About the role
Job Overview
Keywords Studios India has an open vacancy for a Functionality Quality Assurance Test Lead. The role involves leading a team of FQA testers, ensuring project delivery in accordance with standards, schedules, and budgets, and maintaining an effective, motivated, and productive work environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Projects delivery in line with company standards and according to schedules and budgets agreed between the Project Manager and Client.
- Ensuring successful regular briefing and daily management of the test team assigned to the project.
- Creating and executing the project test plan in cooperation with the Project Manager and the QA Manager.
- Daily communication with external clients and ensuring that their needs are met and any queries or concerns on their part are answered.
- Providing clients with accurate end-of-day reports and participating in meetings with the client.
- Ensuring that the team is effective, motivated and work in a productivity-friendly environment.
- Leading by example and behaving according to the core Keywords values.
- Regular evaluation of Testers' and Seniors' performance, conducting feedback meetings.
- Monitoring the test team's work.
- Manage, lead and motivate test teams.
- Plan, create and execute project QA strategies.
- Plan, create and execute project test plan and cases.
- Delegate test cases to the test team directly, clearly and efficiently.
- Proactively solve project issues with the test teams and Project Manager, before they impact the project.
- Make sure both the Project Manager and test teams are aware of project status.
- Monitor test strategy in accordance with project schedule and budget requirements.
- Administer and enforce the quality and consistency of bugs as required by the Babel process.
- Constant monitoring and management of bug databases to ensure quality and productivity are up to par.
- Expertly vet, assign and monitor bugs in the database.
- Set, monitor and achieve goals through the test team.
- Interact with testers face-to-face daily.
Requirements
- Proficiency in English (both written and spoken).
- Relevant experience in a similar role in the Video Games or related industry.
- Understanding of a bug’s life cycle and workflow within a defect tracking database.
- Understanding of QA Strategy and QA Plan building.
- Experience with all next-gen and current-gen console hardware and software.
- Working knowledge of risk management in the context of the QA process.
- Working knowledge of data-driven systems to facilitate decision-making.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong leadership skills and decision-making abilities.
- Agile, and flexible to change.
- Ability to meet deadlines on fast pace environments.
- Self-motivated, innovative and analytical with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Intermediate skills with MS Excel.
- Experience with MS Office.
- Based in Bengaluru or available for relocation (Relocation package provided).
Desirable Skills
- Passion for video games.
- Understanding of a project cycle and a game development process.
- Understanding of Functionality QA and Certification testing processes.
- Understanding of the 1st party submission requirements and certification processes.
- Familiarity with defect tracking tools, workflows, test case management tools, agile tools, and project tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Spira, TestTrack, DevTrack, and DevTest.
- Experienced with platform-specific testing tools (Steam, LanForge, Xbox Manager, PS Publishing tools, Xbox GUI).
- Experience with video capture hardware and software.
- Experienced with all next-gen and current-gen console hardware and software.
- Experienced with mobile and PC hardware and software.
Benefits
- Employment, permanent contract.
- Attractive salary.
- Benefits package.
- Free beverages and fresh fruits.
- Casual and fun work environment.
Role Information
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Area of Work: QA Testing Services
- Service: Globalize
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Working Pattern: In-Office