Vacancies

Senior QA Manager – Racing

Quality Assurance (London-UK)

At NaturalMotion, we make games that wow people. We innovate to create experiences that previously were impossible and that would not exist without us. We take pride in making titles that reach a large audience and in creating communities that last. For the past three years NaturalMotion Studios have been named as one of the Best Places to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz.

Our Racing Studio - responsible for the CSR Racing franchise and the #1 Racing Game on Mobile CSR2 - is one of the most ambitious, successful, and creatively inclusive studios in the UK. Based across three locations – London, Birmingham and Bangalore - the team loves welcoming diverse, humble, straightforward and ambitious talent, aspiring for award-winning excellence. People who want to find a place where they will be supported and encouraged to do the best work of their career.

Job Purpose

You will manage the QA function for Natural Motion Racing on multiple games using a team of both internal and external QA’s that work in a distributed fashion. You will own the quality direction for your team and lead efforts to improve our quality metrics, practices, and tooling with an emphasis on scalability and sustainability. You will be responsible for the overall QA strategy of the team, along with the overall management responsibilities that entails. This covers everything from people management, day-to-day allocation of work, upward stakeholder management etc. You will be the quality evangelist for the team, driving standard methodology and keeping up to date with the latest testing trends.

Required skills:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience
• Experience as a QA Manager
• Audit testing approaches, provide detailed recommendations for improvement, and address tactical gaps.
• Identify risks to the quality of testing in the product, process, and people and then develop and execute on solving those challenges through internal and external resources
• Build positive working relationships with key stakeholders across multiple external studios and testing groups
• Solid understanding of test methodologies and iterative development
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong collaboration skills and works well with others
• Proven experience of leading and managing multiple teams/projects across multiple locations
• Proven track record of managing offshore vendor teams
• Strong reporting skills i.e. QA Velocity, Future Planning, QA Progress
• Keen business acumen to maintain multiple budgetary requirements across the Franchise
• Ability to mentor, coach and develop your team to meet the requirements of the Franchise
• Proven track record of incorporating overarching QA strategies across projects
• Ability to work with upper management and supply key facts and metrics
• Experience in Gaming and Technical Testing for Games
• Experience with pre and post launch gaming projects
• Strong working experience of industry standard testing tools TFS, JIRA, TestRail, ALM/Quality Centre or similar
• Experience with Jenkins pipelines, environment management and source control systems for e.g. TFS, Git SVN or similar
• Passion for gaming, free to play mobile or console games!

Desirable Experience & Skills

• ISTQB certified/ISEB/CMAP or similar certifications/training
• Exposure to Unity
• Ability to read code, data and scripting information
• Test automation experience

This is a senior studio role, reporting to the General Manager.

The role is offered in connected model, and it requires presence in our London office for 2 days per week.

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Create next-gen games that will be played and loved by millions of players around the world
• Work in a family-oriented, collaborative team that invests in your development and growth on-the-job
• A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers
• Flexible working hours & crunch-free working culture
• Communal music and laid-back atmosphere
• Summer/Christmas parties and Happy Hour in the studio each Friday
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays, 2 paid personal days
• 6 months of fully paid maternity/adoption leave or 16 weeks of fully paid paternity leave (eligibility criteria apply)
• Pension plan with a double matching employer contribution (capped at 8%)
• Private medical insurance, dental insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Life insurance, accident insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) (eligibility criteria apply)
• Fitness Reimbursement plan worth £600 per annum
• Charitable Giving Platform to which the Company contributes a 2:1
• Annual season ticket advance and cycle to work scheme

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds to join us!

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