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Oxford, United Kingdom

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film and mo-cap studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We are on the lookout for an experienced QA Manager to join our passionate team working on a variety of unannounced projects across the entire of Rebellion.  

This is an opportunity to oversee and develop the QA approach for all of Rebellion’s products using strategic thinking and planning. You will play a key role providing expertise throughout the entire product development life cycle to senior stakeholders whilst leading the management and development of the QA team to ensure it can continuously provide QA of the highest standard. 

This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford, offering a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork drives our success. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.

We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our Oxford headquarters. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we’re open to discussing hybrid options based on individual needs.

Responsibilities:

Leading and directing the QA leadership team by example, working to maintain morale and an atmosphere of enthusiasm.

Proactively managing your team’s performance and professional development through performance review cycles giving constructive, actionable, relevant feedback.

Coordinate with project stakeholders to direct internal QA resources.

Coordinate with external partners across the globe.

Be an escalation point for all matters related to testing & QA and operate as a primary point of contact for the QA teams.

Participate in and develop strategy for interviews, induction, training, and staff development.

Monitor, distribute, and make requests concerning hardware and software for the onsite QA team.

Requirements

Demonstratable proven background of managing the function and direction of a QA teams in video game development.

Able to provide regular direction, mentoring, and coaching to QA team members.

Excellent knowledge of best practice people management.

Expert understanding of game testing models, bug testing and tracking software (JIRA, Devtrack).

Deep understanding of the video game development process.

Strong ability to evaluate best course of action using data analyse and creative thinking.

Able to balance resources, skills, priorities, and timescales to achieve objectives to stay resilient and flexible in changing environments.

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)

Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision

Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover

Enhanced Family Leave

Interest Free, Tax-Free loans

Enhanced Pension Scheme

EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Life at Our Oxford HQ

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Inside Rebellion

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Find out more about us here

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers

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Estimated Salary range:

Our salary intelligence, powered by our AI algorithms, has calculated an estimated range for this position between $50,000 - $70,000 . Please note that the actual salary for this position may vary, as it is dependent on various factors including but not limited to experience, location, and market dynamics.

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