Remote QA Manager: Lead Global Testing & Release Quality

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

Vision

Dental

Paid parental leave

401k match

Job summary

Huckleberry is seeking a QA Manager to champion quality across our product suite and ensure smooth, reliable experiences for families who rely on us. You will lead a globally distributed team of 12 QA engineers spanning manual and automation, reporting to the CTO and owning end-to-end QA strategy.

You will own release readiness decisions, drive shift-left quality, establish KPIs, and partner with product and engineering to minimize post-release defects while delivering delightful user

Qualifications

• 6+ years of total experience within QA.
• 3+ years of QA management experience with globally distributed teams.
• Excellent people management and ability to coach and develop staff.
• Solution-oriented leader who handles incidents with root-cause focus.
• Strong written and verbal communication to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mobile QA expertise across manual and automated testing; regression and device/OS matrix strategy.
• Ownership of release readiness decisions and reducing post-release defects.
• AI-native QA practices implemented in production workflows.
• Experience designing and implementing new QA approaches (e.g., shift-left).

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a globally distributed team of QA engineers across manual and automated testing.
• Own the go/no-go release decision and manage quality trade-offs with product and engineering.
• Develop quality KPIs and provide visibility to leadership on quality coverage.
• Champion shift-left QA practices and continuously improve QA processes and tools.

Skills

QA management

People management

Stakeholder communication

AI in QA

Release readiness

Mobile QA

Quality mindset

Problem solving

Job description

Huckleberry is seeking a QA Manager to champion quality across our product suite and ensure smooth, reliable experiences for families who rely on us. You will lead a globally distributed team of 12 QA engineers spanning manual and automation, reporting to the CTO and owning end-to-end QA strategy.

You will own release readiness decisions, drive shift-left quality, establish KPIs, and partner with product and engineering to minimize post-release defects while delivering delightful user