UAT Testing Lead Capital Markets

About the Role

DXC Technology is seeking an experienced UAT Testing Lead – Capital Markets to manage and govern User Acceptance Testing activities. This full-time role involves overseeing UAT across various Capital Markets platforms, including Trading, Treasury, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Custody, and Post-Trade systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong functional knowledge of Capital Markets instruments and processes, coupled with extensive experience in managing UAT programs within the financial services sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and govern end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities across Capital Markets applications and platforms.
• Develop and maintain UAT strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, execution schedules, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate testing activities with business users, trading, treasury, operations, risk, compliance, technology teams, and external vendors.
• Manage UAT for Trading Platforms, Treasury Management Systems (TMS), Order Management Systems (OMS), and Settlement/Clearing systems.
• Design and review complex business test scenarios covering Equities, Fixed Income, FX, and Derivatives.
• Validate front-to-back Capital Markets workflows, including trade capture, order management, execution, settlement, clearing, reconciliation, and post-trade processing.
• Ensure testing activities align with applicable SAMA and CMA regulatory requirements.
• Manage defect identification, tracking, prioritization, triage, resolution, and retesting.
• Lead defect triage sessions and coordinate root-cause analysis with business and technical teams.
• Build and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM) to ensure appropriate requirements coverage.
• Establish structured UAT governance, testing controls, reporting standards, and quality gates.
• Track UAT progress, test coverage, defect status, risks, dependencies, and overall testing readiness.
• Prepare Go/No-Go assessments, UAT sign-off reports, dashboards, and management reporting.
• Escalate critical testing risks, dependencies, and blockers to relevant stakeholders.
• Support release readiness and ensure business acceptance criteria are met before production deployment.
• Drive continuous improvement across UAT processes, governance, quality assurance, and testing standards.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Over 10 years of experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Strong hands-on experience with Capital Markets testing and quality assurance.
• Proficiency in testing Trading platforms, Treasury Management Systems (TMS), Order Management Systems (OMS), and Settlement/Clearing systems.
• In-depth knowledge of trade lifecycle and post-trade processing.
• Functional knowledge of Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Derivatives, Treasury, Trading, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Custody, and Post-Trade.
• Experience in test strategy, test planning, test scenario, and test case design.
• Competence in Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), defect management, defect triage, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with UAT governance, sign-off, and Go/No-Go reporting.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance testing, including SAMA and CMA requirements.
• Experience with testing and management tools such as JIRA, TestRail, and Azure DevOps.

Preferred Qualifications

• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification.
• Experience supporting large-scale Capital Markets transformation or modernization programs.
• Experience with digital investment or electronic trading platforms.
• Experience with regulatory-driven testing within banking or financial services.
• Experience working with multiple technology vendors and complex system integrations.
• Experience preparing and presenting UAT readiness and Go/No-Go recommendations to senior stakeholders.