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At RBC, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward. You will help our clients thrive and our communities prosper, empowered by a spirit of shared purpose.

Whether you\xe2\x80\x99re helping clients find new opportunities, developing new technology, or providing expert advice to internal partners, you will be doing work that matters in the world, in an environment built on teamwork, service, responsibility, diversity, and integrity.




































Job Title Director, QE Practice




































What is the opportunity? The Quality Engineering Experience (QEX) COE at RBC is seeking a strategic leader to lead QE practices across the enterprise. As part of this role, you will set the strategic direction for testing practices and test automation across the enterprise. You will also manage and lead QE community engagement through a team of senior managers and managers and implements new initiatives/ new products for QE practice across the enterprise.

As part of this role, you will be heavily involved in shaping the future of Quality Engineering at RBC, by leading the rollout of Behavior Driven Development, best-in-class test automation tools/ practices, and best-in-class test case management solutions. What will you do?

• Set the strategic direction for the team and define key initiatives to enhance QE practice maturity across the enterprise
• Drive shift-left objectives and behavior-driven development to enhance quality, champion defect prevention, early defect detection, and diagnostics through automated functional testing
• Lead the development of quality controls within the DevOps pipeline
• Set measurable quality metrics for the enterprise. Provide monthly insights to LOBs based on metrics and identify measurable improvements for QE
• Champion and lead monthly community engagements and training to promote and socialize the standard testing pipeline and best practices for quality engineering
• Lead implementation/ onboarding of standard testing pipeline and automation frameworks across all lines of businesses
• Build partnerships with QE champions across LOBs to drive forward best practices and standards for Quality Engineering
• Manages the activities of one or more teams within the COE, enabling alignment with overarching COE strategy and deriving value from teams
• Work in partnership with other COEs and technology leadership to create shared quality ownership as well as prioritize and champion larger initiatives
• Provide thought leadership on test automation and testing practices for clients

What do you need to succeed? Must-have

• Innovative, out-of-the-box thinker with a Shift-left mindset who is capable of being a change agent for the entire enterprise
• 7-10 years of experience as a Developer/ Quality Engineer/ Automation Engineer with knowledge of functional automation testing tools, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), and test case management through qTest
• Minimum 5 years of technical people management experience
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with experience presenting to and leading discussions with senior leadership
• Strong understanding of continuous testing methodologies
• Positive approach, self-motivated, strong relationship building, team player, approachable and dynamic leader, and creative ability to find gaps and build own initiatives

Nice-to-have

• Experience in the financial services industry
• Experience working/ leading a center of excellence
• Experience with test case management solutions such as qTest

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you? We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

Job Summary




































Address: TORONTO, Ontario, Canada




































City: CAN-ON-TORONTO




































Country: Canada




































Work hours/week: 37.5




































Employment Type: Full time




































Platform: Technology and Operations




































Job Type: Regular




































Pay Type: Salaried




































Posted Date: 2023-02-06-08:00




































Application Deadline: 2023-03-10-08:00







































































Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.

We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.




































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