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Salary: USD 98,600 - 145,000 / annual
Scopely, a leading mobile games publisher and developer, is seeking a QA Manager for Live Operations to lead a distributed QA team on an upcoming AAA mobile game title. This role focuses on driving scalable quality practices, release excellence, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality live game experiences.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, mentor, and support the growth and development of a talented QA team
- Build on existing team metrics to measure product quality and operational excellence
- Advocate for quality and serve as a spokesperson for continuous improvement initiatives
- Clearly communicate issues, risks, concerns, and successes to stakeholders, partners, and executives
- Foster strong collaboration across internal and external development, QA, and localization teams
- Partner with team leads to create effective plans, assignments, and schedules for all quality-related activities
- Continuously evaluate and improve QA, release, and deployment processes
- Champion QA and release excellence across the organization
- Help establish scalable quality practices that support the continued growth of the title
- Partner closely with engineering, live operations, marketing, and customer support teams
About Scopely:
Scopely is the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, home to beloved titles including MONOPOLY GO!, Pokémon GO, Stumble Guys, Star Trek Fleet Command, MARVEL Strike Force, WWE Champions, and the Scrabble franchise. Founded in 2011, the company has generated over $10 billion in lifetime revenue and operates across mobile, web, PC, and console platforms with hundreds of millions of players worldwide.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional experience in quality assurance
- 2+ years of management experience across the full game development lifecycle
- Proven experience working on a live mobile game with a large and active player base
- Deep understanding of QA methodologies, frameworks, and industry best practices
- Demonstrated ability to drive change and influence teams toward exceptional product quality
- Experience embedding QA practices within multidisciplinary development teams
- Experience in live operations and partnering with Marketing, Customer Service, and Live Support
- Experience building and leading distributed or remote teams
- Strong knowledge of software testing, QA processes, software development, change management, and process improvement
- Proficiency with bug-tracking systems and test-plan management tools
- Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder-management skills
Bonus:
- Experience working in mobile free-to-play or core gaming environments
- Familiarity with release management, automation, and quality metrics
