Company Description
About Ubisoft & Shanghai Studio:
Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent has brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come.
Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.
Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our 600+ talents get opportunities to either co-develop great AAA blockbuster games, create cutting-edge online games or produce fun mobile games.
To learn more, please visit our website.
Job Description
Mission:
The Dev Test Manager is primarily responsible for the consolidation of the Dev Test teams across all the projects of the Studio. In this mission, this person collaborates with the Lead Dev Testers of each team to guarantee the implementation of the Studio Dev Test strategy and best practices developed by the different productions. In the meantime, the Dev Test Manager is also part of a Production team and will dedicate part of her/his time to ensure the project is shipped on time with maximum quality and minimal bugs.
What you will do:
Define and implement the vision of the Dev Test across Ubisoft Shanghai
- Define an ambitious Dev Test Strategy in the Studio, to ensure our Dev Test teams remain on top of their game.
- Define the roadmap to implement this Strategy across the Studio
- Define and use metrics to measure the progress of the Strategy pillars and continuously adjust your priorities.
Grow a team of experts to implement the Dev Test strategy and best practices on each project
- Mentor your reports to ensure their growth as individuals and fulfillment of their potential as well as acting clearly to identify areas where support is needed
- Work with HR to define meaningful long-term career paths for the Dev Test teams
- Work with Production, HR and Project Leads to ensure relevant recruitment needs are clear and fulfilled at all time.
Become the safekeeper of the consistent Excellent Quality of Service across projects
- Provide high direction for multiple test teams delivering a clear and consistent vision for functionality, embedded, play testing and test engineering groups
- Champion best practices for testing, testing processes and testing tools to ensure our teams are working as efficiently and effectively as possible
- Work with Production, HR and Project Leads to ensure relevant distribution of expertise and workload across projects
- Maintain regular communication with Productions to continuously monitor their satisfaction on Dev Test service provided
Facilitate knowledge transfer across projects and studios
- Facilitate knowledge sharing between test teams, through regular exchange opportunities and centralized documentation
- Collaborate with the other SHA Production Service Managers to bring consolidated solutions to the challenges met by the Production teams
- Work with Production, HR and Project Leads to define the training roadmap for the teams.
- Build and foster links other studios and partners to ensure necessary relationships and support are in place
Ensure the success of your project
- Work with the project to define the test plan
- Promote the continuous improvement of quality assurance processes, methods and standards.
- Increase the flexibility and efficiency of the project
What you should be equipped with:
- Solid work experience in test roles
- With a minimum of 2 shipped titles from start to finish working alongside development teams
- Strong leadership and organizational skills with an ability to inspire others
- Proven experience hiring, training and mentoring other senior team members to build a strong team around them
- Proficient communication in both English and Chines
Qualifications
What you should be equipped with:
- Solid work experience in test roles
- With a minimum of 2 shipped titles from start to finish working alongside development teams
- Strong leadership and organizational skills with an ability to inspire others
- Proven experience hiring, training and mentoring other senior team members to build a strong team around them
- Proficient communication in both English and Chinese
Additional Information
What you will also get:
- An international working environment
- FUN Culture
- Lots of love from your colleagues!
Why Ubisoft Shanghai?
Be a part of the most exciting and innovating video game company in China. Come to work in Shanghai, an amazing city renowned as “Paris of the East”.
Together with a team of multi-national professionals equipped with the cutting-edge technologies, you can be assured of an experience that is both aspirational and fulfilling.
By working in Shanghai studio, you will also be offered with an array of career development opportunities, an abundant training resources, and moreover, a stimulating and creative work environment.
If you’re looking for this kind of job opportunity, you’ll find it here at Ubisoft Shanghai.
Join us for an exciting adventure and make great games!