Company: SOOLEY & ASSOCIATES INC Position: IT QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Description: JOB ID: 1514 TITLE: IT QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD TERM: 1 year contract – CHANCE TO RENEW LOCATION: DOWNTOWN KEYS: QA Leadership of Teams, WHOLESALE BANKING RISK ANALYTICS, SUNGUARD PURPOSE OF JOB: Responsible for developing test project strategy, plans and overseeing testing activities for project/initiatives. Consult on a wide spectrum of existing and emerging testing practices, tools and processes. Lead large or complex testing projects. MAJOR ACTIVITIES: Create, maintain and communicate test mission, strategy and work plans to team members, internal customers and senior management Responsible for developing and maintaining the overall program test strategy Work closely with the work stream facilitators, test and QA leads in ensuring the test strategy, plan meet the program critical success factors Oversees and ensures the successful development and coordination of the test strategy and plan Facilitates the development, implementation and adherence of BANK testing standards in partnership with other test teams Liaise with business and technology prior to testing to ensure correct data has been loaded Check and validate data, subsequent to load and prior to test executions Ensure test execution is successful and work closely with the relevant stakeholders to resolve or raise data issues Produce test logs for all tests which represent an audit log of the executed steps and outputs Regularly report progress to Project Control Officer and the Program Manager Track, maintain, mitigate or escalate all test and quality assurance issues, risks and open items Advocate the interests of the end application users throughout the testing process Ensure the successful completion of all testing commitments in a timely manner Ensure that the program as a whole, each team, and each individual team member follows proper SDLC and testing methodology, incorporating advances in testing technology and procedures wherever possible SKILLS: Previous experience leading Quality Assurance Teams Solid experience with development of test strategies, programs, & successful execution Project management experience in a QA environment, keeping to schedule, tracking results, communication of findings Experience with SDLC and QA methodologies Experience working in Wholesale Banking Risk Analytics, Experience working with Sunguard tools is preferred. You must be a current resident of Canada to apply for this position. If you are not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, you will need an employment authorization before you begin to work or continue working in Canada. Experience Required: yes Paid or Volunteer: paid Job Category: Information Technology Data & Info Services IT/MIS Quality Control Job Type(s): Full Time  Job Posted by: SOOLEY & ASSOCIATES INC