Senior QA Manager - Android & iOS Apps (m/f/d)

At Axel Springer National Media & Tech, the BILD Apps team is behind the BILD and SportBILD apps — some of the most widely used news apps in Germany. Every day, millions of people turn to our apps for the latest news and sports updates, which makes software quality and user experience absolutely essential.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Senior QA Manager to join us. In this role, you will guide and empower our QA engineers, driving a wide range of quality assurance activities. Your work will directly shape the digital experience of one of Germany’s largest app audiences — ensuring that every user enjoys a reliable, accessible, and seamless product.

Join us and make a real impact on how millions of people in Germany engage with news and sports.

We believe in the future of journalism as a business model and invest in forward-looking technologies. Our five essentials are the values that unite us and guide us in our commitment to freedom.

How you'll make an impact:

• you play a key role in shaping our app development process by owning the QA strategy and execution from start to finish
• you drive innovation in testing by building, scaling, and maintaining both manual and automated tests for our mobile apps
• you inspire and support the QA team — mentoring engineers and working students while fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented environment
• you work hand in hand with developers, product owners, and designers in our Scrum process to deliver high-quality features quickly and reliably
• you design, refine, and evolve test plans, test cases, and automation frameworks that ensure stability and scalability
• you proactively identify and track bugs and issues in Jira, collaborating with the team to prioritize and resolve them effectively
• you safeguard quality through comprehensive regression, integration, and end-to-end testing coverage
• you leverage modern tools like Charles Proxy, Crashlytics, and analytics platforms to continuously monitor and optimize app performance

What you'll need:

• you are a seasoned QA Manager with deep expertise in mobile app quality assurance, test automation, and agile leadership
• you have hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Appium, TestSigma, or similar frameworks, and are comfortable integrating them into CI/CD pipelines
• you have solid experience in manual testing, test case design, and documentation
• you are highly skilled in agile methodologies, with a strong focus on Scrum
• you are confident working with Jira and other QA tools such as Charles Proxy and test management systems
• you are an effective communicator with excellent mentorship and interpersonal skills, able to foster collaboration across teams
• you are fluent in English, both written and spoken (German is a plus, but not required)

What we offer:

• your personal growth is important to us: we offer trainings and learning lunches, tech conferences, a budget for workshops and much more to expand your knowledge and your skills
• flexible working hours support a healthy work-life balance
• our free food offer: in addition to a breakfast snack, we also offer a free lunch in our canteens
• 30 days vacation plus 10 days working from abroad
• free choice of top-notch office equipment (also for your remote work space and private usage), up-to-date hardware, software and modern office spaces that provide you with maximum flexibility - no matter where you are working
• collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
• from now a permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin: http://www.axelspringer-neubau.de/

Axel Springer National Media & Tech is the central pillar for Tech & Product and Central Functions of Axel Springer's German media offerings. We ensure that our strong national brands (including BILD, WELT) are optimally positioned to drive journalism forward. We are looking for new colleagues who are not dizzy at our pace of change and who want to actively shape the future of the media with their own ideas.

Questions and answers about the application process

The most frequently asked questions and their answers can be found on our FAQ page: career.axelspringer.com/en/faq

Diversity is an essential part of our corporate culture! We are looking forward to receiving all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

You can find information about the representation for the severely disabled at Axel Springer here: https://career.axelspringer.com/en/ksbv

Contact person for this position (reference number REF2503R) is Madeleine Bänsch #LI-MB3