Lead Quality Transformation, Deezer
Audio streaming platform
Open for applications
Audio streaming platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
Connecting fans with artists and creating ways for people to live the music.
Role
Who you are
- Engineering Management with quality-focused teams
- Self starter with proven experience leading transformation initiatives
- Strong change management and influence skills
- Great communication and storytelling abilities
- Demonstrated ability to build trust, navigate resistance, and turn skeptics into supporters
- Understanding of modern quality practices
- Experience with quality governance and data-driven decision making
- Track record of delivering results through others
- Resilience and persistence in driving long-term transformation despite setbacks and imperfect processes
- If this role speaks to you and aligns with your interests and capabilities, even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed, please give it a try and tell us more!
What the job involves
- Are you passionate about empowering teams to build exceptional products? Do you thrive on transforming how organizations think?
- As a captain, not just a coach, you'll lead by doing while transforming how our teams approach quality from "Gatekeeping" to "Enabling."
- This is not a traditional QA Manager position and this isn't about process ownership - it's about business ownership of quality outcomes that directly impact user satisfaction, retention, and business growth. You'll be pioneering a new approach to quality at Deezer, where:
- QA Partners act as enablers, not gatekeepers
- Quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle
- Developers own the entire test pyramid
- Product Managers actively participate in quality validation
- Data and production insights drive continuous improvement
- Lead QA Partners in their ongoing evolution from testers to enablers and quality coaches
- Build and deploy innovative solutions for test creation, QA Brief assistance, and quality validation
- Define and champion the transverse quality vision across Core Product teams
- Establish quality standards and frameworks that align with business objectives and user experience goals
- Drive data-driven quality decisions through implementation of key metrics
- Develop cross-functional quality skills by training developers and product managers in quality practices
- Promote observability and production monitoring for proactive quality insights
Our take
Deezer is a global music-streaming platform built to help people connect with the music they love. Listeners can explore millions of tracks, discover new artists, and enjoy features like Flow, curated playlists, and interactive tools such as Music Quiz and Shaker.
The company operates in a crowded market dominated by giants like SPotify and Apple Music, but it's leaning into personalisation to stand out. Its latest update lets users customise themes, colors, icons and layouts, and gives instant access to their favourite artists, playlists and podcasts through the new Quick Access feature. So, with this approach, it wants to make the app feel more personal in the hopes of appealing to listeners looking for something a bit more tailored.
AI-generated music is another major factor shaping Deezer's direction (and it's a complicated one). Around 50,000 fully AI tracks are uploaded daily, and while many users may be curious, most want them clearly labelled and worry about their impact on real artists. Deezer already detects and labels AI content and keeps it out of recommendations and fraudulent payouts. If it can continue to handle this transparently, AI could become a trust-building advantage rather than a threat for the company.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2018
$187.1m
LATE VC
Jan 2016
$117m
SERIES E
Total funding: $552.4m
Company HQ
Saint-Georges, Paris, France
Leadership
Alexis Lanternier
(CEO)Previously co-founded Essor where they served as the President for nearly 4 years. Prior to that, they were an EVP of eCommerce at Walmart Canada.
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