Senior QA Manager

Epic Games; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in London is seeking a Senior QA Manager to lead quality assurance efforts for Fortnite. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of QA experience and 6 years in a leadership role, focusing on developing quality practices and mentoring teams. This position offers a competitive benefits package, including extensive health care and a commitment to employee well-being.

Benefits

100% health benefits coverage

Pension plan

Health and dental insurance

Qualifications

• 8+ years of QA experience.
• 6+ years in a leadership role, managing teams.
• Proven track record in quality strategies and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage QA teams for multiple game modes.
• Develop and implement quality strategies.
• Mentor future leaders within the department.

Skills

QA Experience

Leadership

Quality Strategies

Organizational Planning

Change Management

Tools

UE

Automation Tools

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

Quality Assurance

What We Do

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

What You'll Do

Epic is seeking a Senior QA Manager to join our Fortnite game teams. You will be leading a group of internal and external leads, managers and ICs, supporting in-development projects within Fortnite. We are a tight group within a large organization that prizes intelligence, creativity, and nimble problem-solving skills. Our ideal candidate is a self-starter with game QA management experience and has a passion for growing our global community players.

In this role, you will

• Manage teams of Quality Assurance professionals supporting multiple game modes and helping these teams integrate with other teams in the ecosystem
• Create and maintain the overall quality strategy for specific game modes and content pipelines
• Conduct organizational and staff planning, including the usage of vendors and partners
• Invest in evaluating and improving quality practices and processes across product spaces
• Partner across product leadership and development disciplines to build quality practices into all aspects of development
• Manage, mentor, and develop future leaders and managers within the department
• Act as a senior leader within Fortnite to push the boundaries on what quality, quality assurance, and testing looks like in games development

What we're looking for

• 8+ Years of QA Experience
• 6+ years of leadership experience, including 3-5 years managing leads / managers
• Track record developing quality strategies encompasses staffing, technical requirements, product space, and automation, with involvement throughout the development lifecycle at the medium-large product level
• Excellence in organizational planning, change management, and process improvements, as well as developing leaders and IC’s across all sub-disciplines within QA, with a proven track record for successful growth of senior ICs and leads
• Experience identifying and executing solutions for strategic threats to quality/testing/risk at the product, process, and people levels
• Experience working with art and content pipelines
• Experience with technical spaces or automation
• Experience with UE or UEFN preferred

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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