Development QA Project Manager

We are EA

We entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That?s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

At Ghost, we all share the passion to create something extraordinary. We strive to deliver world class experiences, so we demand the very best from ourselves. For us, creativity is not a skill with any one individual so much as a mindset. By exercising a flat hierarchy and nurturing an attentive design process, we listen to all the crazy ideas thrown around the office. We believe there is no better place to grow professionally, find new friends, and kick back after a hard day?s work.



The Challenge Ahead

Reporting to the QA Manager, the Development QA Manager works alongside the development team to build and evolve a strong onsite QA Team.

They are responsible for hiring, mentoring, training and shaping the onsite Development QA group into a strong, technically proficient team focused on Defect Prevention and Containment and leveraging the benefits of Automated Testing.

They should be the Development Teams primary point of contact when asking for support and should factor this into their plans in addition to helping build out long term test strategies with each QA Analyst on their team. They are also responsible for managing the relationship with the Development Team and building strong ties with leadership of all disciplines.



What a Development QA Manager does at EA:

Build a strong onsite team of QA Analysts focused on Defect Prevention and Containment.
Own hiring, mentoring, training and growing the team as well as conducting regular 1:1 meetings with them and working to maintain morale.
Ensure all QA Analysts have a strong, long term strategy for their area of ownership focused on upstream Bug Prevention rather than Black Box Testing.
Help drive QA Evolution including Defect Prevention/Containment process and increased use of Test Automation across Dev QA and the Dev Team.
Plan and execute pre-integration content testing strategies using development tools.
Establish methods for Grey/White box testing on appropriate features/tools.
Drive the use of Automation and Tools within QA.
Collaborate with Development partners and balance Development Support tasks against QA Delivery work.
Represent QA in Development Meetings, pushing for risk mitigation where appropriate and ensuring alignment as well as flagging risks to budget or project from development driven change.
Work to build capacity and budgetary requirements for Onsite QA covering staffing costs and associated hardware requirements.
Recognise, communicate and mitigate risks to project delivery.
Actively contributes to strategic planning and ensures plans will deliver project on time, quality and budget.
Proactively make process improvements project wide, identify patterns and new solutions.