Quality Assurance Lead
HRBrain
CONTRACT
Canada
Posted 2 years ago
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Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Quality Assurance Lead
Term: 8 months (with extension) – 37.5 hours/Week
Location: Toronto – Hybrid (2 days on-site)
Job ID number: C1212
Brief Description of Duties:
- Test Strategy and Planning:
- Develop, own, and deliver a comprehensive test strategy for Global Asset Management (GAM) acquisition integration, considering project requirements, timelines, resources, and best practices.
- Collaborate with other lines of business (LOBs), workstreams, business analysts, developers, and project managers to define and own test objectives, priorities, and success criteria.
- Create test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on functional, regulatory, and technical specifications. Create Playbook and Runbooks.
- Collaborate with PMs to track all code deliveries, create test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on functional, regulatory, and technical specifications.
- Align with all other workstreams, Enterprise technology teams, and guidelines.
- Stakeholder Engagement, and Hands-on delivery:
- Assign tasks, set clear expectations, and monitor team performance.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performance work environment, encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Test Execution and Management:
- Coordinate and prioritize testing activities, ensuring optimal test coverage.
- Execute test cases and review test results, identifying discrepancies, defects, and potential risks.
Track defects through resolution. - Manage and maintain test environments, ensuring data integrity and proper configuration.
- Monitor and report on testing progress, providing accurate and timely status updates to project stakeholders.
- Regulatory Compliance:
- Ensure that the software solutions adhere to relevant regulatory requirements (eg Fintrac, privacy, etc)
- Collaborate with compliance officers and legal teams to ensure compliance throughout the testing process.
- Identify and address any compliance-related issues or risks, working closely with the development and business teams.
- Test Automation and Tools:
- Identify opportunities for test automation and implement efficient test automation frameworks and tools specific to financial asset management.
- Collaborate with developers to ensure testability and implement unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests
- Quality Assurance:
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and product managers, to ensure high quality standards and best practices.
- Conduct root cause analysis of defects and collaborate with the team to implement preventive measures.
- Continuously improve testing processes and methodologies to enhance overall quality and efficiency.
Must Haves:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Test Lead or in a similar role, specifically in asset management or investment software testing, with a track record of successful test management
- Strong knowledge of software testing concepts, methodologies, tools, and asset management processes.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements and compliance frameworks in the financial industry.
- Experience leading and managing a team of testers.
- Proficiency in test management tools and defect tracking systems.
- Familiarity with test automation frameworks and tools.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, regulatory-driven environment.
Nice to Haves:
- Relevant certifications such as ISTQB or similar certification is a plus.
Soft Skills:
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Job Features
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