Data Governance Tools UAT Test Lead

SMBC Group is a top‑tier global financial group headquartered in Tokyo with over 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide. In the Americas, the Group operates in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, providing commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients.

We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Tools Test Lead to plan, coordinate, and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for enterprise data governance platforms including Collibra Data Quality, Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, Power BI, and Service Now. The role ensures solutions meet business requirements, comply with data governance standards, and deliver a seamless user experience before production deployment.

• Collaborate with data governance, business, and technology stakeholders to understand testing requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Validate requirements with business stakeholders, QA teams, and product owners.
• Develop comprehensive test strategy, plans, and acceptance criteria for Data Governance tool platforms.
• Create detailed test cases, scenarios and automated test cases for the Data Governance tools ecosystem.
• Develop and maintain automated tests where feasible (UI, API, batch processes).
• Serve as the primary liaison between business users and technical teams during testing.
• Manage test environments, data setup, and testing tools.
• Execute tests for different cycles, log defects, and track resolution.
• Facilitate office hours, workshops, and UAT sign‑off, providing clear reporting on test progress and outcomes.
• Identify and raise risks impacting testing timelines or quality.
• Maintain detailed documentation for traceability, audit, and compliance purposes.
• Ensure coverage for data governance, data quality rules, workflows, and integrations.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory, enterprise data governance, and SDLC standards.

• 10+ years in UAT or QA roles, with at least 5 years in a lead capacity.
• Hands‑on UAT experience and a solid understanding of test methodologies in the data management domain.
• Knowledge of data governance concepts, data quality frameworks, and metadata management.
• Proficiency with test management and defect tracking tools such as JIRA, XRAY, and Zephyr.
• Comfortable working with SQL and BI tools to validate data.
• Test automation skills in Python, Java, or JavaScript.
• Experience with API testing (REST) using tools such as Postman or SoapUI.
• Solid understanding of functional, integration, regression, UAT, and negative testing.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with JIRA and Confluence.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, able to work with complex data and metadata models.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Establish a unified testing framework aligned to the Data Governance Testing Manager’s strategy.
• Support the Global Data Management Department on testing maturity and best practices.

• Collibra certifications.
• Familiarity with integration testing involving ETL tools, APIs, or data lakes.
• Prior experience in Agile or Dev Ops environments.

• Direct hands‑on experience with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform (Catalog, glossary, workflow, lineage, policies) and Collibra Data Quality (rule configuration, monitoring, scorecards).
• Experience with Data.
  
  World or Apache Atlas.
• Experience with data quality automation tools such as Great Expectations, Deequ, or SODA.

• UAT completion within agreed timelines.
• Defect leakage rate post‑UAT.
• Stakeholder satisfaction with the UAT process and outcomes.

SMBC’s employees work in a hybrid model that allows both remote and on‑site work. Employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office. The specific hybrid schedule will be discussed during the interview process; certain roles, such as some FINRA‑registered positions, may require full in‑office attendance.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities in line with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please notify us at