# QA Lead

## Details

- **Company:** [Sumo Digital](https://hitmarker.net/companies/sumo-digital.md)
- **Location:** UK
- **Contract type:** Full Time
- **Level:** Senior \(5+ years\)
- **Tags:** Quality Assurance \(QA\), Project Management, Game Development, Game Production
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Apply:** [View and apply on Hitmarker](https://hitmarker.net/jobs/sumo-digital-qa-lead-4692663)

## Description

We're looking for an experienced QA Lead to join the Sumo Digital QA team to own quality assurance on an unannounced project. 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.

- Proven experience as a QA Lead or Test Lead in games development.
- Strong grasp of build validation and defect lifecycle management.
- Experience writing test plans and QA reporting.
- People-management experience with 1on1s, reviews, improvement plans, or similar.
- Confident communicator, comfortable representing QA to developers, leadership and publishers.
- Proficient with bug tracking and documentation tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence).
- A high degree of flexibility and organisational skills.
- Passion for games and their development.
- In-depth knowledge of console/PC hardware and software, development tools and technical games development.
- Ability to problem solve, horizon scan, research and develop ways to increase testing accuracy, coverage and quality on an ongoing basis.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
    
    Desirable:
- Working knowledge of console certification/submission processes (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Mobile, Handhelds).
- Experience managing outsourced or external QA vendors.
- Familiarity with Perforce or similar version control tools.
- Experience shipping at least one full title through all stages of development.

- Own the test strategy for the project at every stage of development, from feature specs through to milestone and submission testing.
- Lead build validation (BVT, Smoke, LKG) and ensure results are triaged, reported, and acted on.
- Be involved with testing and apply a hands-on approach on the project to experience and evaluate where its quality is at throughout development.
- Manage the full defect lifecycle including creation, validation, ongoing tracking and represent QA in bug triage.
- Build, maintain, and evolve test plans and test environments across internal, external, and publisher QA channels.
- Produce regular QA reporting for the team and project leadership.
- Own the QA risk register and contribute to the wider project risk register.
- Lead, coach, and develop the QA team with 1on1s, reviews, career progression and performance management.
- Mentor junior testers and own their onboarding into the discipline.
- Help coordinate outsourced QA resource and liaise with publisher QA.
- Represent QA in agile practices including planning, retrospectives and leadership build reviews.
- Maintain QA documentation and contribute to future project proposals.
- Communicate within the QA team hierarchy as a voice for your project and also the QA discipline.

Sumo understands the importance of having control over your benefits. That's why we offer a flexible, personalised benefits package designed to meet your unique needs, no matter where you are in your career. 

**Money:** Flexible benefits allowance, salary sacrifice pension, benefits hub, payroll giving, an employee referral scheme (up to £1,000), financial/home buying consultations, workplace ISA and other schemes for tech loans, car loans and bicycles. 

**Lifestyle:** Flexible working, 21 free choice days holiday, bank holidays, birthday day off, Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve to New Year) and options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave\*.

**Health and Wellbeing:** Dental insurance\*, income protection, life assurance, BUPA private healthcare\*, leading EAP programs (remote GP, mental health, physio, nutrition, lifestyle coaching and medical second opinions), critical illness cover\*, health cash plan\* and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.

**Personal Development:** Structured Personal Development, regular appraisals and 5 learning days per annum.

**Extra Perks:** A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, studio days out (family welcome), studio-led social activities (game jams, yoga, quizzes, life drawing and more), sabbaticals (at 10 years service) and annual gaming subscription.

*\*Opt-in benefits (part of our flexible benefits options).*