jobref	209QAM
location	nationwide
position	- QA MANAGER – GERMANY – € DOE
type	permanent
package	market rate
start	12.11.2009

Position Summary The QA Manager manages testers and testing processes. He/She is responsible for planning, conducting and assessing product tests as well as working on process improvement. Position Responsibilities Primary Responsibilities: - Train and manage external test teams - Communicate with QA outsourcing studios and beta testers - Integrate external feedback and test reports in the internal production process - Identify and isolate issues with pre-release software - Report and track issues, verify fixes - Conduct regression and stress testing - Prepare/execute test scripts - Evaluate test coverage - Work with other testers, lead testers, engineers and manager - Ensure work is completed in accordance with project deadlines - Provide quality feedback, including evaluations of content and suggestions for improvement - Verify and proofread product manual/documentation - Undertake research, including competitive analysis Secondary Responsibilities: - Determine appropriate test strategies - Verify specified product goals - Identify risks to assigned area - Provide input to test schedule - Identify improvements in test process Position Qualifications/Requirements - Wide range or scope of experience or interest in gaming on a variety of platforms - Self motivated with superb work ethic and a desire to make world class games - Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills - Ability to take direction and effective listening skills - Ability to troubleshoot and isolate faults, sometimes within severe time constraints - Sharp attention to detail, highly analytical - Aptitude to learn quickly and effectively - Excellent organizational skills - Willingness and ability to remain focused in a driven, high pressure, team-oriented environment - Fluency in English - 3+ years working experience in the games industry Technical Requirements - Prior testing experience - Experience following testing processes and methodologies - Understanding of QA measurement/metric techniques Soft-Skill Requirements - Bachelors Degree (or equivalent) in CS or similar - Advanced software/hardware knowledge - Familiarity with all phases of the software product development cycle Bonus - Fluency in German

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