QA Lead (hybrid in Montreal)

GeeksForLess Inc.; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

GeeksForLess Inc. is seeking a QA Lead in Montreal, QC, with hybrid work arrangement (3 days onsite per week) for a B2B contract. The role leads cross-functional QA initiatives across multiple products and systems, guiding maturity assessments, roadmaps, risk management, and test strategies.

The candidate will oversee end-to-end testing, promote test automation, and report quality metrics to senior stakeholders, while driving standardisation during mergers and large-scale transformations.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience coordinating cross-functional QA teams
• Excellent communication, coordination and stakeholder management
• Ability to assess QA maturity and test coverage across products
• Experience developing unified QA roadmaps and test strategies
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies and test automation
• Risk & defect management across cross-system integrations
• Team leadership during organisational transitions
• Stakeholder reporting to senior management and executives

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional QA teams, ensuring consistent quality standards across multiple products and systems.
• Assess QA maturity, existing technology stacks, test coverage, testing processes, and technical debt across acquired or merging business units.
• Develop and implement a unified QA roadmap, testing strategy, standards, and processes aligned with business and integration objectives.
• Evaluate existing QA practices and identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for process improvement and standardisation.
• Oversee end-to-end testing activities, including functional, integration, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing.
• Drive test automation initiatives and promote the adoption of appropriate testing tools and frameworks.
• Manage cross-system defects, data migration issues, system compatibility risks, and dependencies ahead of major integration milestones and system cutovers.
• Establish effective defect management, prioritisation, escalation, and resolution processes across teams.
• Define and monitor QA KPIs, quality metrics, test coverage, defect trends, and overall testing progress.
• Lead, mentor, and support QA teams through organisational changes, including team restructuring, process alignment, and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Business, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on quality expectations and delivery priorities.
• Prepare and present quality assessments, risk reports, testing progress updates, and cutover readiness recommendations to senior management and executive stakeholders.
• Ensure smooth QA integration during mergers, acquisitions, and other large-scale organisational or technology transformations.

Job description

Looking for a QA Lead with one of Canada’s leading banks.

Location: Montreal, QC- Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)
Engagement: B2B contract

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional QA teams, ensuring consistent quality standards across multiple products and systems.
• Assess QA maturity, existing technology stacks, test coverage, testing processes, and technical debt across acquired or merging business units.
• Develop and implement a unified QA roadmap, testing strategy, standards, and processes aligned with business and integration objectives.
• Evaluate existing QA practices and identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for process improvement and standardisation.
• Oversee end-to-end testing activities, including functional, integration, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing.
• Drive test automation initiatives and promote the adoption of appropriate testing tools and frameworks.
• Manage cross-system defects, data migration issues, system compatibility risks, and dependencies ahead of major integration milestones and system cutovers.
• Establish effective defect management, prioritisation, escalation, and resolution processes across teams.
• Define and monitor QA KPIs, quality metrics, test coverage, defect trends, and overall testing progress.
• Lead, mentor, and support QA teams through organisational changes, including team restructuring, process alignment, and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Business, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on quality expectations and delivery priorities.
• Prepare and present quality assessments, risk reports, testing progress updates, and cutover readiness recommendations to senior management and executive stakeholders.
• Ensure smooth QA integration during mergers, acquisitions, and other large-scale organisational or technology transformations.

Requirements

Location: Remote (Canada)

• 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, including leadership of cross-functional QA teams. Mergers and acquisitions experience would be an advantage.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to assess QA maturity, technology stacks, test coverage, and technical debt across acquired or merging products.
• Experience developing and implementing unified QA roadmaps and test strategies.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies and tools, with familiarity with test automation.
• Risk & Defect Management: Experience managing cross-system defects, data migration issues, and compatibility risks ahead of system cutover.
• Team Leadership: Ability to guide, mentor, and restructure QA teams during organisational transitions.
• Stakeholder Reporting: Experience presenting quality metrics, risk assessments, and cutover readiness reports to senior management and executive stakeholders.