Full Time Job
Quality Assurance Manager
CNN
- Paid
- Full Time
- Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
The JobCNN+ will launch in Q1 2022, bringing exciting new premium CNN streaming content directly to CNN superfans. A critical part of the CNN+ product offering is ensuring we are delivering the highest possible quality experience to our users. As QA Manager, 10-Foot (DTC) you will be responsible for leading a team of testers and engineers to build out a dynamic, innovative experience that will allow CNN+ users to interact directly with CNN talent and experts about the issues that matter most to them.
At CNN, we care deeply about our team culture and values. As a QA Manager, one of your primary responsibilities will be to cultivate and advance that culture, and lead your team to do the same. We value positivity and inclusion. We want everyone to enjoy coming to work every day, and we want every person's voice to be heard. We organize ourselves cross-functionally, and empower teams to operate autonomously, but not in isolation. We recognize that business, product, and technical requirements change over time, and strive to work iteratively to meet those changes. We expect our engineering teams to effectively manage technical debt, and make good tradeoffs between moving fast now and being able to move fast in the future. If you share these values, and are excited about the idea of fostering them on your team, you'll be a great fit for this role!
The Daily
• Lead the QA OTT (10-foot) team, holding 1-on-1s, where you'll deliver and receive feedback, help set goals, and coach them on how to advance their careers
• Act as a point of contact for program level of effort surrounding the QA process
• Continuously improve our CI/CD process to ensure we are delivering a high-quality product to our end-users
• Be involved in discussions around high-level planning, roadmaps, and status with teams across the organization
• When possible, contribute directly to your team's work by executing test cases or lending a hand when the inflow spikes
The Essentials
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and experience in effectively communicating with a wide range of technical and non-technical job functions within an organization
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience - degree not requisite).
• 5+ years of experience in some form of engineering leadership: formal or informal, technical, project, or managerial
• You are passionate about delivering high-quality user experiences (it keeps you up at night)
• Demonstrated success working with development teams to deliver a high-quality mass used product in a predictable, and sustainable way
• Familiarity with CI/CD process, automation testing, and API testing tools
The Nice to Haves
• Understand OTT architecture and the components that make it up
• You have used a programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, or another major language)
• Lots of points if you have contributed to an automation suite, even more, if you architected it and/or built it
• Lots of point if you have managed programs of effort surrounding major initiatives as the lead point of contact for a body of work.
• You have worked with technical leadership to build out a comprehensive test strategy for a wide range of devices
• Familiarity (strengths/weaknesses) with renderers, Webkit, Chromium, Unity, You.i Engine
WarnerMedia Ottawa welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ron062-3-229-123-80-42 in your application.