Role Purpose
Are you passionate about interactive entertainment and social experiences in the living room? Do you want to help lead a team that is at the centre of rapidly developing them? Are you a leader when it comes to creating process and driving quality? Do you want to work with cutting edge hardware and services that will change the landscape of the living room? Do you enjoy working with internal and external partner teams in support of test efforts? If so, the Xbox LIVE Studios team is the perfect fit for you. We are currently looking for a QA and Integration Manager to help us deliver on our mission.
Team/Department Mission
Xbox LIVE has become the definitive online console experience through continued innovation. A growing aspect of this innovation is driven by broader entertainment and community focused experiences. Global partnerships and joint experiences are being developed with entertainment giants like Netflix, BSkyB, Canal+, and LastFM, along with social powerhouses such as Facebook and Twitter.
In support of this effort, Xbox LIVE Studios is continuing to grow in size and consolidate its focus. With Xbox LIVE at the centre, this team will bring the best entertainment content the world has to offer together with integrated social and interactive experiences to create the ultimate living room experience for more than 20 million users around the world.
Key Accountabilities
As the QA and Integration Manager for the Xbox LIVE Studios team in London, you will be in charge of managing a team of Software Developers in Test and Release Managers, and liaising with external test organizations, and generally drive many aspects of the SDLC for the team in addition to ensuring the delivery of the highest quality experiences possible.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
1) Essential Experience
Proven experience in shipping enterprise scale products and services
At least one complete product cycle as a test lead or manager
Ability to recruit, lead, motivate, and energize a diverse, global team of test engineers
Previous team management experience
Extensive experience driving a pragmatic approach to scrum methodologies across a development team
Experience working with external partner teams
History of leading remote/vendor management
Practical work experience and passion in the gaming and/or interactive entertainment industry.
2) Technical/Functional Skills
Proven skills in being able to develop and execute on a test plan for the team including automation, international, performance, security, configuration, etc…
Strong credibility with engineers. Demonstrated programming skills a plus
3) Personal Attributes/Interpersonal Skills
Self-motivated and results oriented
Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of working well with counterparts across their broader organization
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity
