Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. PURPOSEOperating as part of the International Product function, the successful candidate will lead the Test center of excellence in their region, with focus on User Acceptance Testing (UAT) function across all Global Payment applications, ensuring new features, platform changes and integrations meet defined business,compliance and customer experience requirements.In this role, the successful candidate ensures a structured, efficient and user-centric approach to testing, serving as a critical link between business stakeholders and delivery teams to safeguard the quality and integrity of business outcome.This is a highly active and varied role, requiring a candidate to accept / willingness to flex into tasks and activities outside of the formal job description as needed. Candidates must be able to demonstrate recent experience of similar roles and responsibilities.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES● Strategy and Leadership○ Define and own the UAT strategy and roadmap across all programs○ Lead, mentor and grow a team of UAT analysts and testers○ Collaborate with UAT Delivery head, senior stakeholders, delivery team to ensure alignment of testing goals and priorities● Planning and Execution○ Oversee the planning and execution of UAT activities, including test case design, scheduling, execution and defect management.○ Ensure thorough traceability between business requirements, test scenarios and outcomes.○ Manage the UAT environment and test data provisioning in collaboration with IT and QA teams.● Stakeholder management○ Act as the primary point of contact between business users and delivery team during UAT cycles○ Lead UAT governance meetings, defect triage sessions, status reporting toexecutive stakeholders.○ Facilitate sign offs and go/no-go decisions in collaboration with businessstakeholders and sponsors.● Risk and Quality Assurance:○ Identify UAT risks, issues and dependencies early and implement migration plans○ Continuously assess and improve UAT processes, tools and best practices○ Ensure compliance with regulatory and audit requirements related to testing.COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS or ABILITIES / BEHAVIOR)● Strong understanding of payment acquiring systems, transaction processing, card schemes and merchant platforms● Understanding of payments processing systems/applications● Demonstrated ability to manage end-to-end UAT● Deep knowledge of Test governance, user centric validation and business process assurance.● Exceptional communication and cross functional collaboration skills.● Ability to motivate others and move toward a common vision or goal● Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations● Forward looking to a holistic approach● Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others● Strong business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges● Experience with large-scale organizational change management efforts● Strong experience of technology, processes and tools to support UAT● English language proficiency on both spoken and written is a mustQUALIFICATIONS● Bachelor's degree from college or university● 7+ years of experience in UAT/QA roles with at least 2 years in a senior or leadership role within payments or fintech domain.● 7+ years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment.● Certifications such as ISTQB, PMP, or Product Owner are a plusGlobal Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. If you wish to request reasonable accommodations related to applying for employment or provide feedback about the accessibility of this website, please contact