Posted 12 days ago
UAT Lead, Payments
@ Cognizant
Toronto, Ontario
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Overview
Cognizant is hiring a UAT Lead for Payments to run end-to-end user acceptance testing across complex payment initiatives. The role coordinates business, product, technology and external partners and reports status to executives. Hybrid, three to four days a week in a Toronto office; base salary $70,000 to $110,000 per year plus a discretionary bonus.
Responsibilities:
- Own the full UAT lifecycle, including planning, execution and sign-off
- Define UAT scope, test strategy and entry and exit criteria
- Coordinate business, technology and external partner teams
- Manage testing across upstream and downstream payment systems
- Report status to executives and manage risks and issues
Requirements summary:
- 7+ years in UAT, QA or testing in enterprise environments
- Extensive experience leading large-scale UAT programs
- Hands-on Interac e-Transfer and wire payments experience
- Knowledge of ISO 20022, SWIFT and payment messaging
- Understanding of settlement, reconciliation and exception handling
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-02
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Quality assurance |
| Experience | 7+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Performance bonus, Wellness |
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Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we’re improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we’re improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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| Industry | IT Services and IT Consulting |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Teaneck, New Jersey |
| Organization type | Public Company |
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Job description
About The Role
As a UAT Lead, Payments, you will make an impact by leading the end-to-end delivery and successful execution of User Acceptance Testing across complex payment initiatives. You will work collaboratively with product owners, business operations, subject matter experts, technology teams, architecture teams, external partners, and vendors to ensure solutions are ready for production.
In This Role, You Will
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 three to four days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, Ontario. 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. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What You Need To Have To Be Considered
Compensation
We regularly assess market data to ensure we offer a competitive compensation package for our associates. The base salary for this position ranges between $70,000 – $110,000 per year. Where the successful candidate may fall within the range depends on relevant education, work and/or management experience and other business-related and job-necessary qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual performance-based bonus, as well as benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
As a UAT Lead, Payments, you will make an impact by leading the end-to-end delivery and successful execution of User Acceptance Testing across complex payment initiatives. You will work collaboratively with product owners, business operations, subject matter experts, technology teams, architecture teams, external partners, and vendors to ensure solutions are ready for production.
In This Role, You Will
- Own the complete UAT lifecycle, including planning, execution, defect management, reporting, business sign-off, and stakeholder communications.
- Define the UAT scope, test strategy, entry and exit criteria, test scenarios, execution plans, and business-readiness requirements.
- Lead cross-functional coordination across business, product, operations, technology, architecture, integration teams, and external partners.
- Manage testing across multiple upstream and downstream applications, interfaces, integrations, and dependent systems.
- Provide executive-level status reporting, proactively manage risks and issues, and validate end-to-end business processes before production deployment.
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 three to four days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, Ontario. 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. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What You Need To Have To Be Considered
- 7+ years of professional experience in User Acceptance Testing, quality assurance, testing, or related roles within complex enterprise environments.
- Extensive experience leading User Acceptance Testing across large-scale enterprise programs involving multiple applications, integrations, vendors, and business teams.
- Strong knowledge of the Canadian payments ecosystem, including hands-on experience with Interac e-Transfer and wire payments.
- Experience with payment switching, financial message flows, and messaging standards or concepts such as ISO 20022 and SWIFT.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end payment processing, including settlement, reconciliation, exception handling, and upstream and downstream system dependencies.
- Proven experience with testing methodologies, defect lifecycle management, release management, risk management, executive reporting, and business sign-off.
- Experience translating complex business requirements into comprehensive UAT scenarios and execution plans.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders across business, product, operations, technology, architecture, and external partners.
- Experience identifying and escalating delivery risks within highly integrated banking or financial services environments.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present testing status, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- A collaborative leadership style with the ability to drive accountability across teams without direct authority.
Compensation
We regularly assess market data to ensure we offer a competitive compensation package for our associates. The base salary for this position ranges between $70,000 – $110,000 per year. Where the successful candidate may fall within the range depends on relevant education, work and/or management experience and other business-related and job-necessary qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual performance-based bonus, as well as benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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