QA Manager, Publishing – 6-month Contract

🕒 August 28

🌵 Arizona, California, +6 more states – Remote

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💵 $86k - $128k / year

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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Skydance

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2010

📣 Marketing

💼 Consulting

📱 Media

Marketing • Consulting • Media

Skydance is a media company engaged in the production of films, television series, and interactive media. It streams its content on various platforms, including Apple TV+, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO Max. Skydance is involved in creating trailers and teasers for its productions, including high-profile series and movies like 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning', 'Foundation', 'Reacher', and others. The company has also expanded into areas such as sports content with 'Hard Knocks' and diversified its offerings with animated films and interactive new media. Skydance emphasizes maintaining an active presence on social media to keep audiences informed about its latest projects and releases.

📋 Description

• Build the publishing QA function from the ground up • Source and manage external testing partners • Own the QA process end-to-end, from a title's earliest builds through launch • Manage a team of external QA testers • Design and roll out QA strategy, workflows, and standards tailored to each title's scope, platform requirements, and risk areas • Partner with producers, leads, and platform holders to set testing priorities, milestones, and coverage goals • Build and drive execution of test plans, test case libraries, and scenario coverage across game systems, modes, and platforms • Triage and prioritize bugs, track defect status, and drive resolution throughout the certification cycle • Maintain current, audit-ready testing documentation, including test plans, coverage matrices, defect logs, and certification submission records • Report testing status to stakeholders, flag risks early, and provide recommendations • Track emerging QA tooling, methods, and industry practices

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in a senior QA role, with solid grounding in QA methodology across the full production lifecycle • Direct experience leading a testing team • Strong people-management and cross-functional communication skills • Comfort with standard QA tooling: bug tracking, test management platforms, and version control • Sharp attention to detail paired with the judgment to prioritize what actually matters for ship quality • Genuine enthusiasm for games; understanding of game mechanics and player expectations

🏖️ Benefits

• Potential for project-hire extension and/or conversion to staff hire