Lead User Acceptance Tester

About Delta Tech Hub:Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good. Delta has fast emerged as a customer-oriented, innovation-led, technology-driven business. The Delta Technology Hub will contribute directly to these objectives. It will sustain our long-term aspirations of delivering niche, IP-intensive, high-value, and innovative solutions. It supports various teams and functions across Delta and is an integral part of our transformation agenda, working seamlessly with a global team to create memorable experiences for customers.RESPONSIBILITIES:Lead and develop a diverse, high-performing and innovative team of User Acceptance Testers including mentoring, utilizing best practices as a people manager and organizational leaderBuild strong relationships with key partners across the enterprise in eCommerce Development and supporting areasManage user acceptance testing and organizing meetings and supporting training efforts to ensure effectiveness of UAT initiativesDemonstrate a strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and specifically UAT processes, best practices, and test methodologiesAbility to think creatively about designing test scenarios and end-to-end testingDiscover ways to improve defect mitigation across all levels of the organizationWork closely with IT and cross-functional commercial and operational business teams to successfully drive, execute and deliver on defect resolutionsOversee prioritization, tracking, validation, and resolution of defects with the Product Manager(s) and the IT teams.Advanced analytical and communication (verbal and written) skills; including executive presence.Ability to explain technical and business processes and articulate in-depth knowledge of Digital Operations, user acceptance testing, and defect management process to a wide audience.WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (MINIUMUM QUALIFICATIONS):A Bachelor's degree in Business or Technology discipline, or related field and 6 + years of work experience is required.4+ years of experience in UAT, QA & Project Management.Experience with SDLC and Agile.Experience with tools such as Agility, QLM, QTest.Familiarity with Defect Management.Strong leadership skills, written and oral communication skills, positive attitude, and able to manage change successfully in a fast-paced environmentProven track record of successfully working in a cross-departmental team environment and delivering results on time and on budgetTraining and experience in project management, release management, process optimization, problem solving, facilitation and internal/external consulting is desiredMust be a self-starter that can work independentlySelf-disciplined, organized and team-orientedPositive attitude, & able to manage change successfully in a fast-paced environmentPractices safety-conscious behaviors in all operational processes and proceduresWHAT WILL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS):Knowledge of Delta Air Lines and/or the airline industry, travel landscape and consumer behaviorTechnical understanding of web/mobile applications and UI design preferredExperience with Adobe Analytics (Omniture/Site Catalyst), Quantum Metric a plusExperience with process improvement and streamlining based on new requirementsExperience with end-to-end testing of large projectsExperience with mainframe testingFamiliar with cloud technologiesExperience with Generative AI