Test Lead

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Location:
Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor) Public Sector

Experience:
Required – OPS / Public Sector Contract End Date: 2027-09-28
* Rate: $84/hour Overview The Government Services Integration Cluster, under the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, is seeking a Senior Test Lead to drive quality assurance and testing across the full delivery lifecycle of a large, complex digital or enterprise solution. The successful consultant will define the overarching test strategy and lead all testing activities — from planning and execution through to release readiness — ensuring quality is embedded at every stage of delivery.

Key Responsibilities
• Define and maintain the project's test strategy and quality-management approach throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, procedures, and completion reports.
• Lead end-to-end testing activities including functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Identify and implement opportunities to apply test automation for UI, API, and database testing to improve efficiency and coverage.
• Coordinate test environments, tools, accounts, test data, entry and exit criteria, and supporting resources.
• Establish requirements traceability and test-coverage reporting to ensure full solution coverage.
• Lead defect triage, manage defects through identification, prioritization, resolution, retesting, and closure.
• Identify testing risks, dependencies, constraints, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain test metrics, dashboards, traceability reports, and quality assessments.
• Report testing progress, quality indicators, outstanding defects, and release risks to senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate testing activities across business, development, architecture, security, privacy, and operational teams.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations on solution quality and production readiness. Must-Have Requirements
• Demonstrated 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 automated and manual testing approaches, including UI, API, and database testing.
• 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 multidisciplinary teams including business, development, architecture, security, and operations.
• Experience managing defects end-to-end 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 and residual quality risk. Nice-to-Have Skills
• Experience communicating quality risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders and executive audiences.
• Experience working within Ontario Public Service (OPS) or broader public sector environments. Work Environment This is a fully onsite role, 5 days per week, located at 222 Jarvis St., 5th Floor, Toronto. No security clearance is required. The role involves close coordination with multidisciplinary teams including business, development, architecture, security, privacy, and operations stakeholders throughout the testing lifecycle. Previous Job Job Listings Next Job
• Final role details, responsibilities, and terms will be confirmed with shortlisted candidates. Compensation may vary based on experience. Errors and omissions excepted.