QA Manager - Unannounced Project

the hive; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Scopely is seeking a QA Manager to lead Automation & Services QA for a cross-platform Strategy/MMO title on PC and Mobile. You will head a small Automation team using Nunu AI as its foundation, and work with Engineering, Production and QA to own QA across automation, server scalability, build/release, web admin tools and cloud operations.

You will guide QA strategy, plan testing across backend services, accounts, analytics and payments, and drive risk-based testing with robust reporting

Qualifications

• ≥6 years in Quality Assurance or related field.
• ≥3 years leading QA teams; ≥2 years leading testing across development and release cycles.
• Proven experience in test automation strategy, backlog ownership, maintenance and delivery.
• Strong backend and API testing, service integration, data validation and risk in accounts/payments.
• Experience with performance, load, or scalability testing and service reliability.
• Knowledge of test environments, cloud services, build/release pipelines and deployment validation.
• Proficient with QA tooling like Jira, test management systems and dashboards.
• Technical judgement to review and improve testing approaches.
• Ability to manage people, priorities, and budgets with strong communication.
• Experience supporting PC and Mobile releases and live-ops workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop QA teams, aligning their work with project goals, quality standards and development priorities.
• Own QA planning and delivery across your pods, and communicate quality risks and trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Define automation roadmap and backlog, prioritizing by risk and ROI; integrate automation into build and release pipelines.
• Own QA for backend functionality: accounts, analytics, payments, admin tools; ensure testability and measurable quality.
• Ensure reliable environments and release readiness; provide go/no-go decisions backed by evidence.

Skills

QA Leadership

Test Automation

Backend & API Testing

Cloud & Deployment Pipelines

Risk-based Testing

Stakeholder Management

Performance/Load Testing

Tools

Jira

Test Management Systems

Reporting Dashboards

Job description

QA Manager

Scopely is looking for a QA Manager to lead Automation & Services QA for an ambitious, cross-platform Strategy/MMO title on PC and Mobile.

You will lead a small Automation team using Nunu AI as its foundation, alongside Services QA, covering backend testing, environment setup, analytics, accounts and payments. This internal role owns QA across the Automation, Server Scalability, Build and Release, Web Admin Tools, and Cloud Operations Pods, partnering closely with Engineering, Production and the wider QA organisation.

What You Will Do

QA Leadership & Pod Ownership

• Lead and develop QA teams, aligning their work with project goals, quality standards and development priorities.
• Own QA planning and delivery across your pods, and communicate quality risks and trade-offs to stakeholders.

Automation Strategy & Management

• Lead the automation strategy, roadmap and backlog, prioritizing by risk and ROI so Nunu AI delivers sustainable, high-value coverage.
• Integrate automation into build and release pipelines with Engineering, and keep manual testing where automation doesn’t fit.

Services QA Management

• Own the QA approach for backend functionality, integrations, scalability and resilience, working with Engineering to make services testable and quality measurable.
• Cover accounts, authentication, payments, analytics pipelines and admin tools, plus load and disaster recovery testing.

Environment & Release Readiness

• Ensure Services QA has reliable environments, including the Beta Environment, so backend changes are validated before deployment.
• Own release process testing and give go/no-go recommendations backed by clear evidence and risks.

Experience with AI-assisted test automation, particularly Nunu AI, would be an advantage.

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, software development or a related field.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing QA teams or technical testing functions, and 2+ years leading testing initiatives across development and release cycles.
• Proven experience managing test automation, including strategy, backlog ownership, maintenance, delivery and measurable return on investment.
• Strong understanding of backend and API testing, service integrations, data validation and the risks associated with accounts, analytics and payments.
• Experience overseeing performance, load or scalability testing, and working with Engineering on service reliability and recovery testing.
• Working knowledge of test environments, cloud-hosted services, build and release pipelines, and deployment validation.
• Strong grounding in risk-based testing, defect management and QA tooling such as Jira, test management systems and reporting dashboards.
• Technical judgement to review testing and automation approaches, challenge assumptions and communicate effectively with engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage people, capacity, priorities and costs, with strong communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting PC and Mobile releases and live-operation workflows, including patch validation, incident response and ongoing quality monitoring.

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 “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.

Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.

Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.

Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.