7+ years of experience in quality assurance, with at least 3+ years in a Test Data Management (TDM) lead or senior role.

Proven experience in designing and implementing test data management strategies, data masking, and test data provisioning for large-scale software projects.

Lead the development and implementation of comprehensive test data management strategies to support functional, regression, performance, security, and other types of testing.

Establish governance processes and best practices for handling, managing, and securing test data across multiple projects and environments.

Ensure that test data complies with legal, regulatory, and organizational security policies (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

Design and oversee the creation of high-quality, realistic, and representative test data to meet the needs of different types of testing.

Use data generation tools and techniques to produce test data that mirrors real-world data while maintaining privacy and security.

Develop automated processes for generating and refreshing test data in line with project and release timelines.

Implement and manage data masking, anonymization, and sanitization techniques to ensure sensitive information is protected while retaining data integrity for testing purposes.

Develop and enforce data security practices related to the use and storage of test data.

Work closely with QA, development, and DevOps teams to understand the specific test data requirements for different testing phases (e.g., unit, integration, performance, UAT).

Collaborate with business and IT teams to ensure that required test data is available when needed and meets quality expectations.

Support the creation of data models and mapping to align test data with application requirements.

Implement strategies for efficient storage and retrieval of test data to ensure high performance and reduce resource consumption during testing.

Continuously assess and optimize test data strategies to improve test execution time, resource allocation, and overall testing efficiency.

Manage large-scale data sets and ensure their availability across multiple environments (development, testing, staging, production).

Lead the evaluation, implementation, and continuous improvement of test data management tools and automation platforms (e.g., Informatica TDM, Delphix, IBM InfoSphere Optim).

Leverage automation to streamline test data creation, management, and refresh cycles, ensuring quick access to the latest data for testing.

Drive the adoption of self-service tools to enable teams to generate, refresh, and manage their own test data securely.

Monitor and manage test data usage to ensure compliance with internal standards and external regulations.

Provide regular reporting on test data quality, availability, and utilization to key stakeholders, highlighting any risks or issues.

Track and resolve test data issues (e.g., missing data, incorrect data) and provide solutions to improve data availability and accuracy.

Lead and mentor a team of test data management professionals, providing guidance, training, and support to enhance team capabilities.

Establish clear goals, KPIs, and performance metrics for the team and ensure that projects are completed on time and to a high standard.

Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging the team to innovate and apply new test data management techniques.

Stay up-to-date with emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in test data management and data privacy.

Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and methods to improve the test data management process, increase efficiency, and reduce manual effort.

Experience with AI and automation tools for test data generation and data management.