Quality Assurance & UAT Manager – Commercial Real Estate

About the Position

Quality Assurance & UAT Manager – Commercial Real Estate

As a Quality Assurance & UAT Manager – Commercial Real Estate, you will make an impact by leading enterprise-wide quality assurance and user acceptance testing initiatives that ensure successful delivery of business-critical technology solutions. You will be a valued member of the Technology and Product team and will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product managers, development teams, and program leadership to drive quality excellence across the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the business-facing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phase for pre-production releases, partnering with Product and Technology teams to define and execute the UAT strategy.
• Serve as the quality bridge between business and delivery teams by transforming product requirements into effective test scenarios, facilitating stakeholder walkthroughs, coordinating defect triage, and ensuring UAT readiness.
• Establish and govern program-wide quality gates for testing and releases, providing independent Go/No-Go recommendations to program leadership.
• Lead, mentor, and develop QA professionals while driving capability enhancement, resource planning, capacity management, and adoption of AI-enabled testing practices.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability and compliance across requirements, test cases, defects, and releases to support audit, regulatory, and governance requirements.
• Drive defect governance, root cause analysis, quality metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance release quality and provide predictive risk insights.

Requirements

• Strong experience leading Quality Assurance and User Acceptance Testing programs for enterprise applications.
• Commercial Real Estate domain expertise is required.
• Proven experience managing UAT planning, coordination, execution, metrics reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Hands-on experience with release management, defect management, and quality governance processes.
• Experience establishing quality gates, test strategies, and Go/No-Go assessments for large-scale technology programs.
• Experience managing QA team.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across business, product, technology, and executive stakeholder groups.

Nice to Have

• Experience leveraging AI-enabled testing and quality engineering tools.
• Knowledge of audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements within Commercial Real Estate platforms and operations.
• Experience implementing quality metrics, predictive risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on defect prevention and process optimization.
• Experience working in large-scale digital transformation or enterprise modernization programs.

We Offer

• Salary and Other Compensation:

  • Applications will be accepted until August 21, 2026.
  • The annual salary for this position is between $71,100– $112,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
  • This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

• 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 Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

Work Model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2-3 days per week onsite in a client or Cognizant office in Newark, NJ. While Newark-area candidates are preferred, qualified applicants across the United States may also be considered for a remote work arrangement. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements.

Additional Information

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

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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