About the role
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.
In this role, you will:
• 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.
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.
What you need to have to be considered
• 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.
These will help you stand out
• 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're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
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:
Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
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
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*
关于高知特 (Cognizant)
高知特(Cognizant)（纳斯达克代码：CTSH）作为一家AI Builder和相关技术服务提供商，致力于通过打造全栈AI解决方案，帮助企业将人工智能投资转化为实际价值。公司凭借深厚的行业经验、流程优化和工程技术专长，将企业独特的业务场景融入科技系统，赋能组织释放人才潜能，推动切实成果，并帮助全球企业在瞬息万变的环境中保持领先。如需了解更多详情，敬请访问 cognizant.ai 或关注@cognizant。
补充雇佣信息
薪酬信息截至本职位发布之日为准。Cognizant 保留在适用法律允许的范围内随时修改该信息的权利。
申请人可能需要通过现场面试或视频会议的方式参加面试。此外，候选人在每次面试时可能需要出示其当前所在州或政府签发的有效身份证件。
Cognizant 是一家提供平等就业机会的雇主。在招聘过程中，您的申请和候选资格不会因种族、肤色、性别、宗教、信仰、性取向、性别认同、国籍、残疾、遗传信息、怀孕、退伍军人身份或任何其他受联邦、州或地方法律保护的特征而受到影响。
