R&D Release & UAT Lead – GPQSS Digital

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The opportunity

As a Release / UAT Lead you will play a critical role in ensuring digital solutions meet business expectations and are fully prepared for production release. You will be responsible for planning scheduling coordinating and managing software releases across multiple teams and environments ensuring timely delivery with high quality minimal risk and clear communication to all stakeholders.

You will lead and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities serving as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders product owners and delivery teams. This role ensures successful validation of functional usability and quality requirements across applications that operate at the intersection of IT and business operations.

The Release / UAT Lead acts as a key bridge between development QA operations and business teams enabling smooth releases and successful business outcomes.

How youll make an impact

• Plan coordinate and manage end-to-end software releases across all environments ensuring timely high-quality and low-risk deployments. Define and maintain release schedules calendars runbooks and governance standards while managing risks dependencies and rollback strategies.

• Act as the primary coordination point between development QA DevOps product owners and business stakeholders to ensure release readiness. Lead release readiness reviews go/no-go decisions production monitoring post-release validation and retrospectives.

• Drive continuous improvement through release automation process optimizations and lessons learned. Own and lead the end-to-end UAT strategy including scope timelines entry/exit criteria and alignment with Agile and release cycles.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to validate functional usability regulatory and quality requirements.

• Manage UAT planning execution defect lifecycle (logging prioritization tracking retesting and closure) and formal business sign-off. Provide clear UAT and release status reporting metrics risks and recommendations to leadership teams.

• Ensure comprehensive documentation including release notes validation reports and user experience improvement recommendations. Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning backlog refinement daily stand-ups sprint reviews and retrospectives to ensure alignment between UAT release activities and sprint deliverables. Collaborate with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to ensure acceptance criteria are well-defined testable and aligned with business outcomes.

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations procedures and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energys core values safety and integrity which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Required bachelors in engineering (Electrical Computer Science IT or related field) with 8 years of overall testing experience including 35 years in UAT Lead Test Management or Release Management roles.

• Strong understanding of SDLC UAT processes Agile/Scrum DevOps and hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Proven ability to translate business requirements into UAT scenarios acceptance criteria and test coverage aligned with business workflows. Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking in Azure DevOps. Solid knowledge of software quality assurance release management and change management practices.

• Experience working with enterprises web-based and integrated systems in global cross-functional environments. Strong analytical problem-solving and risk assessment skills with the ability to identify gaps early.

• Excellent communication organizational and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams. Demonstrated ability to work independently manage multiple releases and deliver in fast-paced Agile environments.

• Practical experience working within Scrum teams with strong awareness of Agile principles sprint cycles backlog management and incremental delivery. Familiarity with roles of Scrum Master Product Owner and cross-functional teams and the ability to effectively collaborate within Agile delivery frameworks.

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