Senior Manager Software Quality Assurance

Position Summary

As a Senior Manager of Software Quality Assurance at Light & Wonder, you'll lead a team of SQA Engineers to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality gaming products. You'll engage in hiring and mentoring your team members, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and define and execute comprehensive test strategies. Your role is crucial in ensuring seamless execution of Quality best practices and maintaining high standards in alignment with department and company goals.

Essential Job Functions:

• Manage SQA roadmap, projects and team to deliver high quality games on time and within budget

• Help develop and implement comprehensive quality initiatives aligned with the organization's business objectives

• Build, lead, and mentor high-performing QA teams, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement

• Collaborate closely with product owners, development teams, and other stakeholders to ensure quality standards and project expectations are met

• Mentor team members to identify, assess, and mitigate quality risks throughout the software development lifecycle

• Continuously improve QA processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

• Oversee Test Planning and Execution including creation and execution of effective test plans, test cases, and test scripts

• Engage fully in defect management process and facilitate robust defect tracking and resolution process

• Monitor and analyze key quality metrics to measure team performance and identify areas for improvement

• Drive the adoption of automation tools and frameworks to optimize testing efforts

• Stay up to date with the latest QA technologies and trends and explore opportunities for innovation

• Provide technical guidance and support to the QA team, addressing complex technical challenges

Qualifications

• Experience in leading multiple, simultaneous projects in parallel with successful results

• Expertise in establishing testing guidelines and providing technical advice to team members regarding design and delivery of test strategies to accelerate games to market

• Extensive Software testing and/or development experience

• Familiarity with COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) tools such as JIRA, qTest, Confluence, Perforce/GitHub

• Working knowledge of Testing methodologies, CI/CD, and associated technologies that facilitate robust quality assurance practices.

• Solid understanding of the art and science of Software Quality Assurance

• Gaming industry experience preferred

Education:   

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent. Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent preferred

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of experience leading SQA teams in a Supervisory or Managerial capacity

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Ability to provide clear direction and leadership to direct reports as well as other groups within LnW

• Maintains currency in test technology developments and evolving gaming technologies

• Ability to keep up with changing and new jurisdictional requirements to provide the review and drive for additional enhancements to test coverage

• Ability to review requirements for testability and provide guidance to the team

• Oversee development of test strategies, test automation frameworks, test methods, test tool selection

• Mentor and train SQA engineers on test methods and new technologies

• Results oriented, risk taking and extensive multi-tasking ability

Vision: 

• Close vision

• Depth perception

• Ability to adjust focus

• Peripheral vision

• Ability to distinguish colors  

Physical Requirements: 

• Extensive time in front of LCD’s and Electronic Gaming Machine screens

Work Conditions: 

• The ability to move between projects with little notice and the ability to adapt quickly

• Overtime and weekend hours may be required to meet project schedules

• Limited travel may be required

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to