Manager, Quality Assurance - Teamfight Tactics

About the role

This role focuses on leading a team of five QA professionals for Teamfight Tactics. The manager will work closely with various development disciplines, including software engineers, artists, and project managers, to deliver a high-quality player experience. The primary goal is to develop and implement quality activities throughout the software development lifecycle, guided by Riot's Test Policy.

The manager is responsible for defining the QA strategy for Teamfight Tactics and ensuring its execution. This includes overseeing the work of the QA team, directly managing their performance, and guiding their daily tasks. Success in this position means consistently delivering a comprehensive quality strategy and influencing development quality across the game.

A key aspect of this role is partnering with other disciplines to influence testing practices and decisions that impact the player experience. The manager will apply broad knowledge of QA within game development to support team goals, ensuring that quality metrics are established, tracked, and used to drive improvements and development decisions.

The annual salary for this position ranges from $55,000 to $85,000.

Skills that matter here

• Quality Assurance: This role requires 5+ years of QA experience in game development, focusing on supporting and shipping games.
• people management: The position involves 2+ years of direct people management, performance management, and HR responsibilities for QA teams in game development.
• test strategies: Candidates need experience creating and driving test strategies for live games, game features, or live service environments.
• game development pipelines and workflows: Experience with game development pipelines and workflows is required, with a preference for art pipeline experience.
• quality metrics: The role involves establishing and tracking quality metrics to influence development decisions and drive improvements.

Who this role suits

• A person who has a proven background in game development QA, having directly contributed to shipping games.
• Someone who excels at leading and managing teams, with experience in direct people management and performance oversight.
• An individual capable of defining and executing strategic quality initiatives for live games.
• A collaborative professional who can effectively partner with diverse disciplines and manage stakeholders across different time zones.

From the employer

Responsibilities

• Shape QA strategy for Teamfight Tactics and directly influence development quality across the game.
• Be accountable for delivering a comprehensive quality strategy across your team.
• Be responsible for the results and delivery quality of QA professionals across your sphere of influence.
• Directly manage the QA professionals on your initiative/teams in addition to guiding their day to day work.
• Bring broad quality assurance knowledge within game development and understand how QA approaches support team goals.
• Partner across disciplines to influence testing practices, quality decisions, and player experience outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Quality Assurance experience within game development environments - you have supported & shipped games.
• 2+ years leading QA teams within game development, including direct people management, performance management, and HR responsibility.
• Experience leading embedded QA professionals as part of cross functional development teams rather than outsourced QA functions.
• Experience creating and driving test strategies for (live) games, game features, or live service environments.
• Experience managing and aligning with HQ stakeholders remotely across multiple time zones.
• Experience with game development pipelines and workflows, with art pipeline experience strongly preferred.
• Experience setting strategic goals and driving execution across QA teams.
• Experience establishing and tracking quality metrics that influence development decisions and drive improvements.

Our Perks

• Full relocation support.
• Full health insurance for you, your spouse and children.
• Open paid time off.
• Retirement benefits with company matching.
• Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability.
• Play Fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games.
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits.