Job Description
Reporting to the QA group Development Director, we're looking for a passionate Quality Assurance - Project Development Director to join our team to help coordinate and test our titles. As a Director of QA, most of your time will be focused on ensuring that project deliverables are completed on time and within budget through active participation in the test responsibilities and processes while maintaining EA's high standard of quality. Additionally, you will focus on improving the operational effectiveness of the QA team by assessing current quality assurance practices and incorporating new QA strategies. You will work on department level projects and operational efficiency plans. You will also spend time managing a direct staff of project leaders, engaging in daily test responsibilities and mentoring/supporting junior level leadership within the department. Monitoring performance and delivering measurable feedback to direct reports is an essential function of this role.
Responsibilities
* May own whole or parts of large-scale project from the quality point of view with the ability to speak to the project in detail
* Process and workflow management, identifying, building processes to maintain quality standards through different development and live project cycles
* Resource management/planning, financial capacity planning, resource validation and skill-gap assessment
* Project and quality management through test scope / scheduling, evaluating Return on investment and cost vs benefit analysis
* Work with internal / external partners and groups whilst maintaining the quality benchmark and project indicators
* Lead change with the ability to reprioritize business important tasks and promote to keep the team-focused and engaged
* Develop talent, mentors and cultivate others within their project team
* Define, monitor, and improve product quality indicators throughout project duration to give a constant heartbeat on product quality
* Ensure testing processes are followed, influencing partners where needed to protect and uphold product quality
* Collaborator with internal and external partners across a range of technology disciplines and geographic locations
* Promote quality upstream and advocating best practices to achieve this
* Produce and present reports to partners using data that represent product quality indicators
Active participation in the test responsibilities and processes
Required Skills & Experience
- 7+ years of experience in a software development environment
* 5 years Project Management or Project Lead experience
* Risk management and solutions oriented problem solving techniques
* Experienced with financial management, budget tracking, QA cost estimates and constraints
* Excellent knowledge of production life cycle, tools, processes and execution planning
* Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment
* Understand analytics and indicators as a way of tracking product quality
* Proficient in Jira
* Comfortable conversing within engineering disciplines with and eye to promote quality principles
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
* Test case test management software experience i.e. TestRail, TM4J
* Experience of shipping mobile titles built in UE4 and Unreal
* Bachelor's degree in any number of related fields including Computer Science, Game Development, Business, etc..
* Hands-on experience shipping mobile titles
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.