Director, Quality Engineering (12 month contract)

Element employees make a difference in the lives of others every day. We are re-defining the fleet management industry to be people first then business delivering on our promise of a superior client experience. This takes hard work and innovation and we need more like-minded people on our team.

About the Role

Were looking for a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as Director Quality this role you will hire train coach and manage a team of testers while fostering a collaborative and high-performance team environment. You will modernize our testing toolkit processes and testing stack and optimize test processes to increase the flow of value. You will also collaborate with technology and business partners to evaluate vendor products and proposals and ensure selected solutions meet quality standards and align with business objectives.

What Youll Do

• Hire train coach and manage a team of testers.
• Optimize and build test processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop and implement strategies to increase the flow of value in the development process.
• Train the team on test best practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• Leverage strong agile experience to guide the team in adopting and implementing agile practices.
• Lead the modernization of the testing toolkit tools and testing stack to align with current and future technological advancements.
• Evaluate and integrate new testing tools and frameworks to enhance the efficiency accuracy and coverage of the testing process.
• Work closely with partners in technology and business to evaluate vendor products and proposals including those from test and development partners.
• Use data and metrics to set KPIs to measure areas of improvement concern and act accordingly to improve a PDCA (Plan Do Check Act) cycle.
• Participate and lead the vendor selection for our initiatives assuring elements quality requirements are met.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Quality Engineering Lead or similar role (3 years).
• Demonstrated ability to hire train coach and manage a team of testers (3 years).
• Strong knowledge of test methodologies agile testing and best practices such as TDD and BDD.
• Diverse background in test automation front-end and backend testing test data management performance testing and negative testing (5 years hands-on work).
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience evaluating vendor products and proposals.
• Strong agile experience with a solid understanding of agile frameworks and practices.
• Experience in modernizing testing toolkits tools and testing stacks.
• Proficiency in designing implementing and maintaining automated test scripts.
• Experience with automation tools such as Selenium Appium TestNG JUnit and similar frameworks.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience integrating testing processes into CI/CD environments using tools like Jenkins Circle CI or Gitlab CI.

Location: 1 Adelaide St. E Toronto Ontario

Compensation

The hiring base salary range for this position is $162700 - $223700 annually. This range represents the Companys good-faith estimate of the expected base salary at the time of posting. Salary ranges may vary based on the geographic location where the work is performed. The salary range listed in this posting applies only to the location identified. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors including the successful candidates qualifications knowledge skills experience internal pay equity and relevant market addition to base salary eligible employees may participate in annual incentive programs including bonuses commissions or other incentive compensation as applicable to the role. Element also offers a comprehensive benefits package which may include health insurance tuition reimbursement and retirement savings plans.

Whats in it for You
A culture of innovation empowerment decision-making and accountability
Comprehensive health and welfare benefits that serve the needs of you and your family and foster a culture of wellness (for qualified roles)
Additional benefits and amenities including paid time-off programs (vacation sick leave and holidays) (for qualified roles)

Applicants will be required to undergo a background check only if and after a conditional offer of employment has been extended.

Element Fleet Management and its wholly owned subsidiaries are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity equity inclusion and belonging. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion genetic information sex gender identity sexual orientation age marital status family status ancestry national origin citizenship physical or mental disability veteran status military obligations or any other characteristic protected by federal state and local laws. Disability-related accommodations during the application and interview process are available upon you require an accommodation with our hiring process please send an email to or call . Element Fleet Management also uses AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess applications. These tools analyze information you provide (for example your rēsumē and screening responses) to identify job-related skills qualifications and experience. AI outputs do not by themselves determine whether you advance or receive an offer they assist recruiters and hiring managers. Final hiring decisions are made by people.