Team Lead – Operations | UAT & Migration Testing
Location:

Remote – India
⏳ Duration:

12 Months Contract
Experience:

7+ Years
Domain:

Banking
️ Defect Tracking Tool:

JIRA
Job Purpose
We are looking for an experienced

Team Lead – Operations

to lead day-to-day

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

activities for a banking setting.

The role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing UAT to ensure

business continuity, data integrity, and regulatory compliance

through structured validation and effective stakeholder collaboration.

The candidate will act as a key liaison between

Business, Operations, Technology, Product Owners, and Vendor teams

to ensure successful validation of functional requirements.

The role will own requirements, proactively identify project risks, and minimize operational risk during system migration and implementation.

Key Responsibilities
A. UAT Planning & Coordination
Understand business requirements and migration scope.

Prepare UAT strategy and test approach.

Coordinate with business users, product owners, and vendor teams.

Define UAT entry and exit criteria.

Review

BRDs, FSDs, mapping documents, and migration logic .

Prepare UAT test scenarios and test cases covering: Core banking functionalities
Reports validation
Interface validations
Regulatory requirements
Review test results and obtain stakeholder sign-off.
B.

Migration Testing
Validate data migration between legacy and new systems.

Perform

UAT and SIT testing

throughout the migration lifecycle,



ensuring seamless transition from the legacy platform to the new system without business disruption.

Perform: Field-level validation
Data reconciliation
Balance validation
Transaction history validation
Identification and logging of data mismatches
Coordinate with IT teams for defect investigation and resolution.
C.

Integration Testing
Perform integration testing of systems used by the bank.

Validate

end-to-end integration

between the core banking system and interfacing applications, such as credit card systems.

Coordinate with interface teams and vendors to resolve reported issues and data mismatches.

Design comprehensive integration test scenarios covering

real-time and batch interactions

across systems.
D.

Test Execution & Defect Management
Execute UAT test cases and document results.

Log and manage defects using

JIRA .

Perform retesting and regression testing.

Track defect status and follow up with vendors and technology teams.

Provide daily and weekly testing status reports.

Support business users during test execution.

Clarify functional queries raised by business and technology teams.

Escalate critical issues and risks when required.
E.





Reporting & Documentation
Create and maintain comprehensive test evidence.

Prepare and publish

UAT status reports and defect summary reports .

Prepare

Go-Live Readiness Reports .

Manage daily status communications and stakeholder updates.

Support the formal UAT sign-off process.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience
7+ years of overall experience

in Banking Operations and Testing.

Strong hands-on experience in

UAT and SIT testing

within banking environments.

Sound knowledge of

retail/loyalty-based banking practices, products, and services .

Experience in

data migration, reconciliation, integration testing, and defect management .

Strong understanding of banking systems, interfaces, and end-to-end transaction flows.

Hands-on experience with

JIRA or similar defect tracking tools .

Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities.

Strong interpersonal, communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.

Ability to work effectively with

Business, Operations, Technology, Product Owners, and Vendors .

Strong understanding of operational risk and the ability to proactively identify and mitigate project/migration risks.

Preferred Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will be a

banking UAT/testing professional with strong migration and integration testing experience , capable of leading testing activities, coordinating multiple stakeholders, managing defects, and ensuring business readiness for go-live.

📌 Team Leader-Ops (India)
🏢 TriOptus
📍 India