Test Director Jobs in Ontario (NOW HIRING)

Testing & Verification (approximately 60% of the role)

• Author, execute, and maintain test cases and verification protocols.

• Verify software functionality against functional requirements, user requirements, and design specifications.

• Test web-based applications and imaging workflows, including 3D visualization and advanced rendering workflows.

• Assist in testing systems, modules, integrations, and prototypes.

• Perform installations, configurations, and execution of verification procedures.

• Conduct ongoing regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.

• Author and maintain verification and validation documentation supporting regulatory compliance - test plans, protocols, traceability, and summary reports - keeping records current and audit-ready.

• Work with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

• Report and track defects using approved defect tracking tools.

• Maintain test environments and test data as required.

Test Management & Delivery Leadership (approximately 40% of the role)

• Define and own the test strategy for the PACS product area, including risk-based coverage decisions.

• Plan, assign, and track test activities across the team - including automated test development assigned to engineers - and review the resulting coverage and results.

• Set direction for improvements to test coverage, test data, and testing processes, working with engineering to implement them.

• Track overall project work and deliverables across the team - coding assignments, test assignments, and documentation - and maintain a current status picture.

• Lead backlog refinement in partnership with the Architect, driving story clarity, acceptance criteria, and readiness. The Architect retains ownership of priority and backlog ordering.

• Facilitate the team's cadence events - iteration planning, daily sync, review, and retrospective - keeping them crisp, time-boxed, and outcome-focused.

• Surface progress, risks, dependencies, and blockers early to the team, the Architect, and management so they can act.

• Remove impediments within the team's reach and escalate those beyond it.

• Drive corrective and preventive actions from retrospectives, audits, and quality findings through to closure.

• Track and report team-level delivery flow and predictability.

• Where the role includes direct reports: manage, coach, and develop testers - setting goals and expectations, giving regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and supporting career growth.

• Where the role includes contract resources: onboard and direct contract testers, manage their day-to-day assignments and the quality of their output, and work with vendor partners on staffing, scope, and performance.

• Forecast test staffing needs, participate in hiring and selection, and balance test capacity across projects and releases.

Core Competencies

• Strong understanding of Software Quality Assurance methodologies.

• Ability to define test strategies and risk-based testing approaches.

• Ability to estimate testing effort and identify quality risks.

• Experience with Agile software development, including facilitating team events and backlog refinement.

• Ability to lead and coordinate work across a team and hold commitments on track, with or without line authority.

• Ability to work independently on large, complex systems.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience leading or managing testers, including assigning work, giving feedback, and developing skills.

• Experience directing contract or vendor test resources and holding them to quality and delivery expectations.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to product quality, including the discipline required for documentation in a regulated environment.

Technical Skills

• Experience testing 3D medical imaging, including MPR, MIP, and Volume Rendering.

• Experience testing medical imaging applications.

• Familiarity with DICOM standards and workflows.

• Familiarity with PACS systems and radiology workflows.

• Experience testing web-based applications.

• Familiarity with Windows environments.

• Experience with backlog and defect tracking tools such as Jira.

• Experience using AI-assisted development and testing tools such as Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Claude - desired, not required.

Qualifications

Required Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.

Experience: 10+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance, including experience leading or leading testers and/or contract test resources; experience planning and coordinating test activities across a team; experience testing web applications; experience producing verification documentation in a regulated software environment (e.g., FDA, IEC 62304, ISO 13485) preferred; experience testing 3D medical imaging, PACS, or healthcare applications preferred; experience facilitating Agile team events and backlog refinement preferred.