Qa Manager - Paris H/F

Madbox is a fast-growing mobile gaming company with a very unique way of developing games. Everything has been made for teams to take as much ownership as possible, unleash their creativity, bring performance, and have as much fun as possible.

In July 2022, we launched our Pocket Champs game worldwide which quickly became one of the top-grossing games in its category.

We have been growing very quickly in terms of user base but also in terms of code base. We are publishing frequent updates of our games to continuously provide our players with new features. However, as the game grows so do the stakes of making sure every release we make is safe to release to production.

That's why, today, we are looking for a QA Manager to bring our QA practice and release processes to new heights. We need to catch up the growth we had in our product in our QA department.

This is where you come in : take this QA Manager position over and BE a driving force of this new Chapter !

Your journey at Madbox as a QA Manager
- Meet the QA team, understand their dynamic and how you can help them grow.
- Meet the other managers in production that you would work closely with to ensure the quality of our games.
- Learn about our current QA process and make sure IT is followed properly.
- Move to auditing this process and identifying its flaws.
- Finally you will start designing improvements to our processes and more generally improvements to our QA department to make IT safer to release updates to production.

Responsibilities & Scope

Ensure maximum quality on every games to deliver the best User Experience to our players :
- Lead the tests on our games to cover all areas and features and record issues in a database
- Check the current KPIs to track the game quality across versions and expand these KPIs to improve our processes
- Follow-up on bugs to ensure their status are updated

Coordinate the work around the games quality :
- Establish the documentation and workflow and take part in the prioritization process to make sure deadlines are respected
- Communicate with the production team and the Game Manager to help drive the quality effort
- Manage the third parties and collaborate directly with your peers in the QA Team in Paris or Barcelona
- Align with all the different departments and give the GO from the QA department when making a new version release

Managing the QA team :
- Grow the hard skills of the team
- Help the intermediate / senior QA testers (2) grow their skills in managing more junior testers (2).
- Define the guidelines and processes of the team
- Keep raising the bar of our QA standards
- Learn from every failure to challenge our testing process and make IT more robust
- Expand the tools and methods used by the team to become more efficient, potentially through the use of test automation
- Structure the team and maintain a high talent density

Profile

Madbox is the right place for you if you
- Are passionate about games.
- Have experience in testing and designing testing processes
- Have experience in managing a team and helping them grow
- Are a team player who can communicate with various profiles to ensure a good visibility over the status of our games
- Are methodic and can continuously self-reflect to improve how things are done
- Are curious and can adapt to integrate new tools and methods to your day to day processes

Madbox isn't the right place for you if you
- Are looking for a full remote position
- Need micro management to achieve your tasks
- Take the processes as they are and don't take the time to challenge them

Hiring Process
- A call with the hiring manager
- Meet someone from the leadership team
- Meet the team
- A home assignment
- A review of the test with the hiring manager.

All our offers are extended within 48 hours maximum

Perks and Benefits

At Madbox, we believe that working in a great environment where you can express your creativity is essential. To ensure the best quality of life at work, we provide a place where Madboxers can enjoy perks and benefits, build strong relationship with each other in order to explore & shape their journey together.
- Competitive compensation : our compensation grid is regularly reviewed based on the evolution on the market to ensure everyone at Madbox is fairly compensated and receives frequent updates.
- Hybrid remote policy : 3 days on site minimum per week + 15 additional working days fully remote per year
- CWS : Culture, Wellness & Sport, is a budget Madbox dedicated to each employee for them to self develop and take care of themselves
- Holidays : hyper-flexible 30 days off policy (take IT when you need IT)
- Health of Our Madboxers is Essential : Alan Health Insurance (75% covered by Madbox)
- Lunch coupons : Take advantage of the Swile card (60% covered by Madbox)
- Transport Fees : 50% covered by Madbox
- Amazing Offices : Come and explore our offices in the heart of Paris (Bonne Nouvelle Station) and Barcelona (Diagonal Station)! From taking a nap in our jungle in Paris Office to soaking up the sun on the rooftop in Barcelona at lunch, we have thought of everything to make you feel right at home. Bonus : Our fantastic Workplace Managers will make sure to provide you with the coffee/tea/snacks/drinks of your choice !
- home office Expenses bonus
- Team Macbook or Team PC? We provide all the necessary equipment
- English Lessons : as our main langage in both studios is English, you can enjoy group lessons with your peers thanks to our private teacher
- Madgen : yearly company event

Location : This position is available in Paris, 19-21 Rue Poissonnière

or/and in Barcelona, Utopicus, Plaça de Gal·la Placídia, 1, 3,

Contract : Permanent full-time contract