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Blizzard Entertainment · 1 week ago

Associate Quality Manager, Overwatch | Irvine, CA

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$65K/yr - $120K/yr

6+ years exp

Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences, best known for iconic video game universes including Overwatch. The Associate Quality Manager oversees Quality Assurance operations and testing for assigned teams and products, ensuring software quality and process improvement while leading a team responsible for testing initiatives aligned with senior leadership strategies.

MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead a test team for a product, ensuring alignment with senior leadership initiatives and strategy across globally distributed teams

Collaborate with development leads and provide high-value, quality-related services to the product area

Oversee team test execution and reporting, ensuring the quality of all deliverables, workflows, and relationships

Host test closure activities, such as testware evaluation, knowledge transfer, and retrospectives

Create, monitor, and control metrics impacting product and team quality, analyzing product quality and usability, associated system limitations, and reporting on risk

Collaborate with senior leadership on shifting work or resources to promote test quality, software development best practices, and enhanced customer experience

Develop training materials for the project team and lead workshops for test leadership requirements

Lead and support projects and initiatives with regional teams, cross-functional partners, and QA teams. Provide resources and assistance and oversee adherence to the master test plan for the product

Provide leadership, support and guidance to the assigned team, ensuring their performance is managed effectively and fostering a productive, positive, collaborative work culture

Champion efforts that build synergy, trust, collaboration, and inclusivity within the organization. Own and manage relationships with key partners, resources, colleagues, and leaders ensuring transparency around critical decisions and trade-offs

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Quality Assurance experienceSoftware Development Life CycleRelational databasesJira processWhite box testingPMP certificationScrum Master certificationCoding knowledgePlanningOrganizationCommunicationTime managementTeam leadershipCollaboration skills

Required

Minimum 6 years of experience in Quality Assurance

Minimum 2 years directing the work of individual contributors and multiple levels of management and teams

Experience with game engines, content and asset editors, and shared technology

Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred

Thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), specifically QA processes in agile and waterfall development environments

Practical knowledge of relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, & SQLServer

Thorough understanding of Jira process for their team, able to navigate their project and enter defects with no oversight

Proven ability to analyze, interpret, and act on data sets and complex workflows

Excellent written and verbal communication, planning, organization, and time management skills

Preferred

White box testing experience

Certifications: PMP, Scrum Master and/or Product Owner, ISTQB

Coding Knowledge: XML / HTML, JavaScript, Python, Java, C / C++ / C#, SQL

High level of gaming knowledge and/or skill

Passion for Blizzard's line of products and services

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance

401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching

Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave

Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others

If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance

Company

Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.

Founded in 1991

Irvine, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://blizzard.com

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