Healthcare Implementation Test Manager
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
Job description
GDIT is seeking a Test Manager to lead testing and validation activities supporting the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Third Party Administrator (TPA) implementation. This role ensures end-to-end system readiness across member enrollment, certification, provider management, claims adjudication, and care coordination.
The Test Manager will oversee system, integration, data migration, interoperability, security, and compliance testing; coordinate cross-vendor execution; and deliver audit-ready results. Through rigorous validation, operational simulation, and requirements traceability, this role ensures accuracy, continuity of care, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness for Start of Healthcare Delivery
Responsibilities:
- Lead all testing and validation activities during Transition-In, ensuring readiness for Day 1 operations.
- Develop and execute the end-to-end testing strategy, including governance, timelines, and alignment with federal expectations.
- Serve as the primary testing and Quality Control liaison to CDC/NIOSH, providing audit-ready reporting, risk assessments, and status updates.
- Manage test team and guide functional, regression, automation, performance, and security testing while coordinating with partners and other vendors.
- Ensure full requirements traceability across policies, benefits design, system configurations, and test outcomes.
- Lead defect triage and remediation, prioritizing issues impacting member access, claims timeliness, and provider experience.
- Direct Acceptance & Performance Testing (APT) and Dry Run simulations of end-to-end operations (e.g., enrollment, certification, claims lifecycle).
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with government stakeholders to validate business processes.
- Oversee interoperability testing to ensure seamless data exchange across the WTCHP ecosystem.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, Section 508, NIST/FIPS, and FedRAMP, particularly within CDC cloud environments.
- Produce executive dashboards and readiness assessments focused on risk and performance.
- Ensure all deliverables are complete and support a seamless transition to operations without disruption to members or providers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 7+ years of Test Management experience supporting federal healthcare programs, health plans, or TPAs.
- Strong knowledge of healthcare operations, including claims adjudication, enrollment, provider networks, and medical necessity review.
- Experience in federally regulated, high-visibility programs with strict oversight.
- Proficiency in Agile and DevSecOps within secure government environments.
- Proven ability to develop and execute test strategies for large, multi-vendor implementations.
- Experience with testing tools (e.g., Jira, JMeter, Playwright) and automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with Azure/FedRAMP environments and secure cloud deployments.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
- Knowledge of data migration and validation in healthcare systems (claims and member data).
- Experience leveraging AI/GenAI to enhance testing efficiency and coverage.
Work Requirements Years of Experience 7 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Benefits & conditions
The likely salary range for this position is $131,750 - $178,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.