Quality Assurance Practice Lead

Description

& Summary At the intersection of technology and creativity, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape next-generation business applications that are transforming the way PwC creates value for clients and colleagues. Working within a dynamic environment where AI drives productivity and innovation, you’ll contribute to pioneering solutions and help redefine how we design, build, and test cutting-edge technologies. As part of a high-performing team, you will be encouraged to champion bold ideas, advance transformative practices, and leverage the latest tools to elevate our work.

As the QA Practice Lead, you’ll take ownership of establishing and evolving quality assurance practices, processes, and tools to ensure our technology solutions are thoroughly tested, efficient, and reliable. You’ll lead the transformation to an automation-first approach, leveraging the latest tools and AI agents to streamline the development, execution, and reporting of quality tests. In this leadership role, you’ll guide a team responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining both manual and automated testing procedures, as well as conducting functional, system, integration, and performance testing to deliver robust solutions.

Your expertise and vision will be key to delivering high-quality solutions that not only meet, but exceed, PwC’s commitment to innovation, client satisfaction, and ongoing technological advancement.

The Opportunity

As a Quality Assurance Practice Lead, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that'll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn't limited to:

Lead and manage a team of QA professionals to support business application development

Promote and implement an automation-first mindset across all QA processes

Increase use of AI in QA workflows to improve productivity and test coverage

Develop, implement, and optimize comprehensive testing frameworks and processes

Design and maintain manual and automated testing procedures for Gen AI projects

Conduct functional, system, integration, and performance testing for technology solutions

Ensure rigorous testing and validation to deliver reliable solutions

Analyze requirements and user feedback to enhance testability and completeness

Drive defect management and resolution through effective tracking and analysis

Contribute to project planning by integrating QA insights and risk evaluations

What You'll Bring

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

Experience in testing for complex applications

Expertisemanaging technology QA teams

Leveraging advanced automated testing tools and platforms to enhance efficiency and test coverage

Experience with Gen AI and agentic solutions in QA workflows

Proficiency with JIRA, Azure Dev Ops, and defect tracking systems

Experience with automation frameworks such as Playwright, JMeter, Postman

Ability to write medium complexity SQL queries; experience with SQL and MongoDB

Familiarity with application security and accessibility testing

Ability to write code/scripts in Python and Type Script

Experience with Agile methodologies and UX principles (user stories, prototyping, A/B testing)

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $137,600 - $187,600. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements.

We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

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