Quality Assurance Lead (SAP S/4HANA) - Toronto, On.

Dokainish & Company • Toronto, ON

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Dokainish & Company is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Lead to join their consulting team, supporting a large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation for a client in the nuclear sector. The QA Lead will be responsible for the end-to-end test strategy and quality governance for this complex implementation. The role involves establishing the testing approach, ensuring requirements are testable, setting up test data and integration testing foundations, and defining the testing scope, approach, and resourcing model. The QA Lead will also be involved in recruiting, screening, and onboarding QA automation engineers, leading and scaling the team, and overseeing Tricentis Tosca automation strategy, defect management, and release readiness. The position requires leading test execution through all cycles, owning quality reporting, and holding accountability for formal quality sign-off for platform release readiness. This client-side leadership role includes oversight of testing performed by the systems integrator and delivery teams.

Requirements

• 4-year university degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. Equivalent experience with a strong SAP functional testing background will also be considered.
• 8-10 years of relevant QA experience, including test strategy, test planning, and test automation on large SAP implementations.
• Demonstrated S/4HANA delta knowledge that affects testing, with hands-on experience testing against changes such as the Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and FI and CO reconciliation, new Asset Accounting, the Business Partner model, Material Ledger, and Fiori application testing versus classic SAP GUI.
• Proven experience leading System Integration Testing and overall test strategy on a full-lifecycle SAP implementation.
• Hands-on expertise with Tricentis Tosca, including Tosca Commander, Test Data Service (TDS), and Distributed Execution (DEX), for designing and maintaining automated test suites in SAP environments (GUI, Fiori, and API).
• Demonstrated experience defining and executing a test data management strategy for an SAP program, including data provisioning and masking.
• Strong understanding of complex SAP landscapes (S/4HANA and ECC) and cross-module business processes (for example P2P and FICO), sufficient to develop accurate test scenarios and assess coverage.
• Proven experience building and leading QA teams and owning release readiness, including the quality sign-off and go/no-go recommendation through to go-live, in coordination with cross-functional stakeholders and a systems integrator.
• Experience sizing and scoping test efforts and defining a QA resourcing model (the number and skill mix of testers and automation engineers) for a large program, and experience participating in the recruitment and technical screening of QA engineers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of driving quality across large, complex systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience testing in a regulated or audited environment (for example nuclear, utilities, energy, or comparable) with auditable test evidence and formal controls is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to asset-intensive or capital project environments (for example EAM, Plant Maintenance, or Project System and WBS) is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall test strategy for the S/4HANA program, defining test phases, entry and exit criteria, environments, and governance.
• Review drafted user stories and requirements for testability, acceptance criteria quality, and coverage; establish and maintain the requirements traceability matrix.
• Define and own the test data management strategy, including provisioning, refresh approach, and data masking or anonymization.
• Lead System Integration Testing across cross-module SAP processes and cross-system end-to-end business scenarios.
• Plan and coordinate data migration validation and mock cutover rehearsals, including reconciliation testing.
• Define the test automation strategy using Tricentis Tosca, including model-based and risk-based coverage, reusable components, and automation best practices.
• Design and maintain scalable, maintainable automation frameworks and build the regression baseline.
• Lead automation across end-to-end SAP processes (S/4HANA, ECC, Fiori) and integrated applications.
• Establish security, role, and authorization testing, including segregation-of-duties considerations.
• Plan performance, volume, and period-close and batch job testing on S/4HANA.
• Establish QA standards for requirements quality, acceptance criteria, testability, and traceability.
• Oversee defect management, including clear logging, reproducible steps, impact assessment, and root cause analysis support.
• Track and report on quality metrics, including automation coverage, defect leakage, pass rates, and release readiness indicators.
• Present quality status, risks, and readiness into program governance and steering forums, maintaining auditable test evidence.
• Own the quality gate for the program: define entry and exit criteria for each test phase, formally close out test phases, and provide the quality sign-off and go/no-go recommendation.
• Assess and define the QA resourcing model for the program.
• Support the recruitment and technical screening of QA automation engineers, onboard them, and then build, lead, mentor, and scale the QA team.
• Coordinate with cross-functional business stakeholders, the systems integrator, and vendor teams to support release schedules.

Benefits

• We take immense pride in our high-performing, collaborative team.
• We recognize and value the uniqueness of every individual, and you’ll be part of a growing consulting firm where your expertise will directly shape project outcomes and client success.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior