Quality Assurance Lead (SAP S/4HANA)

Location: Montreal, QC

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week

Contract: 12 months, with possibility of extension

Language: Bilingual – English and French required; Spanish is an asset

About the Role

Rio Tinto is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to provide independent oversight of SAP S/4HANA testing governance and readiness. The role ensures that formal testing and deployment decisions are supported by validated evidence, consistent quality controls, and transparent reporting across SIT, UAT-aligned assurance, SIT2, cutover rehearsals, and hypercare.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain regional testing governance frameworks, readiness standards, and quality controls.

Independently assess test phase readiness and validate evidence for formal quality gates.

Identify and escalate testing risks, quality gaps, control weaknesses, and readiness issues.

Ensure test documentation, artefacts, and evidence meet programme standards.

Oversee defect governance, including traceability, ageing, prioritization, reporting, and escalation.

Review System Integrator testing and defect reports to identify trends, risks, and evidence gaps.





Monitor test management tool compliance, including qTest evidence and access dependencies.

Collaborate with testing leaders, delivery teams, GPOs, System Integrators, and other stakeholders while maintaining independent oversight.

Prepare QA gate readiness reports with clear pass, conditional pass, or blocker recommendations.

Required Skills & Experience

Solid expertise in SAP S/4HANA test governance, QA standards, controls, and formal quality gate management.

Experience coordinating or overseeing testing governance in complex, multi-team delivery environments.

Experience independently assessing readiness and constructively challenging delivery teams.

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

Experience with test management tools; qTest experience is highly regarded.

Excellent analytical thinking, documentation, risk assessment, and reporting skills.

Ability to collaborate effectively while escalating material quality and compliance gaps.

Bilingual in English and French.

Ability to work onsite in Montreal 3 days per week.

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