Lead Gameplay QA Manager | Strategy, Risk & Team Growth

CD PROJEKT RED; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 266,724 - 366,048; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Private medical healthcare

Annual cancer prevention screenings

Onsite gym

Dog-friendly office

Social events

RED Parents Network

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a QA Lead to oversee the gameplay QA discipline on the Cyberpunk 2 project from Warsaw studio. You will lead a team, implement Polaris QA strategy, and drive testing quality across milestones, collaborating with Production, Development, Tech, and external QA partners.

The role emphasizes data-driven risk management, ownership of quality reporting, and continuous improvement of QA workflows, tools, and processes to ensure gameplay integrity and stability across engines

Qualifications

• 5+ Years leading or managing QA teams
• 5+ Years experience with direct performance management and career development
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, bug workflows, defect management, test planning, test coverage, QA practices, and quality reporting.
• Experience with game engines and editors, preferably Unreal Engine.
• Strong understanding of game development lifecycles and ability to develop and execute testing strategies covering integration, stress, performance, stability, tools, engine, platform, and technical feature validation.
• Experience working with QA metrics, KPIs, bug trends
• Experience with performance analysis, profiling tools, crash analysis, memory investigations, platform‑specific testing, or console development environments.
• Experience with Unreal insights, engine profiling, crash debugging.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to clearly present technical quality status, risks, blockers, priorities, and recommendations.
• Experience creating and maintaining test documentation, test plans, test reports, dashboards, or quality summaries.
• Experience improving QA workflows, reporting models, dashboards, technical metrics, or test management processes.
• Experience working with external QA vendors, distributed QA teams, or cross‑location development teams.
• Strong ownership, accountability, emotional maturity, and ability to work effectively under pressure, ambiguity, and changing priorities.
• Strong alignment with RED values and ability to act as a role model in communication, decision‑making, collaboration, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the gameplay QA team while fostering accountability, role clarity, and continuous skill growth.
• Adapt & implement the overarching Polaris QA strategy into practical testing approaches, measurable outcomes, and clear team priorities.
• Own testing execution and milestone verification, ensuring tasks are completed on time and meet gameplay quality standards.
• Monitor gameplay quality metrics, KPIs, and bug trends to identify risks early and build practical mitigation plans.
• Partner with development, production, and external QA vendors to coordinate dependencies, gameplay requests, and alignment.
• Maintain clear, data‑informed reporting on quality status, blockers, and project readiness for all relevant stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvements in QA workflows, tools, testing frameworks, technical documentation, and overall team effectiveness.
• Provide direct assistance with complex investigations, issue analysis, and debugging workflows when required.

Skills

Team leadership

QA strategy

Testing methodologies

Bug workflows

Unreal Engine

QA metrics

Communication

Data-driven decision making

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Tools

Unreal Insights

Engine profiling

Crash debugging

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a QA Lead to oversee the gameplay QA discipline on the Cyberpunk 2 project from Warsaw studio. You will lead a team, implement Polaris QA strategy, and drive testing quality across milestones, collaborating with Production, Development, Tech, and external QA partners.

The role emphasizes data-driven risk management, ownership of quality reporting, and continuous improvement of QA workflows, tools, and processes to ensure gameplay integrity and stability across engines