Senior QA Manager

Craft:

Games Design & Production

Job Description:

Want to create the world’s best mobile games? Have you got the skills to make that happen? We’re looking for a Senior QA Manager to join our Kingdom. Our games are adored by hundreds of millions of people, and you’ll be helping build them. As well as contribute to the engines, systems and platforms that make them play brilliantly on any platform.

Your role within the Kingdom

If you want to create amazing user experiences and entertainment for millions of players to enjoy on the go then this is the right job for you. As a part of the Candy Crush Soda Saga team, you will own the QA craft and guide the team to ensure our game is brilliant to play and has crushing (pun intended) quality. We are looking for an experienced QA leader with a passion for levelling up teams and a track record of releasing live titles with flawless quality.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and manage a team of QA specialists, fostering career growth and development, strong craft culture and building expertise
• Resource planning and management to provide optimal QA coverage given our operational needs across the game
• Coordinating the release process, taking accountability for the success of recurring game updates
• Ensuring live operations are carried out in a timely and efficient manner
• Partner with technical leads across the game organization to align on quality expectations
• Constantly deep dive in team’s activity, relentlessly looking to improve Ways of Working

Skills to create thrills

• Broad experience in leading high performing QA teams
• Deep knowledge in recruiting, hiring and managing teams of QA Specialists
• Experience in mentoring/coaching team members to improve their skills, and make them more effective.
• Deep expertise of QA practices within the games industry
• Complete understanding of the full development cycle, including test strategy definition, planning, acceptance criteria and test execution
• Proficient English written and verbal skills

Bonus points

• Experience in mobile game development
• Track record of recurring releases of live titles
• Experience preparing quality metrics and effectively engaging with stakeholders to set and drive quality goals

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn, @lifeatking on Instagram, or @kinggames on X.

About Us

We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day. We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world.

We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players.

Who we are

King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch. We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company.

Our passion

Making great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead. We’re challenging ourselves to dream bigger in a Seriously Playful way. We’re experimenting, learning, and adapting continuously to shape the industry in ways yet to be imagined.

We’re passionate about bringing moments of magic to our players and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. Above all, we play as a team, helping each other have impact on a massive scale. And we’ll know we’ve outdone ourselves when we’ve inspired the world to play.

If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

Together, we’ll create new experiences that raise the bar, delight billions of people, and redefine the world of games again and again.

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