QA Director

Scopely

  • Barcelona
  • Permanente
  • Tiempo completo
  • Hace 2 meses
Scopely is seeking a QA Director located in our Barcelona studio to lead an ambitious, multi-faceted and continuously growing QA Program across Scopely's portfolio of titles.The successful candidate will own the execution, growth for the initiatives part of QA programs for our projects around the globe and with each game team and development partner.The QA Director will partner in collaborating and coordinating with peers and senior management to ensure operations are aligned with the company mission, values, and long-term strategic goals as well as ensuring continued service improvements are implemented throughout the world on behalf of Scopely QA & Deployment.
It is a key position with high expectations on driving high impacts.The QA Director will help shape the future on how we continue to iterate and evolve our QA operations in deep partnership with game teams, to achieve high levels of execution efficiency while ensuring our products delight our users release after release though high quality of the player experience.What You Will Do:
  • Be a key leader in an ambitious and continuously growing QA Program involving multiple disciplines, including Functionality QA, Dev QA and LiveOps QA.
  • Lead the evolution of a centralized DevQA program to support high quality game development on multiple platforms, across internal and external teams.
  • Define and champion QA best practices across the full development lifecycle, from concept to live Ops, enabling a shift left testing culture
  • Establish strong internal and ex-dev QA workflows, ensuring that all content developed meets internal quality standards.
  • Provide leadership, technical expertise and career development for multiple QA Leaders, each of which are responsible for their own specific projects; support the growth of the discipline, leading to higher value individual contributors and managers.
  • Build on existing team metrics for measurement of quality and operational excellence and a consistent, regular process for assessment and improvements
  • Build successful working relationships with external developer counterparts with a focus on Dev QA collaboration
  • Be forward thinking and actively explore AI-driven QA solutions and emerging technologies to incorporate to the existing processes in order to future proof release quality.
  • Establish and maintain strong communication with cross-functional teams across all disciplines for both internal and external development and QA partners.
  • Continually improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the QA effort by assessing current practices and incorporating new strategies.
  • Be an internal advocate and spokesperson for all things QA, specially as it relates to DevQA. Clearly communicate issues, risks, concerns, and successes to stakeholders about current production/QA workflows.
  • Hold fellow leaders accountable for including quality as an essential factor in product development
  • Contribute directly to performance evaluations of individuals and teams, compiling objective feedback that is channeled toward both personal and process improvement.
  • Responsible for process Improvement; ownership of defining new processes and refining old processes.
What You Will Need:
  • 9 + years quality assurance professional
  • 4 + years management experience in leading QA teams and groups
  • Proven experience leading DevQA
  • Proven experience of working within a development game team
  • Experience in building a QA and DevQA organization that is responsible for end-to-end validation for a critical system or application
  • Deep ability to influence change that achieves exceptional product quality
  • Deep understanding of cross platform and multiplatform titles (mobile, PC, Consoles)
  • Experience working on AAA titles
  • Experience in working with remote teams and working with a cross functional team that is distributed around the globe.
  • Deep cultural awareness and ability to work with varied teams across the globe
  • Excellent written/verbal communication in English, planning, implementation, project/ people management, time management, analytical and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience and ease in interfacing with Senior Management.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and ability to multitask under pressure of hard deadlines.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of software testing, software QA processes, software development processes, change management and process improvement.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence those not directly in your reporting structure, working to develop and maintain strong, effective relationships across the organization.
  • Strong understanding of software development (SDLC) practices & nomenclature
  • Deep understanding of quality assurance techniques, frameworks and methodologies
  • Flexible and dynamic - quickly adapt to changing needs of the business.
  • Business awareness - the ability to view situations from a business perspective.
  • Strong meeting organization and facilitation skills.
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.This role will have access to sensitive and/or confidential employee or customer personally identifiable information (PII) and/or Company financial information, and therefore will be subject to background checks upon receiving a conditional offer of employment.About UsScopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company's “World's Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.For more information on Scopely, visit:Notice to candidates: Scopely, Inc and its affiliates will never request payment or ask for financial information as a condition for applying to a position or receiving an offer of employment. All official Scopely, Inc. recruiters only use email domains that end with @scopely.com.Our official website is Please only apply to positions posted on our official website and ensure the recruiter only communicates via the official email domain.Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact . Our job applicant privacy policies are available here: and .

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