Data Governance Tools UAT Test Lead

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan.

SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network.

The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

We are seeking an experienced Data governance tools test lead who will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for enterprise data governance tool platforms including Collibra Data Quality, Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, Power BI and Service Now. This role ensures that 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.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, QA teams, and product owners to validate requirements.

• Develop comprehensive Test strategy, test plans, and acceptance criteria aligned with business objectives for Data Governance tool platforms.

• Create detailed test cases, test scenarios and automated test cases for Data Governance tools ecosystem.

• Develop and maintain automated tests where feasible (UI, API, batch processes) for all Data Governance tool eco system.

• Act as primary liaison between business users and technical teams during testing.

• Manage test environments, data setup, and testing tools used for Data Governance tool platforms

• Execute Tests for different cycles, log defects, and track resolution.

• Facilitate Office Hours, workshops and UAT sign-off and provide clear reporting on test progress and outcomes.

• Identify and elevate 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 with good understanding of different test methodologies in data management domain.

• Demonstrate an understanding of data governance concepts, data quality frameworks, and metadata management.

• Proficiency with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g. JIRA, XRAY, Zephyr)

• Comfortable working with SQL and BI tools to validate data where needed.

• Test automation skills in Python, Java, or Java Script

• Experience with API testing (REST), using tools such as Postman, SoapUI or similar

• Solid knowledge of software testing methodologies: functional, integration, regression, UAT, and negative testing.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and using tools like JIRA, Confluence or similar

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; ability to work with complex data and metadata models.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.

• Establish unified testing framework aligned to the Data Governance…