Team Lead (Dev Test)

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Job Description

As a Development Test Team Lead at Ubisoft Sherbrooke, you will be the fuel that drives team efficiency and content quality. You’ll guide a talented team of development testers while overseeing the overall development of a game.

You’ll be a go-to person for advice and a point of contact for all of production – artists, designers, programmers, and more. Constantly on the lookout for opportunities for progress, you will come up with solutions that not only improve our processes but also set your team members up for success. You’ll ensure that every one of their thoroughly tested features is accounted for, so that bugs and glitches don’t slip through the cracks and into the hands of our players.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with the production team to understand the overall game vision & design documentation.
• Partner with project managers to help plan tasks and milestones + create the quality control calendar.
• Oversee your development testing team test their features (e.g., mission, AI, audio, UI, engine, online, etc.) & build their test plans.
• Regularly meet with your team to follow up on test plans, provide feedback and coaching, discuss progress, tackle setbacks, coordinate bug correction, flag risks, set benchmarks, etc.
• Adapt to technical and production constraints, updating the quality control calendar when and as often as needed.
• Put together and evaluate post-mortems to continuously improve our efforts.
• Carry out the annual evaluations of your development testers.
• Stay up to date on testing best practices, strategies, and techniques to keep up with the industry + develop your skills and refresh your knowledge.
• Participate in recruitment to build your development testing team & foster their long-term growth.
  
  

Qualifications

What you bring

• A college diploma in a video game-related program or equivalent training
• At least 2 years of leadership experience in quality control or quality assurance, or related experience (project management an asset)
• Knowledge of bug tracking software (e.g., Jira), test creation software (e.g., TestRail), and game engines (e.g., Unity or Unreal) & their limitations
• Solid understanding of test principles & methodologies and basic programming
• A highly innovative, empathetic, and collaborative spirit
• Exceptional problem-solving, organizational, communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills
• Critical thinking, attention to detail, curiosity, resourcefulness, and plenty of flexibility
• A solid understanding of the market & a (fiery) passion for video games
  
  

What to send our way

• Your CV highlighting your education, experience, skills, and any games shipped
  
  

Additional Information

About Ubisoft Sherbrooke

Ubisoft Sherbrooke is a multidisciplinary team of passionate people. Joining us means being part of a close-knit and welcoming family. It also means working in a human-sized studio where flexibility and interaction are the order of the day. We care about our people and our way of doing things.

Between the magnificent nature that surrounds the studio and the trendy and invigorating life of the Estrie region, there’s no need to compromise: family life, the outdoors, restaurants, outings with friends... joining Ubisoft Sherbrooke also means discovering an urban-casual lifestyle! 

We’re looking for committed creators and forward-looking talents who want to take on challenges as a team.

Interested? We’re waiting for you!

At Ubisoft, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.