Lead QA

An exciting opportunity is available for a Lead QA to join our client’s team in Stockholm. This permanent role involves leading the quality assurance process within the Delivery team, developing testing strategies, and ensuring the stability and quality of projects from development to release.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Lead by example: Provide hands-on leadership, guidance, and mentorship to the Delivery team, actively participating in day-to-day project activities.
• Align and deliver quality: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Production, to ensure alignment on project goals and quality objectives.
• Collaborate on release management: Share responsibility for managing releases, working closely with Production to ensure efficient, reliable, and high-quality deployments that meet business needs and timelines.
• Champion continuous improvement: Identify and implement process improvements within delivery workflows, tools, and testing practices, integrating automation where possible to enhance efficiency and maintain modern testing standards.
• Monitor and report: Establish and track key delivery and quality metrics, providing stakeholders with clear visibility and updates on project status and product quality.
• Develop the team: Support and guide the team in their professional development, encouraging both technical and soft skills growth to enhance overall delivery performance.
• Define and execute test plans: Design, maintain, and implement project-specific test plans, aligning testing efforts with both project goals and quality benchmarks.
• Manage external partners: Oversee and coordinate external testing, ensuring their work integrates smoothly into the overall delivery process.

You Have:

• 6+ years of professional testing experience in the video games industry.
• 2+ years of previous experience leading a QA team.
• Experience working with PC/Console games.
• Strong interpersonal skills and very resourceful.
• Problem-solving and open-minded with a desire to build and grow a well-functioning team.
• A structured mindset for planning and following up on team progress.
• Understanding the need for sensitivity/diplomacy in creative and dynamic projects.
• Proven expertise in testing methodologies, conventions, and tools, with a deep understanding of testing best practices.
• Expertise in bug tracking software (e.g. JIRA), with experience in configuring and using bug tracking tools to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.
• Excellent command of English.

Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.

Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.