We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented QA/Testing Lead to join our Workday team.

This newly created role offers a unique opportunity to shape our Workday testing strategy and processes from the ground up.

You will be instrumental in building a robust, scalable, and repeatable testing framework that supports both enhancements and business-as-usual updates.

If you are passionate about quality, thrive in Agile environments, and enjoy cross-functional collaboration, we'd love to hear from you.

Objectives :

- Ensure the highest quality of Workday enhancement and incident-fix releases by developing and executing comprehensive testing strategies.

- Design testing plans, framework including review scenarios/scripts that align with product team goals and customer needs.

- Collaborate across functions to incorporate necessary product changes and ensure seamless delivery.

Responsibilities :

- Develop or review and execute test scenarios/scripts and or more formal plans, to validate product functionality against requirements and specifications.

- Perform functional, security, and regression testing of enhancement/incident-fix releases in conjunction with the regional business leads.

- Coordinate with regional business Leads, business testers, and Build Team to ensure reported defects and issues from UAT are resolved or addressed

- Ensure timely completion of tests and clear communication of results.

- Support regular audit team request for information on test process

- Provide actionable feedback to improve application enhancement development, testing and deployment processes.

- Stay current with the latest testing tools, techniques, and methodologies and provide recommendations on testing standards, practices, and documentation including the use of testing automation tools.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field.

- 6- 8 years of Workday functional experience in Core HR, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Talent/Performance Management and Security

- Workday Report Writer skills to pull test data and audit related information out of Workday

- Familiarity with ServiceNow case management system

- Exposure to in-depth Workday configuration and end-to-end solutions, including downstream system impacts, is not essential but an advantage

- 2- 3 years of experience in QA/testing roles, ideally within SaaS support organization or tech consultancy environments.

- Strong understanding of Agile testing practices and the four quadrants of testing.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.

- Stakeholder expectation management