Quality Assurance Specialist- Communications

The Communications Quality Assurance Specialist is a key member of the Quality Assurance team responsible for ensuring accuracy, consistency, and high-quality delivery of personalized customer communications across channels such as email, SMS, mobile app, and real-time decisioning platforms.

This role requires strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and the ability to question assumptions thoughtfully and constructively. The ideal candidate is a collaborative problem-solver who can influence decisions through clear reasoning, data-driven insights, and effective communication.

• Gather and analyze business requirements for targeted customer communications.

• Translate requirements into comprehensive test data sets and prepare corresponding records for deployment within the Pega decision engine.

• Identify opportunities to streamline, optimize, and automate testing and data management processes.

• Execute end-to-end testing to validate message delivery, formatting, sequencing logic, and customer-level accuracy across communication channels.

• Document test results thoroughly and maintain organized, auditable testing records.

• Develop, update, and maintain process documentation and standard operating procedures.

• Manage stakeholder approval workflows and ensure proper governance protocols are followed.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to support testing activities and data needs.

• Strong written, verbal, and organizational skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and adapt quickly to changing requirements.

• Experience with Pega is preferred but not required.

• 1–2 years of experience in an analytical, data-driven, or QA-focused environment preferred.

• Experience with SQL and/or Python for data manipulation and transformation is highly desirable.

• No formal degree required with relevant professional experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related field is a plus.

Hours per Week: 40

Schedule: Monday–Friday

Hybrid: 4 days per week on site, 1 day remote

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