Job Title: Quality Assurance Lead (SAP S/HANA) Location: Montreal, QC or Toronto, ON Duration: months Hybrid: days onsite, days remote Job Description: Were Finding Better WaysTM to deliver one of largest digital transformations and are looking for a Quality Assurance Lead (SAP S/HANA) to help move our ERP landscape to SAP S/HANA safely and confidently.

Why this role? Own independent test governance and readiness assurance across SIT, UAT-aligned gates, SIT and cutover.

Challenge readiness claims across delivery teams, System Integrators and third parties while staying constructively independent.

Own end to end QA gate assurance from evidence validation to clear pass, conditional pass or blocker recommendations. -month contract with possibility to extend.

This is a highly visible, critical role at the heart of go-live successensuring stability, security and business continuity during complex ERP transitions.

Youll operate in a safety-first, inclusive environment guided by care, courage and curiosity.

If youre an experienced SAP S/HANA quality assurance lead who thrives in complex SAP transformations, wed love to hear from you.

Position description: Role family SAP S/HANA quality assurance, test governance, readiness controls and gate challenge Programme context S/HANA and BTP migration with regional readiness risks across third parties, technical teams, test phases, defect governance and cutover readiness.

Primary phase: Phase mobilisation through SIT and UAT-aligned quality gates, SIT, cutover readiness and hypercare stabilisation.

Location model: Regional hub aligned to Montreal/North America timezone coverage.

Primary interfaces: Tech Platform Lead, Test Governance, QA/Defect Governance, Accenture, PMO, GPOs, testing leaders, delivery teams, third party coordinators, SMEs and platform specialists.

Programme phase: SIT/UAT gates to hypercare Primary value: Test governance, QA controls and readiness assurance Position purpose: Provide independent SAP S/HANA quality assurance oversight of test governance and readiness, ensuring formal phase entry and exit decisions are supported by consistent controls, validated evidence and transparent reporting.





The role challenges readiness claims, identifies quality gaps and helps ensure compliant, high-quality testing outcomes across regional teams.

Core accountabilities: Maintain and apply the regional testing governance framework, readiness standards and quality controls in line with programme expectations.

Govern formal regional test phase readiness and evidence for SIT, UAT-aligned assurance activities, SIT, cutover rehearsal and hypercare gates.

Provide independent oversight of regional test execution health, identifying and escalating risks, issues, quality gaps and control weaknesses.

Ensure teams consolidate, validate and retain test artefacts and readiness evidence required to meet quality gates.

Oversee regional defect management practices, including logging discipline, traceability, reporting quality, ageing, prioritisation and escalation.

Review and interpret System Integrator testing and defect reports, highlighting trends, risks and evidence gaps for leadership decision-making.

Govern regional use of test management tools, including qTest evidence, access provisioning dependencies and compliance issues where they affect testing governance.

Partner with testing leaders, GPOs, delivery teams and System Integrators while maintaining an independent challenge position.

Produce clear governance and readiness reporting that makes the actual regional position visible, including pass, conditional pass or blocker recommendations.

Key deliverables: Regional QA gate readiness pack with evidence status, gaps, risks, decisions required and recommendation.

Testing governance controls checklist covering artefacts, evidence, defects, reporting, tool usage and access dependencies.

Independent readiness and quality findings register with owner, action,



due date, severity and closure evidence.

Defect governance assessment covering logging quality, traceability, ageing, trend commentary and escalation effectiveness.

System Integrator report review summary highlighting trends, risks, control gaps and areas requiring leadership attention. qTest and test evidence compliance summary for regional gate decisions.

Skills and experience Strong expertise in SAP S/HANA test governance frameworks, QA standards, controls and formal quality gate management.

Experience supporting or coordinating test governance in complex delivery environments with several teams, phases or workstreams.

Experience providing independent oversight across testing teams while constructively challenging delivery confidence.

Strong understanding of defect management, testing metrics, traceability and evidence standards.

Experience with test management tools, with qTest experience highly regarded.

Solid judgement, critical thinking, documentation discipline and executive reporting capability.

Collaborative approach that supports quality, compliance and psychological safety while still escalating material gaps.

Must be bilingual (French & English).

Additionally fluent in Spanish would be advantageous.

Success measures: Regional readiness decisions are based on validated evidence, not verbal assurance or optimistic reporting.

Quality gaps, governance risks and defect trends are visible early enough for corrective action.

Gate packs are clear, traceable and support leadership decision-making.

Defect governance and test evidence standards are applied consistently across regional teams and third party cohorts.

The role provides independent challenge without taking over test planning, execution or vendor management.

Explicit exclusions: Owning test planning, test scheduling or test execution.

Managing testers or vendor delivery activity.

Owning defects that belong to the defect tower, functional streams or delivery teams.

Replacing PMO schedule governance or Tech Platform ownership of operational readiness.

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