Test Lead - Senior

Toronto, ON, Canada

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Job type: Contract
Apply by: Nov 18, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 20, 2026

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Ref: RQ11722 Contract – 11 Months (Extension Possible) Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor)

Posted Date: 2026-10-20

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.

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Responsibilities

Define and maintain the project’s test strategy, plans, and quality-management approach, and lead end-to-end testing across functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance activities. Coordinate teams, environments, test data, automation, defect management, metrics, and reporting, and provide evidence-based recommendations on release readiness and quality risks.

Requirements

Requires demonstrated senior-level experience leading testing for large, complex digital or enterprise solutions, including comprehensive test planning and both manual and automated testing across UI, API, and database systems. Candidates must be experienced in coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing defects and test environments, producing quality metrics and traceability reports, and advising on release readiness; OPS or public-sector experience is required.

Skills

Test Strategy
Quality Assurance
Test Planning
Functional Testing
Integration Testing
System Testing
Regression Testing
Accessibility Testing
Performance Testing
Security Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Test Automation
UI Testing
API Testing
Database Testing
Defect Management

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Keywords

Test Strategy
Quality Management
Test Plans
Test Scenarios
Test Scripts
Functional Testing
Integration Testing
System Testing
Regression Testing
Accessibility Testing
Performance Testing
Security Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Test Automation
UI Testing
API Testing
Database Testing
Test Environments
Test Data
Requirements Traceability
Test Coverage
Defect Triage
Test Metrics
Dashboards
Release Readiness
Risk Mitigation
Ontario Public Service
Public Sector

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