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Working on-site when needed, you'll set the test strategy, lead build validation and defect management, and act as the voice of QA across a project from daily triage to leadership build reviews. You'll also lead, mentor, and help develop a team of testers, making sure they have the tools, confidence, and ability to do their best work.Responsabilidades\nOwn the test strategy for the project at every stage of development, from feature specs through to milestone and submission testing.\nLead build validation (BVT, Smoke, LKG) and ensure results are triaged, reported, and acted on.\nBe involved with testing and apply a hands-on approach on the project to experience and evaluate where its quality is at throughout development.\nManage the full defect lifecycle including creation, validation, ongoing tracking and represent QA in bug triage.\nBuild, maintain, and evolve test plans and test environments across internal, external, and publisher QA channels.\nProduce regular QA reporting for the team and project leadership.\nOwn the QA risk register and contribute to the wider project risk register.\nLead, coach, and develop the QA team with 1on1s, reviews, career progression and performance management.\nMentor junior testers and own their onboarding into the discipline.\nHelp coordinate outsourced QA resource and liaise with publisher QA.\nRepresent QA in agile practices including planning, retrospectives and leadership build reviews.\nMaintain QA documentation and contribute to future project proposals.\nCommunicate within the QA team hierarchy as a voice for your project and also the QA discipline.\nRequisitos\nProven experience as a QA Lead or Test Lead in games development.\nStrong grasp of build validation and defect lifecycle management.\nExperience writing test plans and QA reporting.\nPeople-management experience with 1on1s, reviews, improvement plans, or similar.\nConfident communicator, comfortable representing QA to developers, leadership and publishers.\nProficient with bug tracking and documentation tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence).\nA high degree of flexibility and organisational skills.\nPassion for games and their development.\nIn-depth knowledge of console/PC hardware and software, development tools and technical games development.\nAbility to problem solve, horizon scan, research and develop ways to increase testing accuracy, coverage and quality on an ongoing basis.\nProficient in Microsoft Office applications.Desirable:\n\nWorking knowledge of console certification/submission processes (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Mobile, Handhelds).\nExperience managing outsourced or external QA vendors.\nFamiliarity with Perforce or similar version control tools.\nExperience shipping at least one full title through all stages of development.\nBeneficios\nSumo understands the importance of having control over your benefits. 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