Quality Assurance Director

3 weeks ago


Canada Test Dev Tools Full time

Who we are: We're a global digital transformation partner for change agents, working to modernize their organizations.

Who we help: Our 650+ digital specialists have helped global companies like Kraft Heinz, Moderna, Lululemon, Games Workshop, Atlassian, and The Very Group create business impact.

What we do: We offer clients end-to-end expertise across Business Strategy, Commerce, Platform, Products, Innovation, and beyond.

How we help: We work together as one connected team to drive business impact and ensure every strategy is actionable through to execution in the context of your organization’s broader ecosystem. We collaborate as cross-disciplinary pods and as extensions of client teams - ensuring the right perspectives contribute to creating connected, value-generating outcomes.

If you'd like to learn more about Apply Digital's culture click HERE .

Apply Digital is seeking a strategic and experienced Quality Assurance (QA) Director to lead our diverse Technology team. The ideal candidate for this role has a deep understanding of QA methodologies and best practices, with a proven track record of guiding the transformation and evolution of QA teams towards automated tooling in CI/CD pipelines.

As the QA Director, you will shape the strategic direction of Apply Digital's QA discipline alongside the Head of Technology. Your leadership will be instrumental in mentoring, supporting, upskilling, and growing the existing QA team. You will establish processes for setting up and maintaining QA automation and agile QA work practices across all projects for our organization.

Responsibilities:
  • Guide the strategic direction and transformation of the QA team.
  • Mentor all QA team members, providing guidance and support for improving their contribution to the teams.
  • Take ownership of the testing process, providing leadership to the QA team.
  • Collaborate closely with leadership from other disciplines to improve QA-related workflows.
  • Allocate and coordinate QA resources across various projects.
  • Achieve quality assurance operational objectives by contributing to information analysis.
  • Manage the QA department budget, ensuring cost-effective allocation of resources.
  • Maintain and improve product quality by completing product, company, system, and compliance audits.
  • Prepare quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
  • Contribute to the sales and qualification phase of multiple projects, providing QA expertise to relevant stakeholders.
Qualifications:
  • Deep understanding of software QA methodologies, best practices, tools, and processes, with a focus on Agile/Scrum development principles.
  • Familiarity with the principles of test automation and CI/CD pipelines, with the ability to guide teams in incorporating QA best practices into these processes.
  • Proven ability to develop, implement, and oversee strategic plans for quality assurance.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, with experience providing mentorship and fostering the growth and development of team members.
  • Strong client-facing skills and the ability to provide QA expertise to stakeholders during the sales and qualification phase of projects.
  • Exceptional change management skills, with a track record of guiding teams through transformations towards automation and DevOps practices.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with leadership from other disciplines to improve QA-related workflows.
  • Engineering or Computer Science Degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
  • QA-related certification (ie. ISTQB) or equivalent experience.
LIFE AT APPLY DIGITAL:
  • Flexibility - work where you work best
  • Competitive benefits plan
  • Generous paid time off - take the time you need to be balanced and energized
  • A growing company means many opportunities for advancement - we like to promote from within
  • Regular team and company events (karaoke, escape rooms, axe throwing and more)
  • Training budgets, Days of Learning, company-wide training, Apply Library and our Hackathon for Good mean you have many different ways to learn and stretch yourself

ABOUT APPLY DIGITAL

We are a digital innovation company focused on products, platforms, and commerce. Digital to our core, we are purpose-built to transform possibilities for people. We solve complex problems with well-executed solutions tailor-made for continuous growth — we're ambitious, and our clients are too. We work with well-funded start-ups, global brands, and Fortune 1000 companies spanning industries and audiences, including Moderna, Kraft Heinz, Arc’teryx, and Realtor.com .

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