Software QA Engineer 2
IQVIA · Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
About Cedar Gate Technologies
Cedar Gate Technologies, an IQVIA business, enables payers, providers, employers, and service administrators to excel at value-based care with a unified technology and services platform delivering analytics, care, and payment technology on a single data management foundation. At Cedar Gate, you’ll be part of a collaborative, innovative environment where great ideas thrive. We invest deeply in our people through ongoing training, comprehensive benefits, and a strong culture of teamwork, offering the chance to grow your skills while contributing to high impact initiatives for some of the world's most dynamic companies.
Position Summary
Join Cedar Gate Technologies, an IQVIA business, as a Software QA Engineer 2, leading quality efforts for assigned product areas. You’ll collaborate with QA, Product, Engineering, Client Success, and Implementation teams to improve quality throughout the delivery lifecycle and support reliable, high quality releases. As the primary QA contact for assigned products, you’ll align testing priorities across teams, coordinate release readiness, and promote consistent QA standards. You’ll also perform hands on testing as needed for high priority releases, complex product scenarios, and client needs.
This role is ideal for an experienced QA professional who enjoys taking ownership, working across teams, and balancing quality leadership with hands on testing.
Roles & Responsibilities
QA Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment
› Serve as the primary QA partner for Product, Engineering, Client Success, Implementation, and Leadership across assigned product areas.
› Partner with Product and Engineering throughout roadmap, sprint, and release planning to align requirements, quality priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery expectations.
› Provide leadership with regular visibility into QA performance, release status, quality trends, and key risks.
› Participate in enterprise QA governance and promote consistent adoption of QA standards and best practices.
Release Oversight & Quality Governance
› Partner with QA teams to align priorities, address quality blockers, and ensure testing remains on track for release.
› Review QA effort estimates, test plans, and testing strategies to ensure appropriate coverage and alignment with release requirements.
› Conduct testability reviews of functional requirements before development begins.
› Assess release readiness and provide QA sign off on established quality gates prior to production releases.
› Review QA metrics, root cause analyses, reliability findings, and release trends to identify systemic quality issues and opportunities for improvement.
Quality Execution & Client Support
› Provide hands on testing support for high priority releases, complex product scenarios, and client specific needs.
› Participate in client discussions when QA expertise is needed to address product quality questions or testing gaps.
Automation & AI
› Contribute to test automation and AI enabled testing initiatives, with a focus on adoption, effectiveness, and quality outcomes.
› Evaluate and support the use of AI assisted testing tools and validation approaches as product capabilities and QA practices evolve.
Job Location
Greenwich, CT
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 remote)
Experience / Qualifications
› At least 5 years of software QA and testing experience, including coordination across functions, with at least 1 year leading QA activities, initiatives, or projects.
› Experience collaborating with QA, Product, and Engineering teams throughout software development and release.
› Proven ability to balance QA leadership and coordination with direct testing as needed.
› Background in test planning, release readiness, defect management, and root cause analysis.
› Practical experience with QA automation and testing tools or approaches that use AI.
› Strong skills in analysis, problem solving, and logical reasoning.
› Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills for effective communication across technical, business, and distributed teams.
› Adaptability to shifting priorities and ability to support adoption of new technologies, tools, and QA processes.
› Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or substantial professional experience.
› Healthcare experience in payer, provider, or healthcare technology environments is highly preferred.
› Client-facing QA support experience is preferred.
› Familiarity with enterprise QA governance, quality metrics, and scorecards is preferred.
› To be eligible for this position, you must reside in the same country where the job is located.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $69,600.00 - $174,000.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.