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Healthcare Implementation Test Manager

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Senior (5-10 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Governance
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Team Management
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Detail Oriented

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of test management experience in federal healthcare programs, health plans, or TPAs
  • Proficiency in Agile and DevSecOps within secure government environments
  • Experience with testing tools and automation (e.g., Jira, JMeter, Playwright) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
  • Strong knowledge of healthcare operations including claims adjudication, enrollment, provider networks, and medical necessity review

Requirements:

  • Lead all testing and validation activities during Transition-In and ensure Day 1 operations readiness
  • Develop and execute end-to-end testing strategy with governance, timelines, and alignment with federal expectations; serve as primary testing and QA liaison to CDC/NIOSH with audit-ready reporting and risk assessments
  • Manage test team and coordinate functional, regression, automation, performance, and security testing; ensure requirements traceability and oversee defect triage/remediation
  • Lead UAT and dry-run simulations; oversee interoperability testing and ensure HIPAA, Section 508, NIST/FIPS, and FedRAMP compliance; produce executive dashboards focused on risk and readiness

Job description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Business Readiness, End-to-End Testing, Testing Strategies, User Acceptance

Certifications:

None

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

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.

Required Skills:

  • 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.



 

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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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