes, and engineering help us fuse the context of your enterprise with technology to amplify human potential, create observable results, and help global enterprises stay ahead in a changing world. Learn more at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

Note: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship. This role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.