Senior QA Manager, Riot Games
Gameplay, Teamfight Tactics
$187.7-261.7k
+ Equity
Player-focused game development platform
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Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$187.7-261.7k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Experience creating test strategies for products
- Experience setting strategic goals for teams to execute
- Experience managing performance of embedded QA professionals
- Experience working with remote testing teams
- Experience working with senior leadership to manage budgets and headcount
- Experience establishing quality metrics that influence strategy and drive change
- 8+ years Quality Assurance Experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
Desirable
- Experience managing managers
- Development experience across several platforms; mobile, console, and PC
- Preferred Licenses/certifications:
- ISTQB Foundation Level
- ISTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
- ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
What the job involves
- As a Senior QA Manager of Teamfight Tactics (TFT) Gameplay, you are an avid player of Teamfight Tactics(TFT)
- You are expected to understand Teamfight Tactics’ Gameplay as a player, from the player’s point of view
- You will be utilizing gameplay terminology of TFT in your daily work, with all of your stakeholders
- You will manage Quality Assurance professionals who work with software engineers, content developers, artists, project managers, and producers to create value for Players around the world
- You will be guided by Riot's Test Policy to develop quality activities for every stage of the software development life cycle
- Additionally, you will partner with your team or Product leadership and other craft leaders to arrive at more efficient solutions to everyday problems and improve delivery
- You will also direct and task other QA professionals, often remotely to get your work completed
- You will report into a Senior QA Manager
- You shape craft strategy that directly impacts the development strategy within a business unit
- You are accountable for the delivery of a comprehensive quality strategy for a smaller business unit or large initiative
- You manage the quality assurance efforts across multiple initiatives or teams with support from business unit senior leadership
- You are responsible for the results of the QA professionals across your sphere of influence
- You directly manage managers, leaders, and/or individual contributors on initiatives/teams in addition to guiding their day to day work
- You have in depth craft expertise in quality assurance and how it impacts and influences software development
- You partner across disciplines to influence decisions
Our take
Riot Games has grown into one of the world’s most prominent online and mobile game developers, due in large part to the success of its 2009 flagship title League of Legends which hosts just under seventy million users every month.
Riot is riding the wave of online gaming growth, having made a well timed switch from PC-only into mobile-based gaming, as capitalising on the rising popularity of esports, with the League of Legends World Championships one of the most watched events in the space.
However, adding further titles to its resume will be key to building on its success, as League of Legends was its only offering for the best part of a decade. Since being acquired by Chinese tech giant Tencent in 2011, the company has grown significantly in Asian markets, opening its Shanghai Game Studio in 2021 and expanding its China Game Studio Group in 2022. These two hubs will help Riot Games make further inroads in a country where PC gaming is already huge and continues to grow.
Regardless of League of Legends' success both online and in live arenas, the company nevertheless experienced a round of layoffs internationally that amounted to 11% of its workforce. Pair that with legal troubles in 2024 concerning the company’s partnership with now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, and Riot Games appears to be in a period of transition. Thanks to the strength of its gaming products, however, Riot will no doubt maintain a comfortable position within the gaming world.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2009
$8m
SERIES C
Jul 2008
$7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $15m
Company benefits
- We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
- Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available
- Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations
- Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games
Company HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Brandon Beck
(Co-Chairman)Having studied at the University of Southern California, they worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. they left this role in September 2006 to co-found Riot Games, where they served initially as co-CEO.
Marc Merrill
(Co-Chairman)After a degree at the University of Southern California, they worked as a U.S. Bank Analyst and a Manager of Advanstar Communications. They co-founded Riot Games with Brandon in September 2006, alongside being a Principal of NaHCo3 since 2016.
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