- Data visualization
- Data export processes
- Metadata accuracy
- Source-to-target reconciliation
- Defect aging

We are seeking an experienced QA Manual Test Lead / Principal QA Engineer to lead quality assurance initiatives for digital applications supporting pharmaceutical early discovery research. This role will be responsible for defining testing strategy, driving quality governance, and ensuring scientific applications are thoroughly validated before release.

The successful candidate will work closely with scientists, product owners, business analysts, software engineers, data teams, and research operations stakeholders to validate scientific workflows, data integrity, usability, integrations, and end-to-end business processes.

This is a leadership role requiring deep expertise in manual testing, risk-based quality assurance, stakeholder management, and scientific application validation.

Key Responsibilities
- Define and own manual testing strategies, methodologies, test plans, quality gates, and release readiness criteria.




- Establish risk-based testing approaches for scientific and research applications.
- Lead requirement reviews and convert business requirements, user stories, scientific workflows, and acceptance criteria into comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
- Own testing estimates, schedules, resource planning, and quality reporting.
- Drive quality governance throughout the software development lifecycle.

Functional & System Testing
- Plan and execute:
- Functional Testing
- System Testing
- Integration Testing
- Regression Testing
- Exploratory Testing
- End-to-End Testing
- Usability Testing
- Compatibility Testing
- Data Validation Testing
- Validate researcher workflows including:
- Study and experiment setup
- Sample and compound management
- Assay execution and analysis
- Results review
- Data visualization
- Scientific reporting
- Search and retrieval
- Collaboration workflowsData export processes

Data & Integration Validation
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📌 QA Manual Test Lead (Buenos Aires)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Buenos Aires