End-to-End Testing Lead (6-Month Contract)

Role Overview:

As the Test Lead for our Finance & Actuarial Transformation program, you will own the end-to-end testing strategy and execution across complex, high-impact initiatives. Acting as the central bridge between business stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors, you will ensure rigorous quality assurance, clear traceability, and seamless readiness reporting, delivering reliable, audit-ready outcomes on schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the overarching testing strategy, covering scope, approach, timelines, resource allocation, test environments, and entry/exit criteria, aligned with program goals.
• Lead the design and preparation of test scenarios, cases, scripts, schedules, and test data, ensuring full traceability back to business and internal control requirements.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing cycles across business, technology, vendor, and delivery teams, proactively managing dependencies and readiness.
• Oversee end-to-end defect lifecycle management, including triage, root-cause analysis, prioritization, retesting, resolution tracking, and timely escalation.
• Track and communicate testing progress, quality metrics, risks, and dependencies to project and senior leadership, maintaining comprehensive test evidence to secure formal stakeholder signoffs.
• Elevate testing maturity by refining QA processes, tooling, standards, documentation, and post-implementation lessons learned.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in software testing or quality assurance, including hands-on leadership of testing workstreams across medium-to-large transformation initiatives.
• Proven track record of authoring and executing comprehensive test strategies, plans, scenarios, scripts, and delivery schedules.
• Direct experience orchestrating SIT, UAT, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across complex environments.
• Solid grasp of SDLC, Agile delivery, QA best practices, and defect management, paired with hands-on proficiency in tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, qTest, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated success managing test evidence, status reporting, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder signoffs across business, IT, and vendor teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Prior experience navigating multi-vendor testing environments within finance, actuarial, or regulated enterprise programs.
• Track record of championing QA process improvements, automation, or quality engineering standards.
• Relevant industry certifications such as ISTQB, Certified Agile Tester, PMI, or equivalent.

If you’re qualified and interested in this opportunity, send your resume in word format to Hira Khan at hira.khan@randstad.ca.