RQ11722 – Test Lead – Senior

Job summary

Lead quality assurance and end-to-end testing across the delivery lifecycle, including defining test strategy and overseeing manual and automated testing activities. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage defects and quality reporting, and provide evidence-based recommendations on solution quality and production readiness.

Job details

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11722 We are seeking a Senior Test Lead with extensive experience leading quality assurance and testing activities for large, complex digital and enterprise solutions. The ideal candidate will have expertise in developing comprehensive test strategies, test plans, scenarios, scripts, procedures, and completion reports, as well as leading functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing. The successful candidate will oversee manual and automated testing approaches, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage defects, monitor quality metrics, and provide evidence-based recommendations regarding solution quality and production readiness. Role Snapshot Job Title: RQ11722 – Test Lead – Senior Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Work Location: 22 Jarvis Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week Estimated Start Date: November 2, 2026 Estimated End Date: September 28, 2027 Business Days: 230.00 Extension: Probable after the initial mandate Hours: 7.25 hours per day Security Level: No Clearance Required Must Have Experience leading testing for large, complex digital or enterprise solutions. Experience developing comprehensive test strategies, test plans, scenarios, scripts, procedures, and completion reports. Experience leading functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing. Experience with both automation and manual testing. Ability to define and maintain the project's test strategy and quality-management approach. Experience developing test plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, procedures, and reports. Description The Senior Test Lead leads quality assurance and testing across the delivery lifecycle. This role defines the overall test strategy and directs the development and execution of test plans, scenarios, scripts, defect-management processes, and quality reporting, with test automation applied where appropriate. Experience Experience leading testing for large, complex digital or enterprise solutions. Experience developing comprehensive test strategies, test plans, scenarios, scripts, procedures, and completion reports. Experience leading functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing. Experience using test automation tools and approaches to support user-interface, API, or database testing where appropriate. Experience selecting and applying testing tools, programming languages, frameworks, and quality practices. Experience establishing test environments, test data, entry and exit criteria, and test schedules. Experience coordinating testing across business, development, architecture, security, privacy, and operational teams. Experience managing defects through identification, prioritization, resolution, retesting, and closure. Experience developing test metrics, dashboards, traceability reports, and quality assessments. Experience providing evidence-based recommendations regarding release readiness. General Skills / Duties Define and maintain the project's test strategy and quality-management approach. Develop test plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, procedures, and reports. Lead testing activities using manual and automated approaches, as appropriate. Identify opportunities to use test automation to improve efficiency and coverage. Coordinate test environments, tools, accounts, data, and supporting resources. Establish requirements traceability and test-coverage reporting. Lead defect triage and monitor defects through resolution and closure. Identify testing risks, dependencies, constraints, and mitigation strategies. Report testing progress, quality indicators, outstanding defects, and release risks. Provide recommendations on solution quality and production readiness. Experience And Skill Set Requirements Test Leadership and Strategy – 40% Experience leading end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions. Experience developing test strategies, plans, schedules, quality criteria, and completion reports. Experience coordinating multidisciplinary testing activities. Test Execution and Defect Management – 35% Experience leading functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, and acceptance testing. Experience managing defects, test evidence, requirements traceability, and test coverage. Experience assessing release readiness and residual quality risk. Communication and Reporting – 25% Excellent leadership, facilitation, reporting, and problem-solving skills. Experience communicating quality risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders. Ability to coordinate business and technical teams during testing and defect resolution. How to Apply If you are interested and your profile matches the requirements, kindly send the following mandatory documents to hrsmss@smsoftconsulting.com by Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST. Mandatory Documents Updated Resume in Word format (Mandatory) References (Mandatory) Expected Hourly Rate (Mandatory) Visa Status (Mandatory) LinkedIn ID (Mandatory) Without the mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate. WhatsApp Group For daily job updates, you can also join our WhatsApp group using the link below: Join our WhatsApp Group Note Onsite – 5 days per week. Email is the best way to reach us. 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What you’ll do

Lead quality assurance and end-to-end testing across the delivery lifecycle, including defining test strategy and overseeing manual and automated testing activities. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage defects and quality reporting, and provide evidence-based recommendations on solution quality and production readiness.

Requirements

Requires extensive experience leading testing for large, complex digital or enterprise solutions and developing comprehensive test strategies, plans, scripts, and reports. Candidates should have experience across multiple testing types, automation, defect management, test metrics, and communicating quality risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Listed skills

• Quality assurance · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Test Leadership
• Test Strategy
• Quality Assurance
• Test Planning
• Manual Testing
• Test Automation
• Functional Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
• Regression Testing
• Accessibility Testing
• Performance Testing
• Security Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Defect Management
• Release Readiness Assessment

Job areas

• Technology
• Software
• Management & Leadership
• Government & Public Sector

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