Senior QA Lead — AAA Games (Remote)

Escape Velocity Entertainment; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Private Medical & Dental Healthcare

Private Mental Health scheme

Health & Wellbeing allowance

Discretionary Studio Bonus

Top range tech for your home setup

Job summary

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

Responsibilities include defining global QA strategy, mentoring QA Leads and testers, planning and supervising test execution across functional, gameplay, performance and platform certification, and driving continuous process improvements.

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.
• 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.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing team of QA Leads and testers, fostering ownership and collaboration.
• Oversee comprehensive 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 and preventative initiatives.
• Establish QA schedules and deliverables for major milestones, providing objective assessments of build stability and release readiness.

Skills

QA leadership

Game QA

Test strategy

Agile methodologies

Communication

Tools

Jira

TestRail

Automation tooling

Job description

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

Responsibilities include defining global QA strategy, mentoring QA Leads and testers, planning and supervising test execution across functional, gameplay, performance and platform certification, and driving continuous process improvements.