Remote QA Test Manager for AAA Game

Escape Velocity Entertainment; United States; Remote; GBP 68,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Studio Bonus

Private Medical & Dental

Private Mental Health scheme

Health & Wellbeing allowance

Top range home tech

Job summary

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a highly motivated Test Manager to lead Quality Assurance for a AAA game development team. You will guide embedded testing groups and partner with cross-functional leadership to balance quality, schedule, and risk in a complex development environment.

You will mentor QA Leads and testers, oversee functional, gameplay, performance, stability, multiplayer, and platform certification testing, and drive defect prevention through data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software QA with 3+ years managing teams in game development.
• Proven track record of shipping at least one major AAA title across the full development lifecycle.
• Expertise in developing test strategies, risk-based testing, and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define global QA strategy, test objectives, quality gates, and risk-based testing methodologies for major project milestones.
• Integrate QA into early development planning to ensure quality is a core part of the feature lifecycle.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing team of QA Leads and testers, fostering ownership and collaboration.
• Oversee test execution across functional, gameplay, performance, stability, multiplayer, and platform certification areas.
• Analyze defect data to identify systemic quality issues and drive root-cause analysis.
• Establish QA schedules and deliverables for major milestones, including release readiness.
• Lead preparation for first-party certification, coordinating test plans and submission risks.
• Advocate for quality as the senior QA representative within project leadership, balancing standards with production constraints.
• Manage external vendors and co-development QA teams, ensuring smooth integration with internal strategy.
• Implement data-driven reporting and dashboards to track build health, test coverage, and milestone progress.
• Continuously improve QA efficiency through automation, tooling, and process retrospectives.

Skills

QA Management

Test Strategy

Risk-based Testing

Agile Methodologies

Communication Skills

Tools

Jira

TestRail

Job description

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a highly motivated Test Manager to lead Quality Assurance for a AAA game development team. You will guide embedded testing groups and partner with cross-functional leadership to balance quality, schedule, and risk in a complex development environment.

You will mentor QA Leads and testers, oversee functional, gameplay, performance, stability, multiplayer, and platform certification testing, and drive defect prevention through data-driven insights.