Test Lead

Contract Duration: November 2, 2026 – September 28, 2027 (230 days)

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Test Lead to lead quality assurance and end-to-end testing for large, complex digital and enterprise solutions within a government environment. The successful candidate will define testing strategies, oversee manual and automated testing, manage defects, and provide quality assessments and release-readiness recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, and completion reports.
• Lead functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing.
• Oversee manual and automated testing across user interfaces, APIs, and databases.
• Coordinate test environments, test data, tools, resources, and schedules.
• Manage defect triage, prioritization, resolution, retesting, and closure.
• Establish requirements traceability, test coverage, quality metrics, and reporting dashboards.
• Identify testing risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with business, development, architecture, security, privacy, and operational teams.
• Communicate quality risks and provide evidence-based recommendations on release readiness and production deployment.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end-to-end testing for large, complex digital or enterprise solutions.
• Strong experience developing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, scripts, procedures, and completion reports.
• Hands-on knowledge of both manual and automated testing methodologies.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary testing teams and coordinating testing across business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong defect management, requirements traceability, test coverage, and quality reporting experience.
• Excellent leadership, communication, facilitation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Important: This is a fully onsite contract opportunity in downtown Toronto, requiring attendance five days per week. Candidates must be available to work onsite for the contract duration.