QA Manager

Pixel Toys Limited

Royal Leamington Spa

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Long service days

Private medical insurance

Company pension

Death in service

Team socials

Staff training

Wellness days

Flexible hours

Job summary

Pixel Toys Limited is seeking a QA Manager to lead and shape the studio’s QA function, ensuring a polished, compliant mobile F2P title across planning, development and live operations.

You will mentor distributed QA teams, drive testing standards, and collaborate across Engineering, Design, Art, and Production to deliver high-quality player experiences while expanding automated testing practices.

Qualifications

Rich background in QA leadership within the mobile or free-to-play space.
Proven ability to guide distributed QA teams and mentor emerging leads.
Experience scaling automated testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

Lead the QA function and define the strategic vision for quality across the development lifecycle.
Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Art and Production to embed quality early and throughout live ops.
Oversee functional, regression, integration and performance testing; manage defect tracking and triage.

Skills

QA leadership

Mentoring

Test planning

Mobile QA

Automation testing

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Jira

TestRail

Job description

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent over a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile and VR gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously!

As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers.

We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey!

The Role:

Join us as a QA Manager at Pixel Toys and lead our studio's QA function, defining the strategic vision and championing a strong culture of quality across the entire development lifecycle, with focus around mentoring and developing the internal QA team by fostering a supportive, high-performing environment.

In this position, you will establish effective standards, processes, and testing methodologies that ensure our mobile free-to-play (F2P) title is exceptionally polished, fully compliant, and player-focused.

Working at the intersection of studio operations, you will collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, Art, and Production to embed quality into every phase of development from early planning to live operations. You will coordinate resource allocation and testing coverage across internal team members, multiple time zones, and external QA partners to support efficient and scalable delivery. Overseeing functional, regression, integration, and performance testing, you will streamline bug triage and defect tracking while encouraging the adoption and expansion of automated testing frameworks and practices across the studio.

As a key specialist on build health, you will play a crucial role during release cycles, providing clear risk assessments, QA metrics, and well-reasoned go/no-go recommendations to production and studio leadership. You will oversee all platform compliance requirements, ensuring smooth, successful submissions to the Apple App Store and Google Play. By establishing and monitoring key QA metrics (such as defect density and resolution trends) you will deliver data-informed insights that allow the team to evaluate risks early, resolve bottlenecks proactively, and deliver exceptional mobile experiences to millions of players.

About you:

Possessing a rich background in QA leadership within the mobile or free-to-play (F2P) space, combined with a genuine passion for supporting people and elevating quality standards across the studio you will have a proven ability to guide distributed QA teams, mentor emerging leads, and build collaborative, productive relationships with external testing partners. You will also already excel at creating an environment where team members feel empowered to grow, refine their management skills, and deliver their best work together!

Your technical expertise spans the full spectrum of software testing methodologies, from functional and regression to performance and platform compliance, complemented by practical experience scaling automated testing frameworks.

You are comfortable and confident with tools like Jira and TestRail, and you possess a thorough working knowledge of certification requirements, ensuring smooth submission workflows for both the Apple App Store and Google Play.

As a thoughtful and analytical communicator, you know how to turn raw metrics into clear, meaningful story points using reporting frameworks (in Jira, Power BI, or Excel). You excel at bridging the gap between technical details and overarching studio goals, serving as a trusted, collaborative voice during release readiness reviews. On top of this, you can articulate build health, technical risks, and quality considerations to non-technical partners in a way that is constructive, transparent, and always focused on delivering an exceptional player experience.

What can Pixel Toys offer:

At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees… Here are just some of them: