Quality Assurance Project Manager

Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe (BNEE) is a leading global publisher and developer of entertainment content for platforms including all major video game consoles and PC.

BNEE is building its reputation with franchises such as ELDEN RING, LITTLE NIGHTMARES, THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY, and the upcoming UNKNOWN 9 Awakening - developed by the recently acquired Reflector Entertainment based in Montreal, QC.

Part of the Japanese Bandai Namco group, an entertainment industry leader with a presence in video games, toys and amusement parks, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has 15 international offices with operations in 50 countries around the world.

**Poste**:
As a Quality Assurance Project Manager within the Production Services department, you will be part of the Quality Assurance team. Under the supervision of the Associate Quality Assurance Manager, you will manage the quality control efforts on allocated titles.

This includes functionality and compliance testing activities, the creation and follow-up of test plans and their execution, as well as the monitoring and follow-up of subsequent testing and reports by internal and external QA teams. As a Quality Assurance Project manager, you also have ownership over information flows between internal and external QA teams, and other company stakeholders.

Your main responsibilities include (non-exhaustive list):

- Guarantee ownership, administration and communication of all QA related project data and associated risks for all assigned projects
- Own the test schedules and test budgets
- Create multi-discipline test plans when needed within lead times and budget constraints and communicate them to the external testing providers and other stakeholders
- Ensure constant monitoring of the test vendors’ activities from start to finish on each project
- Create, update, and communicate regular game status information and recommendations to project stakeholders, having an advisory role with development and production
- Collate reports and feedback from multi-discipline testing with several external testing teams, ensuring the relevance of test effort VS the game status
- Report on overall project progress at each test phase
- Organize the bug report database and bug flows creation with all the BNE QA regions
- Evaluate the fixing priority of specific bugs according to the title release constraints (schedule, product quality and test budget), communicate it and convince stakeholders of the fixing priority relevance
- Analyse and communicate the risks/issues related to submissions of console games and internal approval of PC games and update the relevant stakeholders

**Profil**:
**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Mastery of Microsoft Office software (Excel, SharePoint )
- Experience in JIRA use, including flow creation, dashboards, and custom filters creation
- Expert understanding of video games testing methodology, associated tools, and hardware
- Strong knowledge of video game production and development cycles
- Knowledge of the video game industry and game types
- Fluent level of English, both written and oral
- Strong communication and reporting skills

**Experience and qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree (BAC+3) with project management knowledge
- 3+ years’ experience in a QA role (i.e. QA lead/supervisor or similar), with an experience working with development teams, as well as external QA teams
- Experience in planning QA process/approach and breaking this down into phases
- Experience in driving the QA process, anticipate and communicate risks as the project moves through milestones
- Proven experience in a process-driven environment and creating / implementing innovative testing procedures and materials

**Personality traits**:

- Rigorous, conscientious, and curious
- Strong teamwork spirit (with both internal and external parties)
- Strong sense of organization and ability to handle priorities among several tasks to be performed in parallel.
- Ability to analyze a situation with objectivity and pragmatism to ensure the relevance and accuracy of solutions proposed and communication to be made
- Ability to adapt and handle workload changes across the year
- Ability and interest in learning and using new tools and methods

**Autres informations**:
**Sounds interesting?**

**Additional Information**

Job location: 15, rue Felix Mangini, 69009 LYON - FRANCE / This position is not eligible to full remote

Start date: ASAP

Contract: full time (1-year fixed-term contract)

Remuneration: fixed and variable compensation

Benefits: flexible working hours, 2 teleworking days per week, lunch vouchers, profit sharing, reimbursement of public transportation costs, work council advantages (gift vouchers, discount on services..), new building with various facilities (gym room, gaming room, nap room, car/bike/scooter parking, cafeteria and coffee corners..)