Studio QA Lead

Rebellion

  • Oxford
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Job Description:We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!For 30 years we've been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.Join our esteemed studio, the creative force behind Atomfall, Zombie Army, and the Sniper Elite series, as we seek a passionate Studio QA Lead! We're looking for an individual with a strong track record in leading QA teams and exceptional people management abilities.In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in ensuring quality across our diverse projects within a vibrant, fast-paced environment. This could be the chance you've been eagerly anticipating!As part of your responsibilities, you'll oversee the daily operations of your QA team, providing guidance and support to ensure that development aligns with the project's design and meets the requirements of the intended platforms. Your primary focus will be on managing and nurturing your studio's QA staff to achieve the highest standards of excellence.This exciting opportunity can be based out of either of our studios in Oxford or Warwick, offering flexibility, collaboration, and the chance to work with a world-class team! We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our studios. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we're open to discussing hybrid options based on individual needs.Responsibilities:
  • Oversee the operation of a team of QA Analysts with best practice people management techniques.
  • Proactively manage your team's performance and professional development through performance review cycles, giving constructive, actionable, relevant feedback.
  • Day-to-day coordination of onsite QA team across multiple projects and platforms.
  • Identifying and solving potential problems of your onsite QA team, and implementing potential opportunities to enhance and improve general operation and testing processes.
  • Communicating and coordinating with internal testing teams across multiple UK sites.
  • Be an active mentor and role model for the QA team. Work to maintain morale and create an atmosphere of enthusiasm.
  • Report to leadership about the general status of your onsite QA team in a concise and accurate manner.
  • Assist the QA team in performing all testing responsibilities as requested by project leads.
Requirements:
  • Expert knowledge and understanding of game testing models.
  • Excellent knowledge and understanding of bug testing and tracking software (Jira/Redmine, TestRail/TestLink, Confluence/Wiki.js).
  • Expert knowledge and understanding of the video game development process.
  • Knowledge of best practice people management.
  • Able to give and gather information to effectively communicate information and exert influence, whilst building long-term, trusting relationships with a wide range of people and building trust within multiple teams.
  • Ability to plan and prioritise work, balancing resources, skills, priorities and timescales to achieve objectives.
  • Able to develop resolutions to unusually challenging problems and mentor individuals and teams to solve problems creatively.
  • Understanding and execution of common current gen compliance test cases (TRC/XR/Steamworks/Apple Store/Winstore).
Benefits:We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:
  • 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years - one day each year until you reach 31 days)
  • Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
  • Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
  • Enhanced Family Leave
  • Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
  • Enhanced Pension Scheme
  • EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
  • Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!
Life at Our Oxford HQOur riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city's train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!Inside RebellionWhichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.Find out more about usOur size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn't sound quite like you, we're recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we're always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies:#LI-Hybrid

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