QA Director - Stumble Guys

Responsibilities

• This person will help shape the future on how we continue to iterate and evolve our products at a high level, while ensuring our products delight our users release after release. Day to day responsibilities may include:
• Lead an ambitious Mobile and Console QA & Deployment Program involving multiple disciplines, including Functionality QA, Dev QA, Live Ops QA, Build Distribution and Submissions across all platforms
• Manage and provide leadership, technical expertise and career development for multiple QA & Deployment Project Owners; support the skillset growth across the QA & Deployment crafts, leading to higher value individual contributors and managers
• Build on existing team metrics for measurement of quality and operational excellence and a consistent, regular process for assessment and improvements
• Be an advocate and spokesperson for Automation Engineering efforts and AI implementation into QA pipelines. Clearly communicate issues, risks, concerns, and successes to stakeholders, partners, and executives
• Establish and maintain strong communication with cross-functional teams across all disciplines for both internal and external development, QA and Localization partners
• Work with the DPMs and Dev QA teams to create efficient plans, assignments, and schedules for associated quality functions
• Continually improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the QA & Deployment effort by assessing current practices and incorporating new strategies
• Be the internal advocate and spokesperson for all things QA & Deployment. Clearly communicate issues, risks, concerns, and successes to stakeholders
• Hold fellow leaders accountable for including quality as an essential factor in product development
• Contribute directly to performance evaluations of individuals and teams, compiling objective feedback that is channeled toward both personal and process improvement

Requirements

• 10 + years as a quality assurance professional
• 6 + years management experience in leading a team through a full game cycle
• Excellent written/verbal communication in English
• Experience in building and managing a QA organization that is responsible for end-to-end validation for a critical system or application
• Experience working with External QA vendors: Deep understanding of Dev QA and external testing strategies, with the ability to influence change that achieves exceptional product quality
• Experience working with remote teams and with a cross functional team that is distributed around the globe
• Experience and ease in interfacing with Senior Management, working to develop and maintain strong, effective relationships across the organization
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to multitask under pressure of hard deadlines
• Demonstrated experience managing bug defect solutions & creating test plans
• Strong understanding of software development (SDLC) practices & nomenclature, quality assurance techniques, frameworks and methodologies
• Flexible and dynamic - quickly adapt to changing needs of the business
• Good understanding of the current and evolving landscape of AI-powered testing tools, and experience driving the transition from manual testing approaches to AI-native.
• Business awareness - the ability to view situations from a business perspective
• Proficient with setting up and navigating through bug database management, test case management tools, Google Docs, Google Sheets/Excel, and a build distribution management system (AppCenter), JIRA
• Mobile Freemium/F2P gaming experience
• Bonus Points
• Experience with Console and PC deployment & compliance.
• Any experience with Localization, LQA, build distribution and submissions
• About Scopely
• Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world's most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time "MONOPOLY GO!" and "Pok

Benefits

Additional Information

Scopely is looking for a QA Director to join our Stumble Guys team in our Barcelona or Dundee hubs, working in a hybrid mode 3 days from the hub. At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily. Stumble Guys is a global sensation, with millions of fans joining the party every single day and with the ambition of becoming nothing less than a beloved franchise to be played for many years to come.

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