Senior Manager of QA, Riot Games
VALORANT Experience Team
$178.8-249.2k
+ Incentive compensation + Equity
Player-focused game development platform
Open for applications
Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$178.8-249.2k
+ Incentive compensation + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years Quality Assurance Experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
- Experience working with senior leadership to manage budgets and headcount
- Experience establishing quality metrics that influence strategy and drive change
- Experience creating test strategies for features in and around games
- Experience setting strategic goals for teams to execute
- Experience managing performance of embedded QA professionals
- Experience working with remote testing teams
- For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players
- We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games
Desirable
- ISTQB Foundation Level
- ISTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
- ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
- Experience managing managers
- Experience working on technical teams working on around game experiences
- Experience working on team that collaborates closely with other teams to ensure successful delivery and implementation of their work
What the job involves
- As a Senior Manager of Quality Assurance on VALORANT for the Cross VALORANT Experiences Area, you will holistically own end to end quality for a group of products as a part of a large cross functional development team of teams
- You will directly influence the quality of experiences surrounding VALORANT as a game, actively working with cross discipline leaders to align on quality goals across these
- You will shape, promote, and drive the vision of quality assurance across Cross VALORANT Experiences Area so that, "Gamers worldwide know that every experience they have with Riot will be a quality experience." You will report into the Director of Quality for the VALORANT franchise
- Own the overall quality strategy for the Cross VALORANT Experiences products
- Managing QA efforts across the products with support from BU QA leadership
- Be accountable for the efficiency and efficacy of QA throughout the Cross VALORANT Experiences
- Build, develop and maintain a world-class QA organization
- Manage QA Managers and/or QA individual contributors
- Partner with other craft leaders to influence craft and product strategies
- Support QA Department goals and objectives through product implementation
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
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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 values
- Player experience first
- Dare to dream
- Thrive together
- Execute with excellence
- Stay hungry, stay humble
Company HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Articles
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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