QA Manager

We are looking for an experienced QA Manager to lead and grow our Quality Assurance function. In this role, you will have overall responsibility for a team of QA professionals, setting direction, planning activities, and ensuring high standards across our delivery. You will play a key role in coordinating QA efforts internally while also managing and strengthening collaboration with our external partners.

The QA Manager at Sharkmob

The QA Manager is an experienced role within Sharkmob. As the QA Manager you support your team members, as well as the project leadership by providing the resources, guidance, reports and tools they need to be successful. You will collaborate with outsourced teams to ensure their work aligns with our expectations and quality standards. You facilitate and foster a culture of collaboration, teamwork, and professionalism, leading your team and domain to achievements and successes.

We expect you to lead by example - to inspire and motivate others. You champion the studio and act as the first point of contact for your direct reports. You stand behind your team, make decisions, and act in accordance with the values of Sharkmob.

Responsibilities

·      Responsible for the QA team and its members; lead, mentor, and develop your direct reports.

·      Working closely with other managers and stakeholders, as well as the project leadership team, to ensure an efficient way of working.

·      Supporting and developing a process where quality is integrated, and think about quality in all the steps of the development process.

·      Plan and ensure timely and effective deliveries of QA goals, including relevant data and status reporting.

·      Ensure quality analysts are embedded effectively and working collaboratively within all development teams, to ensure quality in all parts of the product.

·      Create, develop, analyse, and iterate on processes and strategies that ensure efficient & reliable testing plans to accurately reflect the quality of features.

·      Ensure bug reporting is fit-for-purpose, accurate, quality-driven, and reproducible at scale.

·      Work with, and coordinate, outsourced partners and resources, including their task assignment, planning, and deliverables, and ensure they live up to our expectations.

Requirements

• At least five years experience in a managerial position. Demonstrable & effective people management & leadership skills - mentoring, motivating, organizing, learning & development, and performance management.

• Experience working in the games industry as a games quality assurance analyst, ideally in a Managerial or Lead-level position.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills. An understanding of discipline-specific vocabulary and pipelines.

• Demonstrable experience with automated testing in a AAA games QA environment.

Bonus points

Experienced in testing online or MMO-type games and having an understanding of and being able to recognize the challenges that may present.

Who we are

Sharkmob was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden. The studio develops AAA-quality games for PC and console, using the Unreal Engine to power its ambitions of taking multiplayer games to new heights.

We are currently working on Exoborne – a Sharkmob original game created in Malmö. Exoborne is a tactical, open-world extraction shooter set in a United States torn apart by apocalyptic forces of nature. Our first game Bloodhunt - a battle royale set in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe, was released in 2022.

At Sharkmob, we are committed to building an inclusive team that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skillsets – because we believe that helps us create great games. We welcome all candidates who are aligned with our core values of shared ownership, creating great games, and, last but not least – having fun! We hope you want to join us on our adventure and become a part of our crew. You can find more great perks of being a crew member. If you want to know more about Sharkmob and our projects, visit our homepage.