Amazon

Manager, Quality Assurance, Prime Video Ads

Amazon$146K — $198K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in managing quality assurance teams
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Proven management experience with manual testers
  • Demonstrated management experience with automation testers
  • Familiar with testing web technologies and back-end services
  • Strong background in reviewing test plans, test cases, and results

Responsibilities

  • Lead a globally distributed QA team in delivering quality on Prime Video Advertising
  • Set the QA vision and collaborate with engineering and product teams for effective execution
  • Own and manage the release-validation roadmap for advertisements on Prime Video
  • Determine investments in automation versus manual testing and prioritize initiatives accordingly
  • Identify quality risks and develop mitigation strategies before customer releases
  • Communicate risk and quality posture to senior leadership both in writing and verbally
  • Resolve quality disputes among teams with differing perspectives
  • Define and enhance metrics related to release quality and live event readiness

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching for retirement savings
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Support for mental health and wellness through various programs
  • Flexible spending accounts available for healthcare and dependent care expenses
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement options
Full Job Description
Key job responsibilities

We're hiring a Quality Assurance Manager to own the customer-facing quality bar for every advertising experience on Prime Video. You will lead the QA team that validates releases across our full device matrix: connected TVs, gaming consoles, mobile, web, and smart TVs. You will set the QA strategy and roadmap, hire and grow QA Engineers and SDETs, partner with engineering on shift-left automation using internal test frameworks and AI-assisted testing tools, and own live event readiness for marquee ad-supported launches.

- Lead a globally distributed QA team

- Set the QA vision and partner with engineering, product, and live operations on execution

- Own the release-validation roadmap and deliver it for every Prime Video Advertising launch

- Decide where to invest in automation versus manual scale, and which initiatives move forward

- Surface quality and regression risks with mitigation plans before they hit customers

- Brief senior leadership on risk and quality posture, in writing and verbally

- Drive resolution on quality decisions across teams with competing views

- Define and improve metrics across release quality, defect escape rate, automation coverage, production incident rate, MTTR, and live event readiness

About the team

Prime Video Advertising sits between Prime Video's playback stack and Amazon's ads platform. Our QA org partners daily with engineering, product, and live ops to ship ad experiences that hold up across hundreds of device-app combinations and live events watched by tens of millions. As QA Manager, you will work directly with engineering managers across ad ingestion, delivery, and playback, with live operations on event readiness, and with senior leaders on quality strategy. We invest in test automation, AI-assisted testing, and a strong on-call culture.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of quality assurance teams management experience

- Bachelor's degree

- Experience managing manual testers

- Experience managing automation testers

- Experience testing web technologies and back-end services

- Experience identifying and reviewing test plans, test cases and testing results with a strong QA background

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience preparing quality metrics and effectively engaging with stakeholders to set and drive quality goals

- Experience transforming QA programs from manual to automation

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 146,600.00 - 198,400.00 USD annually

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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