QA Manager Who is the client? Our client is an independent AAA video game company that aims to change the way games are made and inspire a better industry for all. Their mission to unite, guide, and empower talented teams to redefine what it means to create exceptional games within a healthy, rewarding culture. Partnering with one of the largest publishers on the planet they are ready to make a massive splash in the gaming industry with their first release. What are the job’s responsibilities?
- Manage and oversee your teams’ operational budget planning, justifying necessary headcount and backfill requisitions, travel expenses, IT hardware.
- Drive effective process usage within the QA team, ensure processes and workflows are well implemented, understood and followed by team members.
- Deliver operational efficiencies through the effective use of partners.
- Gather operational data to create strategic plans to drive team performance improvements in areas such as efficiency, cost, quality, etc.
- Auditing Test Plans and making changes when necessary.
- Ensure data and information is provided timely and accurately to QA leadership.
- Formulate risk strategies; identify risks and all dependencies, including identifying critical paths and interactions.
- Assess and control risk on multiple projects in conjunction with the overall departmental project plan escalate conflicts and other risks to upper management and/or stakeholders when necessary.
- Analyze, quantify and plan the departmental resources needed for the successful execution of the projects in your location.
- Participate in PM studio-wide process adoption as required.
- Provide an accurate forecast of the controllable R&D expenses (staffing, CAPEX, contracted services, etc.).
- Regularly measure the effectiveness of necessary change and formulate action plans to course correct or increase effectiveness.
What are the minimum requirements?
- A high standard of verbal and written English.
- Superb levels of focus and attention to detail.
- A team player but also with the ability to work alone.
- Experience managing a QA team in a AAA QA environment.
- Experience in building staffing plans and managing departmental budgets.
- Minimum 7 years’ experience working on AAA PC and Console games as a Quality Assurance Manager.
What are some brownie points?
- Experience in testing Unreal environments is an asset.