Director, QA - Gs.Val, Discipline Leadership

Job Description

At Riot, we believe Quality is a set of values, practices, and behaviors that inform every part of the development process. By honing our craft of quality and demonstrating cross-discipline partnerships we help Riot sustainably craft excellent experiences for players, globally.

As a Director of Quality Assurance on VALORANT, you will holistically own end to end quality for all products within the VALORANT studio organization. You will shape and promote the vision of quality assurance across Riot Games, so that, ''Gamers worldwide know that every experience they have with Riot will be a quality experience.'' You will report into the Sr. Director of Operations for VALORANT.

Responsibilities:
• Own the overall quality strategy for all VALORANT products.
• Direct QA planning, staffing and budgeting with support from leadership
• Be accountable for the efficiency and efficacy of QA across VALORANT
• Build, develop and maintain a world-class QA organization
• Manage QA Managers and senior QA ICs operating at the product level
• Partner with other craft leaders to influence craft and product strategies
• Support QA Department goals and objectives through product implementation
• Direct test automation strategies with support from technical teams

Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years Quality Assurance Experience in a leadership role, with at least 4 years leading QA managers and/or teams.
• Experience managing budgets and headcount at the business unit level.
• Experience establishing quality metrics that influence strategy and drive change.
• Experience creating test strategies for products.
• Experience setting strategic goals for teams to execute.
• Experience managing performance of other managers within QA.
• Experience working with remote test team leadership.
• Experience shipping products across PC, Mobile and Console platforms
• Experience releasing and maintaining AAA games as a live service

Desired Qualifications:
• ISTQB Foundation Level.
• ISTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
Our Perks:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

It's our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1zy90-18-216-193-10-42 in your application.